xively-python

This is the official pythonic wrapper library for the Xively V2 API.

Create a Feed

>>> import xively
>>> # Connect to the API using your API key.
>>> api = xively.XivelyAPIClient("API_KEY")
>>> # Create a new Feed object.
>>> feed = api.feeds.create(title="My Xively Feed")
>>> # Let's give it one datastream with id 'temperature'
>>> datastream = feed.datastreams.create(id='temperature')

Create a Datapoint

The datapoint creation endpoint takes an array of datapoints

>>> datastream.datapoints.create(value=42)  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
xively.Datapoint(datetime.datetime(...), 42)

Alternatively you can update the datastream's current value and a new datapoint will be created.

>>> datastream.current_value = 42
>>> # We only want to change current_value.
>>> datastream.update(fields=['current_value'])

Without specifying the fields to update, all fields would be sent to the Xively API which would include the updated_at field with the time that the old value was updated. This is probably not what you want but is the intended behaviour of the API.