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Thingsboard: bulk device creation

Can I create multiple devices in a single API request?

I can't find corresponding API methods in my Swagger UI, but I still do not lose hope..

TB PE v3.1.1

UPD

[Feature Request] Add bulk device creation API method #4242 created

Solution

  • As you found out by looking at the Swagger documentation, https://cloud.thingsboard.io/swagger-ui.html, ThingsBoard offers no endpoint for bulk creation (yet).

    It is confirmed by inspecting the network requests done when you use the "create devices from a CSV file" feature in the web interface. A POST called is made for each line of the CSV.

    So it means that if you want to massively create devices from a custom script, you need to execute the HTTP requests in a loop or in queue.