Endpoints

Enabling Local API

Following review of your submission, the owner of your Vestaboard will be emailed a token to enable the Local API and get your first key.

Path

http://vestaboard.local:7000/local-api/enablement

Method

POST

Headers

• X-Vestaboard-Local-Api-Enablement-Token
• Content-Type: application/json

Example Request

CURL

curl -X POST -H "X-Vestaboard-Local-Api-Enablement-Token: YOUR_API_ENABLEMENT_TOKEN" http://vestaboard.local:7000/local-api/enablement

Javascript

await fetch("http://vestaboard.local:7000/local-api/enablement", {
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-Vestaboard-Local-Api-Enablement-Token": "YOUR_API_ENABLEMENT_TOKEN",
  },
  method: "POST",
}).then((res) => res.json());

Example Response

{
  "message": "Local API enabled",
  "apiKey": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
}

Sending a message via Local API

After following the steps above to enable the Local API, use the provided API Key to send messages locally.

Path

http://vestaboard.local:7000/local-api/message

Method

POST

Headers

• X-Vestaboard-Local-Api-Key
  • The Local API token provided when you enabled the Local API

Body

The request body should be an array of arrays containing the Vestaboard character codes for your message.

Flagship:

[
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 5, 12, 12, 15, 0, 23, 15, 18, 12, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
]

Vestaboard Note:

[
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 62, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
]

Example Request

CURL

curl -X POST -H "X-Vestaboard-Local-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://vestaboard.local:7000/local-api/message -d "[[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,8,5,12,12,15,0,23,15,18,12,4,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]"

Javascript

await fetch("http://vestaboard.local:7000/local-api/message", {
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-Vestaboard-Local-Api-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  method: "POST",
  body: JSON.stringify([
    [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
    [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
    [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 5, 12, 12, 15, 0, 23, 15, 18, 12, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
    [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
    [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
    [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  ]),
}).then((res) => res.json());

Transitions / Animations

The local API allows you to specify the transition style on a per-message basis. Please note that transitions set in the app will not be applied to messages sent over the local API. The app settings only affect messages that pass through our cloud platform.

Path

http://vestaboard.local:7000/local-api/message

Method

POST

Headers

• X-Vestaboard-Local-Api-Key
  • The Local API token provided when you enabled the Local API

Body

The request body should be an array of arrays containing the Vestaboard character codes for your message.

 {
     "characters": [[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,5,19,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],
     "strategy": "column", // The animation type
     "step_interval_ms": 3000, // The delay in milliseconds between starting each animation step. If you leave this out, we will activate one after another as quickly as possible.
     "step_size": 2 // How many rows or columns are updated at once. If you leave this off, it will animate one at a time.
 }

Parameters :

• characters: An array of arrays of character codes.
• step_interval_ms: The delay in milliseconds between starting each animation step. Omit for immediate sequential activation.
• step_size: How many updates to make at once. Omit to animate one step at a time.
• strategy: The animation type. One of:
  • column -> "Wave" in the app.
  • reverse-column -> "Drift" in the app.
  • edges-to-center -> "Curtain" in the app.
  • row -> Row-by-row animation. Not available in the app.
  • diagonal -> Corner-to-corner animation. Not available in the app.
  • random -> Animates the number in step_size at a time randomly.

Example Request

CURL

curl -X POST -H "X-Vestaboard-Local-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://vestaboard.local:7000/local-api/message -d "{ \"characters\": [[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,5,19,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]], \"strategy\": \"column\"}"

Javascript

await fetch("http://vestaboard.local:7000/local-api/message", {
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-Vestaboard-Local-Api-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  method: "POST",
  body: JSON.stringify({
     "characters": [[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,5,19,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],
     "strategy": "column"
 }),
}).then((res) => res.json());

Reading the current message

You can also read the current message displayed on your Vestaboard.

Path

http://vestaboard.local:7000/local-api/message

Method

GET

Headers

• X-Vestaboard-Local-Api-Key
  • The Local API key provided when you enabled the Local API

Example Request

CURL

curl -H "X-Vestaboard-Local-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" http://vestaboard.local:7000/local-api/message

Javascript

await fetch("http://vestaboard.local:7000/local-api/message", {
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-Vestaboard-Local-Api-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  method: "GET",
}).then((res) => res.json());

Example Response

Flagship:

[
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 5, 12, 12, 15, 0, 23, 15, 18, 12, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
]

Vestaboard Note:

[
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 62, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
]