Description
The API devices returns all devices defined in Oceans 2.0 which meet a filter criteria.
Devices are instruments with one or more sensors that observe a property. Devices are uniquely identified by a device code and can be deployed at multiple locations during their lifespan.
The primary purpose of this service is to find devices that have the data you want to access; the service provides the deviceCode that can be used to request a data product via the dataProductDelivery web service.
For a list of available device codes, along with names, ids and device links, see the Available Devices page.
See External Web Services for method and token usage and error messages.
Due to a SSL Certificate issue on the production server please use http://data.oceannetworks.ca in place of https://data.oceannetworks.ca.
URL
https://data.oceannetworks.ca/api/devices
Method | Description | Example |
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get | Retrieve a list of all devices |
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get
The get method retrieves a list of devices with deviceId, deviceCode, and deviceName
Parameters
Parameter | Type | Description | Example |
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Required | |||
token | string | All Web Services require a token. Once logged in at https://data.oceannetworks.ca/login, your token can be retrieved or generated at https://data.oceannetworks.ca/Profile . Click on the "Web Services" tab, then click "Generate Token". | token=5ba514e8-1203-428c-8835-879c8173e387 |
Optional | |||
deviceCode | string | Return a single Device matching a specific Device Code
| deviceCode=FSINXIC1622 |
deviceName | string | Return all of the Devices where the Device Name contains a keyword
| deviceName=meter |
locationCode | string | Return all Devices that are deployed at a specific Location
| locationCode=BACAX |
deviceCategoryCode | string | Return all Devices belonging to a specific Device Category
| deviceCategoryCode=CTD |
propertyCode | string | Return all Devices that have a sensor for a specific Property
| propertyCode=pressure |
dataProductCode | string | Return all Devices that have the ability to return a specific Data Product
| dataProductCode=jpgfile |
deploymentBegin | datetime | Return all of the Devices that have a Deployment Beginning on or after a specific date/time
Date Time format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'
| deploymentBegin=2010-07-27T00:00:00.000Z |
deploymentEnd | datetime | Return all of the Devices that have a Deployment Ending on or before a specific date/time
Date Time format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'
| deploymentEnd=2016-08-01T00:00:00.000Z |
Response
Example for request: https://data.oceannetworks.ca/api/devices?method=get&token=[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]&deviceCategoryCode=ADCP2MHZ
Success (HTTP 200)
Returns a list of devices with values for Device Code, Device Id, Device Name and Device Link URL, ordered by Device Code
[{ "deviceCode" : "BC_POD1_AD2M" , "deviceId" :11302, "deviceLink" : "https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DeviceListing?DeviceId=11302" , "deviceName" : "Nortek Aquadopp HR-Profiler 2965" , "dataRating" : [{ "samplePeriod" :1.0, "dateFrom" , "2008-11-01 00:00:00" },{ "samplePeriod" :10.0, "dateFrom" , "2010-05-27 19:27:04" }], "cvTerm" : [{ "device" : [{ "vocabulary" : "SeaVoX Device Catalogue" , "uri" : "http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0888/" }] }] }, { "deviceCode" : "NortekADCP1504" , "deviceId" :22666, "deviceLink" : "https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DeviceListing?DeviceId=22666" , "deviceName" : "Nortek Aquadopp Profiler AQD 1504 on Crawler" , "dataRating" : [{ "samplePeriod" :60.0, "dateFrom" , "2010-08-01 00:00:00" }], "cvTerm" : [{ "device" : [{ "vocabulary" : "SeaVoX Device Catalogue" , "uri" : "http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0888/" }] }] }, { "deviceCode" : "NORTEKADCP9917" , "deviceId" :23081, "deviceLink" : "https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DeviceListing?DeviceId=23081" , "deviceName" : "Nortek Aquadopp Profiler AQD 9917" , "dataRating" : [{ "samplePeriod" :60.0, "dateFrom" , "2012-05-23 18:28:16" },{ "samplePeriod" :60.0, "dateFrom" , "2012-05-01 00:00:00" }], "cvTerm" : [{ "device" : [{ "vocabulary" : "SeaVoX Device Catalogue" , "uri" : "http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0888/" }] }] }, { "deviceCode" : "NORTEKAQDPRO2751" , "deviceId" :23164, "deviceLink" : "https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DeviceListing?DeviceId=23164" , "deviceName" : "Nortek Aquadopp Profiler AQD 2751" , "dataRating" : [{ "samplePeriod" :300.0, "dateFrom" , "2013-05-14 00:00:00" }], "cvTerm" : [{ "device" : [{ "vocabulary" : "SeaVoX Device Catalogue" , "uri" : "http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0888/" }] }] }, { "deviceCode" : "NORTEKAQDPRO2786" , "deviceId" :23163, "deviceLink" : "https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DeviceListing?DeviceId=23163" , "deviceName" : "Nortek Aquadopp Profiler AQD 2786" , "dataRating" : [{ "samplePeriod" :300.0, "dateFrom" , "2013-05-14 00:00:00" }], "cvTerm" : [{ "device" : [{ "vocabulary" : "SeaVoX Device Catalogue" , "uri" : "http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0888/" }] }] }, { "deviceCode" : "NORTEKAQDPRO2958" , "deviceId" :20002, "deviceLink" : "https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DeviceListing?DeviceId=20002" , "deviceName" : "Nortek Aquadopp Profiler AQD 2958" , "dataRating" : [{ "samplePeriod" :1.0, "dateFrom" , "2008-03-01 00:00:00" },{ "samplePeriod" :1.0, "dateFrom" , "2008-11-01 00:00:00" },{ "samplePeriod" :10.0, "dateFrom" , "2010-10-28 23:21:06" },{ "samplePeriod" :60.0, "dateFrom" , "2011-02-21 23:48:02" }], "cvTerm" : [{ "device" : [{ "vocabulary" : "SeaVoX Device Catalogue" , "uri" : "http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0888/" }] }] }, { "deviceCode" : "NORTEKAQDPRO8398" , "deviceId" :520, "deviceLink" : "https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DeviceListing?DeviceId=520" , "deviceName" : "Nortek Aquadopp Profiler AQD 8398" , "dataRating" : [{ "samplePeriod" :1200.0, "dateFrom" , "2013-02-06 00:00:00" },{ "samplePeriod" :600.0, "dateFrom" , "2014-04-17 17:00:00" }], "cvTerm" : [{ "device" : [{ "vocabulary" : "SeaVoX Device Catalogue" , "uri" : "http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0888/" }] }] }, { "deviceCode" : "NORTEKAQDPRO8455" , "deviceId" :23117, "deviceLink" : "https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DeviceListing?DeviceId=23117" , "deviceName" : "Nortek Aquadopp Profiler AQD 8455" , "dataRating" : [{ "samplePeriod" :900.0, "dateFrom" , "2013-04-18 00:00:00" },{ "samplePeriod" :600.0, "dateFrom" , "2014-05-13 00:00:00" }], "cvTerm" : [{ "device" : [{ "vocabulary" : "SeaVoX Device Catalogue" , "uri" : "http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0888/" }] }] }, { "deviceCode" : "NTAquadoppHRCP2973" , "deviceId" :11203, "deviceLink" : "https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DeviceListing?DeviceId=11203" , "deviceName" : "Nortek Aquadopp HR-Profiler 2973" , "dataRating" : [{ "samplePeriod" :120.0, "dateFrom" , "2008-11-01 00:00:00" },{ "samplePeriod" :1.0, "dateFrom" , "2010-05-13 23:17:54" },{ "samplePeriod" :10.0, "dateFrom" , "2010-05-27 19:22:39" }], "cvTerm" : [{ "device" : [{ "vocabulary" : "SeaVoX Device Catalogue" , "uri" : "http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0888/" }] }] }, { "deviceCode" : "NTAquadoppHRCP2978" , "deviceId" :12003, "deviceLink" : "https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DeviceListing?DeviceId=12003" , "deviceName" : "Nortek Aquadopp HR-Profiler 2978" , "dataRating" : [{ "samplePeriod" :1.0, "dateFrom" , "2008-11-01 00:00:00" },{ "samplePeriod" :120.0, "dateFrom" , "2008-03-01 00:00:00" },{ "samplePeriod" :1.0, "dateFrom" , "2010-05-13 23:18:34" },{ "samplePeriod" :10.0, "dateFrom" , "2010-05-27 19:32:41" }], "cvTerm" : [{ "device" : [{ "vocabulary" : "SeaVoX Device Catalogue" , "uri" : "http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0888/" }] }] }] |
Property | Type | Description | Example |
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deviceCode | string | Returns the device code | "deviceCode":"BC_POD1_AD2M" |
deviceId | integer | Returns the device id | "deviceId":11302 |
deviceName | string | Returns the device name | "deviceName":"Nortek Aquadopp HR-Profiler 2965" |
deviceLink | url | Returns a URL link to the Device Listing page for the specific device | "deviceLink":"https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DeviceListing?DeviceId=11302" |
dataRating | list | Returns a list of data ratings and date from for each device Each data rating is made up of:
| "dataRating" : [ { "samplePeriod" : 1.0 , "dateFrom" : "2013-08-01 00:00:00" } ] |
cvTerm | list | The list of controlled vocabulary terms associated with the device and any device groups the device belongs to. Each vocabulary term is made up of:
| "cvTerm" : [ { "device" : [ { "vocabulary" : "SeaVoX Device Catalogue" , } ] } ] |
Bad Request (HTTP 400)
errorCode | errorMessage | Description |
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23 | Invalid Time Range, Start Time is greater than End Time or start time is not provided | Occurs when the deploymentEnd is before the deploymentBegin date/time
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127 | Invalid parameter value | Occurs when an invalid code is used in the filter. Most filters require an exact match, otherwise this error will occur
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128 | Missing parameter | Occurs when multiple parameters are needed, but not all are present. Occurs when deploymentBegin is used without deploymentEnd
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129 | Invalid parameter name | Occurs when a filter parameter is used, but is not supported |
URL Examples
- Return a list of All Devices (no filters)
https://data.oceannetworks.ca/api/devices?method=get&token=[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]
- Return the Device with a Device Code of 'NORTEKADCP9917'
- Return a list of all Devices that have a Device Name which contains 'JASCO'
https://data.oceannetworks.ca/api/devices?method=get&token=[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]&deviceName=JASCO
- Return a list of all Devices that have been deployed at a location with Location Code 'BACAX' ('Barkely Canyon Axis (POD1)')
https://data.oceannetworks.ca/api/devices?method=get&token=[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]&locationCode=BACAX
- Return a list of all Devices with a Device Category of 'ADCP2MHZ'
- Return a list of all Devices with a Property Code of 'oxygen'
https://data.oceannetworks.ca/api/devices?method=get&token=[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]&propertyCode=oxygen
- Return a list of all Devices with a Device Category of 'CTD' and Property Code of 'pressure'
- Return a list of all Devices that support the Data Product Code of 'IBPP' ('Ice Buoy Profile Plots')
https://data.oceannetworks.ca/api/devices?method=get&token=[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]&dataProductCode=IBPP
- Return a list of all of the Devices that were Deployed Between 1 July 2010 and 30 June 2012
- Return a list of all of the Devices Deployed Between 1 July 2010 and 30 June 2011, at a location with a Location Code of 'BACAX' ('Barkely Canyon Axis (POD1)')
- Return a list of all of the Devices which have a Property Code of 'seawatertemperature', at a location with Location Code 'BACAX' ('Barkely Canyon Axis (POD1)'), Deployed Between 1 July 2010 and 30 June 2011
API Proxy
The https://data.oceannetworks.ca/apiproxy/devices URL link in the above examples can be used in a browser for sharing or testing purposes; however, it can not be accessed from code. Calls to the apiproxy server are redirected to a login screen to capture your user id. Accessing the apiproxy URL from code will return html in the payload, which may cause errors or unexpected behaviour. In order to use the deviceCategories endpoint from code, you must use the https://data.oceannetworks.ca/api/devices url along with a valid token.
Code Examples
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