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PTC ThingWorx WebSocket/AlwaysOn API

PTC ThingWorx AlwaysOn WebSocket API enables persistent bidirectional connections for industrial edge devices and remote assets, supporting real-time telemetry streaming, command and control, and device lifecycle management.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io AsyncAPI GitHub

PTC ThingWorx WebSocket/AlwaysOn API is one of 8 APIs that ptc-thingworx publishes on the APIs.io network, described by an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include IoT, Manufacturing, Real-Time, and WebSocket. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an AsyncAPI specification.

This event API exposes 5 operations across 5 channels, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by AsyncAPI 2.6.0, at version 9.5.0.

The API connects through a single server, wss://{host}/Thingworx/WS (wss).

5 operations 5 channels 9 schemas

Metadata

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Specification
AsyncAPI 2.6.0
API Version
9.5.0
Base URL
https://api.thingworx.example.com
Contact
PTC Support
License
PTC Software License
Resource Areas
1

Channels & Operations 5

Across 5 channels, the API surfaces 5 operations. Each is listed below with its action, channel, parameters, and response codes.

Channels 5
SUB
thing/property-update
Real-time property value update
onPropertyUpdate body
SUB
thing/event-fired
Thing event notification
onEventFired body
SUB
thing/alert
Thing alert notification
onAlert body
SUB
device/connect
Device connected event
onDeviceConnect body
SUB
device/disconnect
Device disconnected event
onDeviceDisconnect body

Messages & Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data carried by its messages. The most detailed are AlertPayload (9 properties), PropertyUpdatePayload (5 properties), DeviceConnectionPayload (4 properties), EventFiredPayload (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PropertyUpdateMessage
message
EventFiredMessage
message
AlertMessage
message
DeviceConnectMessage
message
DeviceDisconnectMessage
message
PropertyUpdatePayload
object
5 properties 4 required
EventFiredPayload
object
4 properties 3 required
AlertPayload
object
9 properties 5 required
DeviceConnectionPayload
object
4 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable AsyncAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ptc-thingworx-websocket-asyncapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
ptc-thingworx:thingworx-websocket-api
Base URL
https://api.thingworx.example.com
Docs
https://docs.ptc.com/
Provider
ptc-thingworx
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