Samsara API

Samsara API

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Samsara provides API endpoints for interacting with Samsara Cloud, so that you can build powerful applications and custom solutions with sensor data. Samsara has endpoints available to track and analyse sensors, vehicles, and entire fleets. The Samsara API is a RESTful API. It uses standard HTTP authentication, verbs, and response codes, and it returns JSON response bodies. If you're familiar with what you can build with a REST API, then this will be your go-to API reference.

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🚀 Quick Start Examples

Samsara API Javascript Examplejavascript
// Samsara API API Example
const response = await fetch('https://www.samsara.com/api', {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    }
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Getting Started with the Samsara API

Samsara is a platform that provides a suite of APIs for fleet management and industrial IoT applications. In this tutorial, we will be focusing on the Samsara API and how it can be used to interact with the platform.

Authentication

Before you can use the Samsara API, you need to obtain an API access token. You can do this by following the instructions on the Samsara API documentation.

Once you have your access token, you will need to provide it in the API requests. This can be done by setting the Authorization header to Bearer <access_token>.

Using the Samsara API

The Samsara API provides a range of endpoints for interacting with the platform. Here are some examples of how to use them in JavaScript:

Getting Vehicles

To retrieve a list of all vehicles on your Samsara account, use the GET /fleet/vehicles endpoint:

const fetch = require("node-fetch");

const baseUrl = "https://api.samsara.com/v1";

const accessToken = "<your_access_token>";

const getVehicles = async () => {
  const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/fleet/vehicles`, {
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}` },
  });

  const data = await res.json();
  console.log(data);
};

getVehicles();

Getting Assets

To retrieve a list of all assets on your Samsara account, use the GET /assets endpoint:

const fetch = require("node-fetch");

const baseUrl = "https://api.samsara.com/v1";

const accessToken = "<your_access_token>";

const getAssets = async () => {
  const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/assets`, {
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}` },
  });

  const data = await res.json();
  console.log(data);
};

getAssets();

Creating a Tag

To create a new tag on your Samsara account, use the POST /tags endpoint:

const fetch = require("node-fetch");

const baseUrl = "https://api.samsara.com/v1";

const accessToken = "<your_access_token>";

const createTag = async () => {
  const body = {
    name: "My New Tag",
    assets: ["123456", "789012"],
  };

  const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/tags`, {
    method: "POST",
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}` },
    body: JSON.stringify(body),
  });

  const data = await res.json();
  console.log(data);
};

createTag();

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the basics of using the Samsara API in JavaScript. The Samsara API provides a wealth of endpoints for managing vehicles, assets, and more. By using the examples provided, you should now have a good understanding of how to get started with the Samsara API.

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