Send data to a feed via webhook URL in Adafruit IO
A documented Adafruit IO operation that changes something in your account. Describe the outcome you want in plain words — HumDay writes the program, proves it, and runs it.
What this operation does
Send data to a feed via webhook URL.
- POSTChanges data · Webhooks
io.adafruit.com/webhooks/feed/:token
How HumDay uses it
- You describe the outcome. Not this operation by name — what you want to happen. HumDay works out which operations it needs.
- The contract names it. Before anything is built, you see exactly which Adafruit IO operations the program may use, and this is one of them.
- You approve access. Because this one changes data, it cannot run until you have explicitly granted it.
Other Adafruit IO operations
- Create a new FeedPOST · changes data
- Create a new GroupPOST · changes data
- Create a new TokenPOST · changes data
- Create a new TriggerPOST · changes data
- Create a new DashboardPOST · changes data
- Send arbitrary data to a feed via webhook URLPOST · changes data
- Create multiple new Data recordsPOST · changes data
- All activities for current userDELETE · changes data
Questions
- Can HumDay send data to a feed via webhook url in Adafruit IO?
- Yes. This operation is published in Adafruit IO's own API description, so HumDay can use it without a hand-built connector — once you have approved it for your automation.
- Will this change my Adafruit IO data?
- Yes — this is a POST operation, so it changes something in Adafruit IO. HumDay holds anything that writes behind an approval you grant explicitly, and the contract you approve says what it may touch.
- Do I need to write code?
- No. You describe the outcome you want in plain words. HumDay agrees a contract with you, writes the program, and shows you a proof run before anything touches your Adafruit IO account.
Where this came from
Read from a published API description for Adafruit IO at raw.githubusercontent.com/adafruit/io-api/gh-pages/v2.json. The description above is the provider’s own wording, not ours. Last published 2021-06-21.