November 2020 Release Notes

Release date: 2nd November 2020

Send multiple device states within a single request

Often times an IoT device sleeps, and wakes up when an event is sensed or in a regular interval, in order to send its state to the platform. In those times, it can be a pain to implement one request for each state change, as there can be quite a few of those. We’ve tried to make this simpler, so now you can use HTTPS requests to send multiple device states in a single request.

Check out the new API reference:

• Asset states API
• Device states API

Multiple device state in a single request work for JSON at the moment. We plan to support it for CBOR and ABCL in the next release.

Rules and Device types API documentation is now public

We have been continually making our API documentation more solid so that you guys can use it and implement custom use cases or applications.

Rules API

AllThingsTalk Platform comes with a powerful, integrated rules engine. A rules engine lets you automate work by defining actions that need to be taken in response to a set of triggers. For example, you could make it turn the lights on when you open the door, dispense cat food at predefined times, or notify you if your package is handled improperly in transport.

Rules API enables creating and managing ground rules.

Device types API

Partner accounts can enroll a type of device that they build, sell or integrate, and manage versions of templates to streamline the creation of uniform, same-type devices for their users.

Device types API enables creating and managing device types.