ThingsBoard
ThingsBoard is an open-source IoT platform for device connectivity, data collection, processing, and visualization. Licensed under Apache 2.0 and developed by ThingsBoard Inc., it supports multi-tenant device management, telemetry over MQTT/HTTP/CoAP/LwM2M/SNMP, a drag-and-drop rule engine, calculated fields, 600+ customizable dashboard widgets, alarms, RPC, OTA firmware updates, edge computing, mobile apps, and a distributed MQTT broker (TBMQ). Available as Community Edition (free, self-hosted), Professional Edition (self-hosted subscription), and ThingsBoard Cloud (managed PaaS).
ThingsBoard publishes 58 APIs on the APIs.io network, including admin-controller API, ai-model-controller API, alarm-comment-controller API, and 55 more. Tagged areas include IoT, Internet of Things, Device Management, Telemetry, and Open-Source.
The ThingsBoard catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
ThingsBoard’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, getting-started guide, pricing, engineering blog, changelog, and 37 more developer resources.
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APIs 58
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
ThingsBoard alarm-comment-controller API
Alarm Comment
ThingsBoard asset-profile-controller API
Asset Profile
ThingsBoard audit-log-controller API
Audit Log
ThingsBoard calculated-field-controller API
Calculated Field
ThingsBoard component-descriptor-controller API
Component Descriptor
ThingsBoard dashboard-controller API
Dashboard
ThingsBoard device-connectivity-controller API
Device Connectivity
ThingsBoard device-profile-controller API
Device Profile
ThingsBoard edge-event-controller API
Edge Event
ThingsBoard entities-version-control-controller API
Entities Version Control
ThingsBoard entity-query-controller API
Entity Query
ThingsBoard entity-relation-controller API
Entity Relation
ThingsBoard entity-view-controller API
Entity View
ThingsBoard mail-config-template-controller API
Mail Config Template
ThingsBoard mobile-app-bundle-controller API
Mobile App Bundle
ThingsBoard mobile-app-controller API
Mobile App
ThingsBoard notification-controller API
Notification
ThingsBoard notification-rule-controller API
Notification Rule
ThingsBoard notification-target-controller API
Notification Target
ThingsBoard notification-template-controller API
Notification Template
ThingsBoard o-auth-2-config-template-controller API
O Auth 2 Config Template
ThingsBoard ota-package-controller API
Ota Package
ThingsBoard qr-code-settings-controller API
Qr Code Settings
ThingsBoard queue-stats-controller API
Queue Stats
ThingsBoard rule-chain-controller API
Rule Chain
ThingsBoard rule-engine-controller API
Rule Engine
ThingsBoard tb-resource-controller API
Tb Resource
ThingsBoard telemetry-controller API
Telemetry
ThingsBoard tenant-profile-controller API
Tenant Profile
ThingsBoard two-factor-auth-config-controller API
Two Factor Auth Config
ThingsBoard two-factor-auth-controller API
Two Factor Auth
ThingsBoard ui-settings-controller API
Ui Settings
ThingsBoard usage-info-controller API
Usage Info
ThingsBoard widget-type-controller API
Widget Type
ThingsBoard widgets-bundle-controller API
Widgets Bundle
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Postman Collections 58
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
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Open Collections 74
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
API Collection
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller ai-model-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard AI API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller alarm-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Alarms API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller api-key-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller asset-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Assets API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller audit-log-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller auth-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Authentication API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller customer-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller dashboard-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Dashboards API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller device-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Devices API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller domain-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller edge-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller edge-event-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Edge API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller event-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller image-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller job-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller login-endpoint API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller lwm-2m-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard LwM2M API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller mobile-app-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Mobile App API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Notifications API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller o-auth-2-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller queue-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller rpc-v-1-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller rpc-v-2-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard RPC API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller rule-chain-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Rule Engine API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller sign-up-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller telemetry-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Telemetry API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller tenant-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Tenants and Customers API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller trendz-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller usage-info-controller API
OPEN COLLECTIONThingsBoard Admin admin-controller user-controller API
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Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Thingsboard Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Thingsboard Finops
FINOPSFeatures 20
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
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Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Thingsboard Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
ThingsBoard API Rules
SPECTRALThingsBoard API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 11
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
ThingsBoard Alarm
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard Asset
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard AssetProfile
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard Customer
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard Dashboard
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard Device
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard DeviceProfile
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard EntityRelation
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard RuleChain
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard Tenant
JSON SCHEMAThingsBoard User
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Examples 2
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Thingsboard Login Example
EXAMPLESecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
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Resources
Get Started 11
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
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Documentation 4
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 3
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 12
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
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Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 5
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 5
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
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