Sensors

This page regroups the sensors-related APIs.

Light Level

These are offered by devices with light level sensing capabilities.

List light levels.

get

List all available light levels.

Authorizations

Responses

200

Light Level Success Response

application/json

Responseall of

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

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

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": "2025-05-14T21:25:54.228Z",
          "light_level": 1
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Get light

get

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

Authorizations

Path parameters

lightIdstringRequired

ID of the light

Responses

200

Light Level Success Response

application/json

Responseall of

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

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

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": "2025-05-14T21:25:54.228Z",
          "light_level": 1
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Update light

put

Update a single light from its given {lightId}.

Authorizations

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

Responseall of

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

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

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"
    }
  ]
}

Temperature

These are offered by devices with temperature sensing capabilities.

List temperatures

get

List all temperatures

Authorizations

Responses

200

Temperature Success Response

application/json

Responseall of

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

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /clip/v2/resource/temperature 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,
      "temperature": {
        "temperature": 23,
        "temperature_valid": true,
        "temperature_report": {
          "changed": "2025-05-14T21:25:54.228Z",
          "temperature": 23
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Get temperature sensor information

get

Get details of a single temperature sensor from its given {temperatureId}.

Authorizations

Path parameters

temperatureIdstringRequired

ID of the temperature sensor

Responses

200

Temperature Success Response

application/json

Responseall of

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

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /clip/v2/resource/temperature/{temperatureId} 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,
      "temperature": {
        "temperature": 23,
        "temperature_valid": true,
        "temperature_report": {
          "changed": "2025-05-14T21:25:54.228Z",
          "temperature": 23
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Update temperature sensor

put

Update a temperature sensor from its given {temperatureId}.

Authorizations

Path parameters

temperatureIdstringRequired

ID of the temperature sensor

Body

typestring · enumOptional

Type of the supported resources (always temperature here)

Possible values:

enabledbooleanOptional

true when sensor is activated, false when deactivated

Responses

200

Success

application/json

Responseall of

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

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

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

{
  "enabled": true
}

Enable temperature sensorDisable temperature sensor

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