Viam Machines API

A robot or smart machine running viam-server. Composed of one or more parts.

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OpenAPI Specification

viam-machines-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Viam Billing Arm Machines API
  description: 'REST/JSON transcoding of the Viam BillingService gRPC API. Retrieve current-month

    usage, invoice summaries, invoice PDFs, billing tiers, and the location-level billing

    organization assignment used by Viam''s "build a robotics business" features.


    Canonical contract: https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/app/v1/billing.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: Machines
  description: A robot or smart machine running viam-server. Composed of one or more parts.
paths:
  /viam.app.v1.AppService/ListRobots:
    post:
      summary: Viam List Machines
      description: List machines (robots) in a location.
      operationId: listRobots
      tags:
      - Machines
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - location_id
              properties:
                location_id:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  robots:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Machine'
  /viam.app.v1.AppService/GetRobot:
    post:
      summary: Viam Get Machine
      description: Retrieve a machine by id.
      operationId: getRobot
      tags:
      - Machines
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - id
              properties:
                id:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.app.v1.AppService/NewRobot:
    post:
      summary: Viam Create Machine
      description: Create a new machine under a location.
      operationId: newRobot
      tags:
      - Machines
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - location
              - name
              properties:
                location:
                  type: string
                name:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.app.v1.AppService/UpdateRobot:
    post:
      summary: Viam Update Machine
      description: Update a machine's name or location.
      operationId: updateRobot
      tags:
      - Machines
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - id
              properties:
                id:
                  type: string
                name:
                  type: string
                location:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.app.v1.AppService/DeleteRobot:
    post:
      summary: Viam Delete Machine
      description: Delete a machine.
      operationId: deleteRobot
      tags:
      - Machines
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - id
              properties:
                id:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
components:
  schemas:
    Machine:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        location:
          type: string
        last_access:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        created_on:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: key
      description: Viam API key.