REST API

Requirements

General requirements

The API shall communicate with mobile apps and dynamic webpage.

For each request, the API shall validate the credentials (user, password).

The API shall provide the data in JSON format.

Timestamps shall have the format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

Requirements for overview feature

The API shall provide an endpoint for informing the client about the validity of the credentials.

The API shall provide an endpoint communicating a set of floating point data read from a set of files:

Signal name	Signal format	Signal source
timestamp	string	/var/local/aquarium-ctrl/aquarium-ctrl-ts
water temperature	floating point number	/var/local/aquarium-ctrl/atlsscntfc-temp
filtered water temperature	floating point number	/var/local/aquarium-ctrl/atlsscntfc-tempfltrd
pH value	floating point number	/var/local/aquarium-ctrl/atlsscntfc-ph
filtered pH value	floating point number	/var/local/aquarium-ctrl/atlsscntfc-phfltrd
conductivity	floating point number	/var/local/aquarium-ctrl/atlsscntfc-conduc
filtered water temperature	floating point number	/var/local/aquarium-ctrl/atlsscntfc-conducfltrd
tank level switch position	floating point number	/var/local/aquarium-ctrl/tnklvlsswtch
surface ventilation status	string	/var/local/aquarium-ctrl/srfcvntltn
ambient temperature	floating point number	/var/local/aquarium-ctrl/ambtemp
ambient humidity	floating point number	/var/local/aquarium-ctrl/ambhum
heating status	string	/var/local/aquarium-ctrl/htng