Read Last Status

Read last status of channel with HTTP GET

Request

HTTP Method

GET

URL

https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/<channel_id>/status/last.<format>

URL Parameters

Name	Description
`<channel_id>`	(Required) Channel ID for the channel of interest.
`<format>`	(Required) Format for the HTTP response, specified as `json`, `xml`, `csv`, or `txt`.

Example: https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/266256/status/last.json

Query String Parameters

Name	Description	Value Type
`api_key`	(Required for private channels) Specify Read API Key for this specific channel. The Read API key is found on the API Keys tab of the channel view.	string

Examples

You can use your web browser to complete GET HTTP requests to the RESTful API for ThingSpeak™. To see the format for an HTTP response, click the link or copy it to your browser.

Read Last Status in JSON Format

Channel 276330 stores soil moisture information for an office plant. You can read data from this public channel. The format for the response occurs at the end of the URL, before any query string parameters. This example returns the last status entry from channel 9 in JSON format.

https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/276330/status/last.json

Read Last Status of Office Plant Channel in XML Format

Channel 276330 stores soil moisture information for an office plant. Use the extension XML on the request to return the last status in XML format.

https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/276330/status/last.xml