Monitor cargo temperature, humidity, and door status on a trailer using the Samsara Sensors API

domain: developers.samsara.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Generate an API token with the Sensors read scope in the Samsara Dashboard
  2. Call GET /v1/sensors/list to enumerate installed environmental sensors
  3. Call POST /v1/sensors/temperature (and /v1/sensors/humidity, /v1/sensors/door, /v1/sensors/cargo) with sensor IDs to get current readings
  4. Call POST /v1/sensors/history for a historical window of readings
  5. Compare readings against your own defined thresholds to detect excursions

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