Viam

Viam Upload API

Streaming and one-shot uploads of captured data.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 3

POST /viam.app.datasync.v1.DataSyncService/DataCaptureUpload Viam Data Capture Upload #
POST /viam.app.datasync.v1.DataSyncService/FileUpload Viam File Upload #
POST /viam.app.datasync.v1.DataSyncService/StreamingDataCaptureUpload Viam Streaming Data Capture Upload #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.viam.com/dev/reference/apis/fleet/
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Documentation
https://docs.viam.com/dev/reference/apis/robot/
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Documentation
https://docs.viam.com/dev/reference/apis/data-client/
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Documentation
https://docs.viam.com/data-ai/capture-data/capture-sync/
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Documentation
https://docs.viam.com/data-ai/train/train-tflite/
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Documentation
https://docs.viam.com/services/ml/deploy/
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Documentation
https://docs.viam.com/manage/manage/billing/
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Documentation
https://docs.viam.com/services/motion/
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Documentation
https://docs.viam.com/services/vision/
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Documentation
https://docs.viam.com/services/slam/
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Documentation
https://docs.viam.com/dev/reference/apis/
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Documentation
https://docs.viam.com/data-ai/data/data-pipelines/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/viam/refs/heads/main/openapi/viam-upload-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/viam/refs/heads/main/json-schema/viam-organization-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/viam/refs/heads/main/json-schema/viam-location-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/viam/refs/heads/main/json-schema/viam-machine-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/viam/refs/heads/main/json-schema/viam-tabular-data-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/viam/refs/heads/main/json-schema/viam-binary-data-schema.json

Other Resources

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Protobuf
https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/app/v1/app.proto
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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/viam/refs/heads/main/json-ld/viam-context.jsonld
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Protobuf
https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/robot/v1/robot.proto
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Protobuf
https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/app/data/v1/data.proto
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Protobuf
https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/app/datasync/v1/data_sync.proto
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Protobuf
https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/app/mltraining/v1/ml_training.proto
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Protobuf
https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/app/mlinference/v1/ml_inference.proto
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Protobuf
https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/app/v1/billing.proto
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Protobuf
https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/service/motion/v1/motion.proto
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Protobuf
https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/service/vision/v1/vision.proto
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Protobuf
https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/service/slam/v1/slam.proto
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Protobuf
https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/service/mlmodel/v1/mlmodel.proto
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Protobuf
https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/tree/main/proto/viam/component
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Protobuf
https://github.com/viamrobotics/api/blob/main/proto/viam/app/datapipelines/v1/data_pipelines.proto

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OpenAPI Specification

viam-upload-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Viam Data Sync Upload 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.