CoAP

This page describes the CoAP connectivity in more detail
If a device communicates over CoAP with akenza, a CoAP device connector has to be set up and assigned to a Data Flow.
After creation, a secret is generated which has to be provided in the request. Both the secret and the device ID are set as query params in the CoAP request.
NOTE: The akenza CoAP connector currently only supports JSON content format. Make sure to provide the appropriate header for it.
post
Send a CoAP Uplink
coap://coap.akenza.io/v3/capture?secret={uplinkSecret}&deviceId={deviceId}
The body can be any JSON object.
Request
Response
Request
Headers
content_format
required
number
application/json
Query Parameters
timestamp
optional
string
The timestamp of the event (ISO-8601 formatted - the current time will be used if not provided)
topic
optional
string
The data topic ("default" will be used if not provided)
uplinkSecret
required
string
The uplink secret used to authenticate the request
deviceId
required
string
The device ID
Response
201: Created
Note that the actual response code is 2.01 for CoAP
{
    "id": "UUID",
    "timestamp": "ISO-8601 date string",
    "message": "uplink received"
}
Sample nodeJS Script
The below sample nodeJS script allows sending a CoAP uplink. It requires the node module coap to be installed.
const coap = require('coap');
​
// define connection options
const options = {
    hostname: "coap.akenza.io",
    port: 5683,
    method: "POST",
    pathname: "/v3/capture",
    query: "secret={secret}&deviceId={deviceId}",
    options: {
        "Content-Format": "application/json",
    },
};
// create the request object
const req = coap.request(options);
// set the payload
const payload = {
    temperature: Math.random() * 100,
};
req.write(JSON.stringify(payload));
// handle success response
req.on('response', function (res) {
    res.pipe(process.stdout);
});
// handle error response
req.on('error', function (err) {
    console.log("error while sending coap request", err);
});
// send the request
req.end();
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Sample nodeJS Script

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