Sofar Ocean

Sofar Ocean Devices API

Spotter device discovery

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GET /api/devices List devices #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sofar Ocean Spotter & Smart Mooring Devices API
  version: '1.0'
  description: The Spotter & Smart Mooring API gives you access to data transmitted by your Spotter buoys and any attached Smart Mooring sensors via telemetry, plus the Sofar Operational Wave Spectra forecast. Data covers waves, wind, surface temperature, barometric pressure, wave frequency/partition spectra, track position, and subsurface Smart Mooring sensor readings. Transcribed by the API Evangelist enrichment pipeline from the public GitBook documentation; not an official Sofar Ocean specification.
  contact:
    name: Sofar Ocean Support
    url: https://www.sofarocean.com/support
  termsOfService: https://www.sofarocean.com/legal/terms-of-use
servers:
- url: https://api.sofarocean.com
  description: Production
security:
- tokenHeader: []
- tokenQuery: []
tags:
- name: Devices
  description: Spotter device discovery
paths:
  /api/devices:
    get:
      tags:
      - Devices
      operationId: getDevices
      summary: List devices
      description: Retrieve a list containing the display name, Spotter ID, and hull type of any Spotters you have API access to (registered to or shared with your account), ordered by spotterId.
      parameters:
      - name: excludeSharedDevices
        in: query
        description: Set true to limit the response to Spotters registered directly to your account.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of Spotters associated with the account.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DevicesResponse'
        '401':
          description: Authentication failed or no token provided.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthError'
components:
  schemas:
    AuthError:
      type: object
      description: Authentication error envelope.
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Authentication Failed
          - No token provided
    Device:
      type: object
      properties:
        spotterId:
          type: string
          description: The Spotter's identifier.
        name:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Display name
          or null if unset.: null
        hullType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - spotter
          - scout
          - velella
          description: The Spotter's hull type.
    DevicesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            devices:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Device'
  securitySchemes:
    tokenHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: token
      description: API token tied to your Sofar account, generated at spotter.sofarocean.com/api.
    tokenQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: token
      description: API token passed as a query parameter.
externalDocs:
  description: Sofar API documentation
  url: https://docs.sofarocean.com