The Things Network / The Things Stack

The Things Network / The Things Stack Ns API

The Ns API from The Things Network / The Things Stack — 4 operation(s) for ns.

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Operations 4

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 /ns/default_mac_settings/{frequency_plan_id}/{lorawan_phy_version} Get default MAC settings for a frequency plan · GetDefaultMACSettings retrieves the default MAC settings for a frequency plan #

Ask an LLM

“What default MAC settings does the Network Server use for a frequency plan?”

“Do the defaults change with the LoRaWAN PHY version?”

Tell an agent

Get the default MAC settings for frequency plan {frequency_plan_id} on PHY version {lorawan_phy_version}.

Show MAC defaults for {frequency_plan_id} with {lorawan_phy_version}.

GET /ns/dev_addr Request a device address from the Network Server · GenerateDevAddr requests a device address assignment from the Network Server #

Ask an LLM

“How do I get a DevAddr assigned for an ABP device?”

“Can the Network Server hand me a new device address?”

Tell an agent

Generate a new DevAddr.

Request a device address assignment from the Network Server.

GET /ns/dev_addr_prefixes List the Network Server's DevAddr prefixes · Ns get device address prefixes #

Ask an LLM

“Which DevAddr prefixes is this Network Server configured to use?”

“What address ranges will device addresses be allocated from?”

Tell an agent

List the device address prefixes.

Show the DevAddr prefixes this network uses.

GET /ns/net_id Get the Network Server's NetID · Ns get net ID #

Ask an LLM

“What NetID is this Network Server operating under?”

“Can I look up the LoRaWAN network identifier of the server?”

Tell an agent

Get the NetID.

Show which NetID the Network Server has.

Documentation

https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/api/reference/

https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/concepts/architecture/

https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/devices/

https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/integrations/

https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/concepts/packet-broker/

https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/concepts/features/events/

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-user-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-organization-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-api-key-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-application-up-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-gateway-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-gateway-status-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-end-device-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-application-webhook-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/json-schema/the-things-stack-application-pubsub-schema.json

Other Resources

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/examples/the-things-stack-uplink-message-example.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/examples/the-things-stack-gateway-create-example.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/examples/the-things-stack-end-device-create-example.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-things-network/refs/heads/main/examples/the-things-stack-webhook-create-example.json

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Things Stack — Network Server Ns 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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