Tuya

Tuya Sub Devices API

Manage gateway sub-devices

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Tuya Device Management Device Control Sub Devices API
  description: The Tuya Device Management API provides endpoints for querying, controlling, and managing IoT devices registered to a Tuya cloud project. Capabilities include device information retrieval, device control, factory reset, device renaming, sub-device listing, operation log queries, and user-device association management.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Tuya Developer Support
    url: https://developer.tuya.com/en/
    email: developer@tuya.com
  termsOfService: https://developer.tuya.com/en/docs/iot/compliance?id=Ka9t0qa3qihn3
servers:
- url: https://openapi.tuyaus.com
  description: Tuya US Data Center
- url: https://openapi.tuyaeu.com
  description: Tuya EU Data Center
- url: https://openapi.tuyain.com
  description: Tuya India Data Center
security:
- tuyaApiKey: []
tags:
- name: Sub Devices
  description: Manage gateway sub-devices
paths:
  /v1.0/devices/{device_id}/sub-devices:
    get:
      operationId: listSubDevices
      summary: List Sub Devices
      description: Retrieve a list of sub-devices connected through a gateway device.
      tags:
      - Sub Devices
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DeviceId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of sub-devices
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeviceListResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Gateway device not found
components:
  parameters:
    DeviceId:
      name: device_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Unique device identifier
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    DeviceListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        result:
          type: object
          properties:
            devices:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Device'
            last_row_key:
              type: string
              description: Pagination cursor for next page
            has_more:
              type: boolean
              description: Whether more results are available
        success:
          type: boolean
        t:
          type: integer
          format: int64
    Device:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique device identifier
        name:
          type: string
          description: Device friendly name
        uid:
          type: string
          description: Owner user ID
        local_key:
          type: string
          description: Local encryption key for LAN communication
        category:
          type: string
          description: Product category code
        product_id:
          type: string
          description: Product identifier
        product_name:
          type: string
          description: Product name
        sub:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether device is a sub-device (connected via gateway)
        uuid:
          type: string
          description: Device UUID
        owner_id:
          type: string
          description: Home or asset owner identifier
        online:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether device is currently online
        status:
          type: array
          description: Current data point statuses
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataPoint'
        active_time:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Activation timestamp in seconds
        create_time:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Creation timestamp in seconds
        update_time:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Last update timestamp in seconds
        time_zone:
          type: string
          description: Device time zone
        ip:
          type: string
          description: Device IP address
    DataPoint:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Data point code identifier
        value:
          description: Current value of the data point
  securitySchemes:
    tuyaApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: client_id
      description: Tuya API uses HMAC-SHA256 signed requests. Include your Access ID as the client_id header and provide a sign header computed from your Access ID, Access Secret, and timestamp.