Samsung SmartThings Rules API

Condition/action Automations over connected devices.

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smartthings-rules-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Samsung SmartThings Apps Rules API
  description: 'The SmartThings API is the RESTful core of the SmartThings smart-home IoT platform. It is used to control devices, read device status, manage Locations, Rooms, and Modes, build Automations with Rules and Scenes, inspect Capabilities, and build SmartApps (Apps and Installed Apps) that subscribe to events and run Schedules. Requests are authenticated with a Personal Access Token (PAT) for testing or an OAuth 2.0 access token for production integrations, passed as `Authorization: Bearer {token}`. This document is grounded in the official SmartThings Swagger definition (https://swagger.api.smartthings.com/public/st-api.yml); some less-common endpoints (Apps, History, Virtual Devices, individual Subscription operations) are modeled from the public docs and SDK where a full path was not directly confirmed.'
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: SmartThings Developers
    url: https://developer.smartthings.com
servers:
- url: https://api.smartthings.com/v1
  description: SmartThings Cloud API
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Rules
  description: Condition/action Automations over connected devices.
paths:
  /rules:
    get:
      operationId: listRules
      tags:
      - Rules
      summary: List Rules
      parameters:
      - name: locationId
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of rules.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  items:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Rule'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createRule
      tags:
      - Rules
      summary: Create a Rule
      parameters:
      - name: locationId
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Rule'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created rule.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Rule'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
  /rules/{ruleId}:
    parameters:
    - name: ruleId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: locationId
      in: query
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: getRule
      tags:
      - Rules
      summary: Get a Rule
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The rule.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Rule'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    put:
      operationId: updateRule
      tags:
      - Rules
      summary: Update a Rule
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Rule'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated rule.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteRule
      tags:
      - Rules
      summary: Delete a Rule
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deletion confirmation.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /rules/{ruleId}/execute:
    parameters:
    - name: ruleId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    - name: locationId
      in: query
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    post:
      operationId: executeRule
      tags:
      - Rules
      summary: Execute a Rule
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Rule execution result.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    Rule:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        actions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        requestId:
          type: string
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid access token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    UnprocessableEntity:
      description: The request violated a platform guardrail or failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'A Personal Access Token (PAT) from https://account.smartthings.com/tokens or an OAuth 2.0 access token, passed as `Authorization: Bearer {token}`.'
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow for production integrations.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.smartthings.com/oauth/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.smartthings.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            r:devices:*: Read devices
            x:devices:*: Control devices
            r:locations:*: Read locations
            w:locations:*: Manage locations
            r:scenes:*: Read scenes
            x:scenes:*: Execute scenes
            r:rules:*: Read rules
            w:rules:*: Manage rules