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bwalke5-Regular Member
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August 20, 2015
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can someone point me to a sample python script that sets thingworx properties (through Rest API?)

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can someone point me to a sample python script that sets thingworx properties (through Rest API?)

 

I am a thingworx starter and looking for some reference material on how to use python to communicate with thingworx server to get me started.

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adamtrainer5-Regular Member
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August 21, 2015

Hi Bhaskar,

The Requests HTTP library for Python makes interacting with the ThingWorx API a breeze. The following sample code uses this library to set two Properties (stringProperty and numberProperty) defined on a Thing:


import requests

import json

url = 'https://localhost/Thingworx'

headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'appKey': 'ed18a4a1-c6d5-46b3-ace8-b55d148e2384' }

payload = { 'stringProperty': 'ThingWorx', 'numberProperty': 14.3 }

response = requests.put(url + '/Things/ExampleThing/Properties/*', headers=headers, json=payload, verify=False)

Since Tomcat is configured with a self-signed certificate, False must be passed as an argument to the verify parameter. In a production environment, you will want to verify the SSL certificate.

You can find information about the ThingWorx API here.

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    bwalke5-Regular MemberAuthor
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    August 21, 2015

    Thanks a LOT Adam for the detailed reply.

    Can you please also provide information on how to “get” thingworx property value using python?

    Thanks in advance,

    Bhaskar Walke

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    adamtrainer5-Regular Member
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    August 21, 2015

    You're welcome : )

    To retrieve a Property value, you need to modify the headers:

    headers = { 'Accept': 'application/json', 'appKey': 'ed18a4a1-c6d5-46b3-ace8-b55d148e2384' }

    and use the method that corresponds to a GET:

    response = requests.get(url + '/Things/ExampleThing/Properties/stringProperty', headers=headers, verify=False)

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