API

This is the reference for the gRPC and HTTP APIs that The Things Stack exposes.

Note:

The Things Stack API is different from The Things Network Stack V2 API. If migrating from V2, see here for an overview of changes.

Field Masks

The Things Stack APIs use field masks to specify a subset of fields that should be returned by a reading request, or to specify fields that should be updated in a writing request. See Google’s Protocol Buffers reference for more information about field masks.

HTTP Queries

Additional fields may be specified in HTTP requests by appending them as query string parameters. For example, to request the name, description, and locations of devices in an EndDeviceRegistry.Get request, add these fields to the field_mask field. To get this data for device dev1 in application app1:

curl -i -H "Authorization: Bearer NNSXS.XXXXXXXXX" https://thethings.example.com/api/v3/applications/app1/devices/dev1?field_mask=name,description,locations

Note:

Fields that are empty or zero are not returned in requests, even if they are specified in a field mask.

Note:

If you’re having trouble with the HTTP API, you can always inspect requests in the Console using your browser’s inspector. All of the data displayed in the Console is pulled using HTTP API requests, and this should give you some insight in to how they are formed.

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