Light Level

API to manage light level services. These are offered by devices with light level sensing capabilities.

List light levels.

get

List all available light levels.

Authorizations

hue-application-keystringRequired

Responses

200

Light Level Success Response

application/json

401

Unauthorized

application/json

403

Forbidden

application/json

404

Not Found

application/json

405

Method Not Allowed

application/json

406

Not Acceptable

application/json

409

Conflict

application/json

429

Too Many Requests

application/json

500

Internal Server Error

application/json

503

Service Unavailable

application/json

507

Insufficient Storage

application/json

get/clip/v2/resource/light_level

GET /clip/v2/resource/light_level HTTP/1.1
Host: 192.168.1.0
hue-application-key: YOUR_API_KEY
Accept: */*

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "description": "text"
    }
  ],
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "light",
      "id": "3883f8bf-30a3-445b-ac06-b047d50599df",
      "id_v1": "/lights/8",
      "owner": {
        "rid": "42edd1f5-9538-4180-9ced-2d9e07f26d0f",
        "rtype": "device"
      },
      "enabled": true,
      "light": {
        "light_level": 1,
        "light_level_valid": true,
        "light_level_report": {
          "changed": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
          "light_level": 1
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Get light

get

Get details of a single light from its given {lightId}.

Authorizations

hue-application-keystringRequired

Path parameters

lightIdstringRequired

ID of the light

Responses

200

Light Level Success Response

application/json

401

Unauthorized

application/json

403

Forbidden

application/json

404

Not Found

application/json

405

Method Not Allowed

application/json

406

Not Acceptable

application/json

409

Conflict

application/json

429

Too Many Requests

application/json

500

Internal Server Error

application/json

503

Service Unavailable

application/json

507

Insufficient Storage

application/json

get/clip/v2/resource/light_level/{lightId}

GET /clip/v2/resource/light_level/{lightId} HTTP/1.1
Host: 192.168.1.0
hue-application-key: YOUR_API_KEY
Accept: */*

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "description": "text"
    }
  ],
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "light",
      "id": "3883f8bf-30a3-445b-ac06-b047d50599df",
      "id_v1": "/lights/8",
      "owner": {
        "rid": "42edd1f5-9538-4180-9ced-2d9e07f26d0f",
        "rtype": "device"
      },
      "enabled": true,
      "light": {
        "light_level": 1,
        "light_level_valid": true,
        "light_level_report": {
          "changed": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
          "light_level": 1
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Update light

put

Update a single light from its given {lightId}.

Authorizations

hue-application-keystringRequired

Path parameters

lightIdstringRequired

ID of the light

Body

typestringOptional

Type of the supported resources (always light_level here)

enabledbooleanOptional

true when sensor is activated, false when deactivated

Responses

200

Success

application/json

401

Unauthorized

application/json

403

Forbidden

application/json

404

Not Found

application/json

405

Method Not Allowed

application/json

406

Not Acceptable

application/json

409

Conflict

application/json

429

Too Many Requests

application/json

500

Internal Server Error

application/json

503

Service Unavailable

application/json

507

Insufficient Storage

application/json

put/clip/v2/resource/light_level/{lightId}

PUT /clip/v2/resource/light_level/{lightId} HTTP/1.1
Host: 192.168.1.0
hue-application-key: YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 16

{
  "enabled": true
}

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "description": "text"
    }
  ],
  "data": [
    {
      "rid": "42edd1f5-9538-4180-9ced-2d9e07f26d0f",
      "rtype": "device"
    }
  ]
}