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ecobee Thermostat API

Read thermostat state and poll for changes.

ecobee Thermostat API is one of 7 APIs that ecobee publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Thermostat. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.ecobee.com/1, https://api.ecobee.com.

2 operations 2 paths 6 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.ecobee.com/1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

ecobee Thermostat API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 access token passed as Authorization: Bearer ACCESSTOKEN on all data-plane requests to https://api.ecobee.com/1.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Thermostat 2

Read thermostat state and poll for changes.

GET
/thermostat
Get thermostats
getThermostats 1 param → 200401
GET
/thermostatSummary
Get thermostat summary
getThermostatSummary 1 param → 200401

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Thermostat (10 properties), Page (4 properties), ThermostatSummaryResponse (4 properties), ThermostatResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ThermostatSummaryResponse
object
4 properties
Thermostat
object
10 properties
Page
object
4 properties
StatusResponse
object
1 property
ThermostatResponse
object
3 properties
Status
object
Standard ecobee response status.
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ecobee-thermostat-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ecobee publishes across the network.

ecobee Authorization API
ecobee Demand Response API
ecobee Group API
ecobee Hierarchy API
ecobee Reports API
ecobee Thermostat Update API