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ThingSpeak Channels API

List, create, read, update, and delete ThingSpeak channels — the primary container for time-series IoT data. Each channel holds up to eight numeric fields plus latitude, longitude, elevation, and a status string. Channels can be public, private, or shared via read API keys.

ThingSpeak Channels API is one of 12 APIs that ThingSpeak publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include IoT, Channels, Data, and Analytics. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, a JSON-LD context, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 11 operations across 8 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

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

11 operations 8 paths 7 schemas 2 DELETE7 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.thingspeak.com/
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

ThingSpeak Channels API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as THINGSPEAKAPIKEY (UserApiKeyHeader). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 11

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 2 DELETE, 7 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Channels 11
GET
/channels/public.json
List Public Channels
listPublicChannels 3 params → 200
GET
/channels/{channel_id}.json
Read Channel Settings
readChannel 1 param → 200
PUT
/channels/{channel_id}.json
Update Channel Settings
updateChannel 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/channels/{channel_id}.json
Delete Channel
deleteChannel 1 param → 200
DELETE
/channels/{channel_id}/feeds.json
Clear Channel Feed
clearChannelFeed 1 param → 200
GET
/channels/{channel_id}/feeds.json
Read Channel Feed
readChannelFeed 17 params → 200
GET
/channels/{channel_id}/fields/{field_id}.json
Read Field Feed
readFieldFeed 6 params → 200
GET
/channels/{channel_id}/feeds/last.json
Read Last Channel Entry
readLastEntry 2 params → 200
GET
/channels/{channel_id}/fields/{field_id}/last.json
Read Last Field Entry
readLastFieldEntry 3 params → 200
GET
/channels/{channel_id}/status.json
Read Status Updates
readStatusUpdates 2 params → 200
POST
/channels/{channel_id}/bulk_update.json
Bulk Update Channel
bulkUpdateChannel 1 param body → 202400

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ChannelInput (17 properties), Channel_2 (16 properties), UpdateRequest (14 properties), Channel (13 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Channel
object
13 properties
Entry
object
10 properties
BulkUpdateRequest
object
2 properties 2 required
ChannelInput
object
17 properties
FeedResponse
object
2 properties
UpdateRequest
object
14 properties 1 required
Channel_2
object
16 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

thingspeak-channels-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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