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Tuya Device Control API

Control and command IoT devices

Tuya Device Control API is one of 9 APIs that Tuya publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Device Control. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://openapi.tuyaus.com, https://openapi.tuyaeu.com, https://openapi.tuyain.com.

3 operations 3 paths 3 schemas 1 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://openapi.tuyaus.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Tuya Device Control API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as client_id (tuyaApiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • tuyaApiKey — Tuya API uses HMAC-SHA256 signed requests. Include your Access ID as the clientid header and provide a sign header computed from your Access ID, Access Secret,…

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Device Control 3

Control and command IoT devices

POST
/v1.0/devices/{device_id}/commands
Send Device Commands
sendDeviceCommands 1 param body → 200400401404
GET
/v1.0/devices/{device_id}/status
Get Device Status
getDeviceStatus 1 param → 200401404
PUT
/v1.0/devices/{device_id}/reset-factory
Reset Device to Factory Settings
resetDeviceFactory 1 param → 200401404

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SuccessResponse (3 properties), DeviceStatusResponse (3 properties), DataPoint (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DataPoint
object
2 properties
DeviceStatusResponse
object
3 properties
SuccessResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tuya-device-control-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Tuya publishes across the network.

Tuya Device Management API
Tuya Smart Home API
Tuya Authorization API
Tuya Industry API
Tuya Device Logs API
Tuya Device Users API
Tuya Devices API
Tuya Sub Devices API
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