The Things Network / The Things Stack

The Things Network / The Things Stack AppAs API

The AppAs API from The Things Network / The Things Stack — 8 operation(s) for appas.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 8

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /as/applications/{application_ids.application_id}/devices/{device_id}/down List a device's queued downlinks · List the items currently in the downlink queue #
Ask an LLM
“What downlink messages are currently waiting to be sent to my device?”
“Can I see the downlink queue for an end device?”
Tell an agent
List the queued downlinks for device {device_id} in application {application_id}.
Show what's pending in the downlink queue of {device_id} in {application_id}.
GET /as/applications/{application_id}/mqtt-connection-info Get MQTT connection info for an application · Get connection information to connect an MQTT client #
Ask an LLM
“How do I connect an MQTT client to my application's data?”
“What host and username should my MQTT integration use for an application?”
Tell an agent
Get the MQTT connection details for application {application_id}.
Show how to connect an MQTT client to application {application_id}.
POST /as/applications/{end_device_ids.application_ids.application_id}/devices/{end_device_ids.device_id}/down/push Queue downlinks to a device · Push downlink messages to the end of the downlink queue #
Ask an LLM
“How do I send a downlink message to my end device?”
“Can I add downlinks to the end of the queue without removing existing ones?”
Tell an agent
Push downlinks {downlinks} to device {device_id} in application {application_id}.
Append a downlink to the queue for {device_id} in {application_id}.
POST /as/applications/{end_device_ids.application_ids.application_id}/devices/{end_device_ids.device_id}/down/replace Replace or clear a device's downlink queue · Replace the entire downlink queue with the specified messages. #
Ask an LLM
“How do I clear all pending downlinks for a device?”
“Can I swap out the whole downlink queue with new messages?”
Tell an agent
Replace the downlink queue of device {device_id} in application {application_id} with {downlinks}.
Empty the downlink queue for {device_id} in {application_id}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/api/reference/
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Documentation
https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/concepts/architecture/
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Documentation
https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/devices/
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Documentation
https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/integrations/
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Documentation
https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/concepts/packet-broker/
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Documentation
https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/concepts/features/events/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/openapi/the-things-network-appas-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-user-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-organization-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-api-key-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-application-up-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-gateway-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-gateway-status-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-end-device-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-application-webhook-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-application-pubsub-schema.json

Other Resources

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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/examples/the-things-stack-uplink-message-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/examples/the-things-stack-gateway-create-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/examples/the-things-stack-end-device-create-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/examples/the-things-stack-webhook-create-example.json
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

the-things-network-appas-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Things Stack — Application Server App As API
  version: v3.36
  description: The Things Stack is an open-source LoRaWAN Network Server implementation. This OpenAPI was derived from the upstream gRPC-Gateway generated api.swagger.json published by TheThingsNetwork/lorawan-stack v3.36.
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  contact:
    name: The Things Industries
    url: https://www.thethingsindustries.com
servers:
- url: https://eu1.cloud.thethings.industries/api/v3
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:


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