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Tank Utility Devices API

List and read propane tank monitor devices.

Tank Utility Devices API is one of 2 APIs that Tank Utility publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Devices. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and authentication docs.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://data.tankutility.com/api.

2 operations 2 paths 5 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://data.tankutility.com/api
Authentication
HTTP Basic, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Tank Utility Devices API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). An API key is passed in the query as token (tokenAuth).

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic authentication using the Tank Utility account email (username) and password. Used only by getToken.
  • tokenAuth — Short-lived API token obtained from getToken, passed as the token query parameter. Expires after ~24 hours.

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.

Devices 2

List and read propane tank monitor devices.

GET
/devices
List devices
getDevices 1 param → 200401
GET
/devices/{deviceId}
Get device data
getDevice 2 params → 200401404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Device (7 properties), Reading (4 properties), Error (2 properties), DeviceResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Device
object
A propane tank monitor and its current state.
7 properties 2 required
DevicesResponse
object
1 property 1 required
Error
object
Error envelope returned by the API.
2 properties 1 required
DeviceResponse
object
1 property 1 required
Reading
object
The most recent telemetry reading from the monitor.
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tank-utility-devices-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Tank Utility publishes across the network.

Tank Utility Authentication API