Viam Motor API

DC, servo, and stepper motors.

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OpenAPI Specification

viam-motor-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Viam Billing Arm Motor 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: Motor
  description: DC, servo, and stepper motors.
paths:
  /viam.component.motor.v1.MotorService/SetPower:
    post:
      summary: Viam Motor Set Power
      description: Set the motor's power as a signed fraction of full power.
      operationId: motorSetPower
      tags:
      - Motor
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - name
              - power_pct
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                power_pct:
                  type: number
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.component.motor.v1.MotorService/GoFor:
    post:
      summary: Viam Motor Go For
      description: Spin the motor at an RPM for a specified number of revolutions.
      operationId: motorGoFor
      tags:
      - Motor
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - name
              - rpm
              - revolutions
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                rpm:
                  type: number
                revolutions:
                  type: number
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.component.motor.v1.MotorService/GoTo:
    post:
      summary: Viam Motor Go To
      description: Move the motor to a target position at an RPM.
      operationId: motorGoTo
      tags:
      - Motor
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - name
              - rpm
              - position_revolutions
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                rpm:
                  type: number
                position_revolutions:
                  type: number
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.component.motor.v1.MotorService/SetRPM:
    post:
      summary: Viam Motor Set Rpm
      description: Spin the motor continuously at the requested RPM.
      operationId: motorSetRPM
      tags:
      - Motor
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - name
              - rpm
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                rpm:
                  type: number
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.component.motor.v1.MotorService/Stop:
    post:
      summary: Viam Motor Stop
      description: Stop the motor.
      operationId: motorStop
      tags:
      - Motor
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - name
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
  /viam.component.motor.v1.MotorService/IsPowered:
    post:
      summary: Viam Motor Is Powered
      description: Check whether the motor is currently powered.
      operationId: motorIsPowered
      tags:
      - Motor
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - name
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: key
      description: Viam API key.