Viam Data Sync API

Upload captured data from viam-server to the cloud via DataCaptureUpload, FileUpload, and StreamingDataCaptureUpload. This is the ingest plane that backs the Data Management Service running on every machine.

OpenAPI Specification

viam-data-sync-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Viam Data Sync API
  description: |
    REST/JSON transcoding of the Viam DataSyncService gRPC API. The ingest plane used by
    viam-server's Data Management Service to upload captured tabular data, binary data,
    and arbitrary files to the Viam cloud.

    Canonical contract: https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/app/datasync/v1/data_sync.proto
  version: '2026.05'
  contact:
    name: Viam Support
    url: https://www.viam.com/contact
servers:
  - url: https://app.viam.com
    description: Viam production cloud.
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Upload
    description: Streaming and one-shot uploads of captured data.
paths:
  /viam.app.datasync.v1.DataSyncService/DataCaptureUpload:
    post:
      summary: Viam Data Capture Upload
      description: One-shot upload of a batch of tabular or binary data captured during a method call.
      operationId: dataCaptureUpload
      tags: [Upload]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required: [metadata, sensor_contents]
              properties:
                metadata: { type: object }
                sensor_contents: { type: array, items: { type: object } }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.app.datasync.v1.DataSyncService/FileUpload:
    post:
      summary: Viam File Upload
      description: Upload an arbitrary file (e.g., diagnostics) chunked via client streaming.
      operationId: fileUpload
      tags: [Upload]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema: { type: object }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.app.datasync.v1.DataSyncService/StreamingDataCaptureUpload:
    post:
      summary: Viam Streaming Data Capture Upload
      description: Stream large binary capture (e.g., long-running video) over a single upload session.
      operationId: streamingDataCaptureUpload
      tags: [Upload]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema: { type: object }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: key
      description: Viam API key.