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Adafruit IO REST API
### The Internet of Things for Everyone The Adafruit IO HTTP API provides access to your Adafruit IO data from any programming language or hardware environment that can speak HTTP. The easiest way to get started is with an Adafruit IO learn guide and a simple Internet of Things capable device like the Feather Huzzah. This API documentation is hosted on GitHub Pages and is available at https://github.com/adafruit/io-api. For questions or comments visit the Adafruit IO Forums or the adafruit-io channel on the Adafruit Discord server. #### Authentication Authentication for every API request happens through the `X-AIO-Key` header or query parameter and your IO API key. A simple cURL request to get all available feeds for a user with the username "io_username" and the key "io_key_12345" could look like this: $ curl -H "X-AIO-Key: io_key_12345" https://io.adafruit.com/api/v2/io_username/feeds Or like this: $ curl "https://io.adafruit.com/api/v2/io_username/feeds?X-AIO-Key=io_key_12345 Using the node.js request library, IO HTTP requests are as easy as: ```js var request = require('request'); var options = { url: 'https://io.adafruit.com/api/v2/io_username/feeds', headers: { 'X-AIO-Key': '
Plan the first integration safely
The access fields below come from the connected directory. Their likely implementation impact is explained without assuming provider-specific behavior.
Authentication
OAuth is reported. Confirm flows, scopes, consent, token lifetime, and refresh rules.
Transport
HTTPS is not confirmed. Do not send credentials or production data until secure transport is verified.
Browser access
CORS is unknown. Treat direct browser access as unconfirmed and test before choosing a client-only architecture.
First-request sequence
- Identify the current base URL, version, and endpoint for the use case.
- Confirm how credentials are issued and where they may be stored.
- Test success, invalid input, throttling, unavailable data, and timeouts.
- Record response fields, pagination, caching, and error shapes.
- Add monitoring, retries with backoff, and an appropriate fallback.
Questions to resolve before production
Pricing and quotas
Confirm current plans, free-tier limits, overages, and request ceilings.
Endpoint coverage
Check that the operations and response fields match the intended workload.
Reliability
Look for uptime history, a status page, support routes, and service commitments.
Data and privacy
Review retention, licensing, regional processing, and compliance requirements.
Versioning
Confirm the active version, change policy, deprecation window, and migration guidance.
Developer experience
Validate SDKs, examples, error formats, pagination, and test environments.
Source reference
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