Register Device

For an overview of this process, please first go over the Registration page in the Quickstart guide, and the Authentication Overview section.

Request Data

Name	Type	Description
mac	string	MAC address (optional unless authentication method is MAC&SN). Required for mac&sn authentication method
sn	string	Required: Serial number - Has to be unique for devices from the same model
cloud_id	String	GUID for the device prepended with a short code assigned to each manufacturer. More details here. Required for cloud_id authentication method
firmware_version	string	Required: The current version of the firmware on the device. served as the base version for the device.
hardware_key	string	Required: Unique key for each batch of manufactured devices.for each model.
name	string	Optional: Default friendly name for the device (can be changed later in the UI of the organization)
details	object	Optional: Object containing any custom internal device details.
sub_model	string	Optional: Sub-model name for differentiating similar devices. More details here.
parent_id	uuid	Optional: UUID of a registered parent device for Application Devices.

Request Sample

{
    "hardware_key": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "cloud_id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "mac": "11:22:33:44:55:66",
    "sn": "112",
    "firmware_version": "1.0.1",
    "name": "test device"
}

Return Data

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Unique ID for this device. Must be saved and used for all future API access
access_key	string	Unique access key for this device. Must be saved and used for all future API access
hub_url	string	URL of the hub server assigned to this device.
hub_url_static_cert	string	URL of the hub server assigned to this device that supports custom SSL certificates
mqtt_hub_url	string	For MQTT based devices.