thingspeak/app/views/docs/channels/_show.html.erb

<div>
  <%= render 'response' %>
  <h2 id="show">View a Channel</h2>
</div>

<br>
To view a specific Channel, send an HTTP GET to
<br>
<code><%= @ssl_api_domain %>channels/<span class="customcode">CHANNEL_ID</span><span class="format format-json">.json</span><span class="format format-xml">.xml</span></code> .

<br>

<div class="format format-json format-xml">
  <br>
  Valid parameters:
  <ul>
    <li><b>api_key</b> (string) - User's API Key; please note that this is different than a Channel API key, and can be found in <a href="/account">your account details</a>.  If this key is provided, the Channel's private details (such as the Channel's API keys) will also be shown. (optional).</li>
  </ul>
</div>

<br>
Example GET:

<pre>GET <span class="str"><%= @ssl_api_domain %>channels/1417<span class="format format-json">.json</span><span class="format format-xml">.xml</span></span></pre>

<br>

<div class="format format-block-xxxl format-text">
  The response will be a webpage that shows the Channel.
</div>

<div class="format format-block-xxxl format-json">
  The response will be a JSON object of the Channel, for example:

<pre class="prettyprint">
{
  "id": 4,
  "name": "My New Channel",
  "description": null,
  "metadata": null,
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null,
  "created_at": "2014-03-25T13:12:50-04:00",
  "elevation": null,
  "last_entry_id": null,
  "ranking": 15,
  "username": "hans",
  "tags": []
}
</pre>

</div>

<div class="format format-block-xxxl format-xml">
  The response will be an XML object of public Channels, for example:

<pre class="prettyprint">
&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
&lt;channel>
    &lt;id type="integer">4&lt;/id>
    &lt;name>My New Channel&lt;/name>
    &lt;description nil="true" />
    &lt;metadata nil="true" />
    &lt;latitude type="decimal" nil="true" />
    &lt;longitude type="decimal" nil="true" />
    &lt;created-at type="dateTime">2014-03-25T20:17:44-04:00&lt;/created-at>
    &lt;elevation nil="true" />
    &lt;last-entry-id type="integer" nil="true" />
    &lt;ranking type="integer">15&lt;/ranking>
    &lt;username>hans&lt;/username>
    &lt;tags type="array" />
&lt;/channel>
</pre>

</div>