Creating an API user and generating API credentials
You can create an API user in cThings Cloud to programmatically access your devices and data via the cThings Cloud API. You can create API keys once the API user is created.
Navigate to Users
Click New User
Select API User
Enter a Name and Organisation for your API user
Select a Role for your API user; this will determine what API endpoints the API user can access
Select an Asset that your API user can access (more assets can be added later)
Click Create User
Navigate to the API user
Under the API Keys tile, click Add API Key
Name you API key to identify it's purpose
Click Add API Key
Take note of the Secret as this will no longer be available after leaving the page
Creating an API user in cThings Cloud
Navigate to Users
Click New User
Select API User
Enter a Name and Organisation for your API user
Select a Role for your API user; this will determine what API endpoints the API user can access
Select an Asset that your API user can access (more assets can be added later)
Click Create User
Generating an API key
Navigate to the API user
Under the API Keys tile, click Add API Key
Name you API key to identify it's purpose
Click Add API Key
Take note of the Secret as this will no longer be available after leaving the page
Updated on: 11/11/2024
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