Adafruit IO · Schema

Adafruit IO Data Point

A single value submitted to or retrieved from an Adafruit IO feed. Values are always serialized as strings on the wire; consumers parse them according to the feed's unit/type.

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Properties

Name Type Description
id string Server-assigned data point identifier.
value stringnumberboolean The value being recorded. Always converted to a string server-side.
feed_id integer
feed_key string
group_id integernull
expiration stringnull ISO 8601 expiration time after which this data point is purged.
lat numbernull Optional latitude attached to the data point for map-block plotting.
lon numbernull Optional longitude attached to the data point.
ele numbernull Optional elevation (meters).
created_at string
created_epoch number Unix epoch (seconds) for the data point creation.
completed_at string
updated_at string
View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

adafruit-io-data-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adafruit-io/main/json-schema/adafruit-io-data-schema.json",
  "title": "Adafruit IO Data Point",
  "description": "A single value submitted to or retrieved from an Adafruit IO feed. Values are always serialized as strings on the wire; consumers parse them according to the feed's unit/type.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["value"],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "description": "Server-assigned data point identifier."
    },
    "value": {
      "type": ["string", "number", "boolean"],
      "description": "The value being recorded. Always converted to a string server-side."
    },
    "feed_id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "readOnly": true
    },
    "feed_key": {
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true
    },
    "group_id": {
      "type": ["integer", "null"],
      "readOnly": true
    },
    "expiration": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "ISO 8601 expiration time after which this data point is purged."
    },
    "lat": {
      "type": ["number", "null"],
      "minimum": -90,
      "maximum": 90,
      "description": "Optional latitude attached to the data point for map-block plotting."
    },
    "lon": {
      "type": ["number", "null"],
      "minimum": -180,
      "maximum": 180,
      "description": "Optional longitude attached to the data point."
    },
    "ele": {
      "type": ["number", "null"],
      "description": "Optional elevation (meters)."
    },
    "created_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "readOnly": true
    },
    "created_epoch": {
      "type": "number",
      "readOnly": true,
      "description": "Unix epoch (seconds) for the data point creation."
    },
    "completed_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "readOnly": true
    },
    "updated_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "readOnly": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}

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