The Cisco Spaces Location Cloud API

This Cisco Spaces Location Cloud API guide provides an overview for getting information on devices, its history, maps, updating/deleting existing devices and maps, has instructions on how to use this API, provision authentication and authorization, sample request/response cURL snippets, troubleshooting and developer support. The Cisco Spaces Location Cloud API is a REST API provided by ApiServer for Maps and Devices. ApiServer is a backend service that serves the requests for devices, history and maps.

What can the Cisco Spaces Location Cloud API be used for?

• The Cisco Spaces Location Cloud API helps with search and display of location devices. To manage these devices and their location on maps, the Cisco Spaces Location Cloud API can be used to get this information.
• The GET method for devices or maps can be used to get information on devices and location hierarchy. They can be further filtered by location and device types.

The Cisco Spaces Location Cloud API includes the following resources:

• Map – Navigate the maps hierarchy and retrieve map element. Maps display the location of devices. The maps can be categorized into multiple hierarchies from Campus -> Building -> Floors -> Zones on a floor. Device is located in a zone on a floor. The Map API helps in querying this location hierarchy information and retrieving map elements so user can validate their location data. Map here represents tenant's workspace map for which the tenant utilizes the Cisco Spaces services.
• Active devices - Retrieve devices information and devices count. Devices API provides device information and count value for number of devices located in a given location. This can be filtered based on location hierarchy like devices on a floor, building etc. Device types are access points, interferer, tag devices, rogue a access points.
• Devices history - Retrieve device history information. Device history API provides device history information for a given device or multiple devices.