Mappers API

Introduction

The Mappers API is a set of HTTP requests used for submitting data to the Mappers project. Data submitted is viewable on mappers.helium.com and updated in real time.

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Authentication

There is currently no authentication required.

Ingest Uplink

POST https://mappers.helium.com/api/v1/ingest/uplink

Submit geo tagged device uplink.

Content-Type: application/json

Requests are intended to be sent from an HTTP integration within Console. Metadata from the standard JSON message is used in addition to the required fields detailed below.

All required fields are case sensitive and must be in the top level of the decoded payload section as shown below:

"decoded": {
  "payload" : {
    "accuracy": 2,
    "altitude": 2,
    "latitude": 38.811706,
    "longitude": -121.607035
  }
}

All of the following fields are required latitude, longitude, altitude , accuracy.

Request

Body Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Description	Expected Unit	Example
latitude	float	Device Latitude Value	Decimal Degrees	37.79518664339426
longitude	float	Device Longitude Value	Decimal Degrees	-122.39384483747301
altitude	int	Device Altitude Value	Meters	10
accuracy	float	Device GPS Accuracy Value	Meters	2.3

Response

200: OK Request submission successful

Success

400: Bad Request Required request parameters not found.

Invalid Fields