<%= render 'response' %>

Update a Channel

To update a Channel, send an HTTP GET or POST to <%= @ssl_api_domain %>update.json.xml .

Valid parameters:

api_key (string) - Write API Key for this specific Channel (required). The Write API Key can optionally be sent via an X-THINGSPEAKAPIKEY HTTP header.
field1 (string) - Field 1 data (optional)
field2 (string) - Field 2 data (optional)
field3 (string) - Field 3 data (optional)
field4 (string) - Field 4 data (optional)
field5 (string) - Field 5 data (optional)
field6 (string) - Field 6 data (optional)
field7 (string) - Field 7 data (optional)
field8 (string) - Field 8 data (optional)
lat (decimal) - Latitude in degrees (optional)
long (decimal) - Longitude in degrees (optional)
elevation (integer) - Elevation in meters (optional)
status (string) - Status update message (optional)
twitter (string) - Twitter username linked to ThingTweet (optional)
tweet (string) - Twitter status update (optional)
created_at (datetime) - Date when this feed entry was created, in the format
YYYY-MM-DD%20HH:NN:SS (optional)

Example POST:

POST <%= @ssl_api_domain %>update.json.xml
     api_key=<%= @channel_api_key %>
     field1=73

The response will be the entry ID of the update, for example: 18

If the response is 0 then the update failed.

The response will be a JSON object of the new feed, for example:

{
  "channel_id": 3,
  "field1": "73",
  "field2": null,
  "field3": null,
  "field4": null,
  "field5": null,
  "field6": null,
  "field7": null,
  "field8": null,
  "created_at": "2014-02-25T14:13:01-05:00",
  "entry_id": 320,
  "status": null,
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null,
  "elevation": null,
  "location":null
}

The response will be an XML object of the new feed, for example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feed>
  <channel-id type="integer">3</channel-id>
  <field1>73</field1>
  <field2 nil="true"/>
  <field3 nil="true"/>
  <field4 nil="true"/>
  <field5 nil="true"/>
  <field6 nil="true"/>
  <field7 nil="true"/>
  <field8 nil="true"/>
  <created-at type="dateTime">2014-02-25T14:15:42-05:00</created-at>
  <entry-id type="integer">321</entry-id>
  <status nil="true"/>
  <latitude type="decimal" nil="true"/>
  <longitude type="decimal" nil="true"/>
  <elevation nil="true"/>
  <location nil="true"/>
</feed>