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GET
/
buoys
/
{buoy_id}
/
readings
/
{reading_id}
Get a specific buoy reading
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/{buoy_id}/readings/{reading_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
import requests

url = "https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/{buoy_id}/readings/{reading_id}"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/{buoy_id}/readings/{reading_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/{buoy_id}/readings/{reading_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/{buoy_id}/readings/{reading_id}"

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/{buoy_id}/readings/{reading_id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/{buoy_id}/readings/{reading_id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "reading": {
      "id": 12345,
      "uuid": "abc-123-def",
      "significient_height": 1.5,
      "maximum_height": 2,
      "period": 8.5,
      "time": "2025-11-01T10:00:00Z",
      "water_temperature": 18.5,
      "direction": 270,
      "direction_compass": "W",
      "unit": "m",
      "energy_per_wave": 25.5
    },
    "buoy": {
      "id": 10,
      "name": "Anglet"
    }
  }
}
{
"error": "unauthorized",
"message": "Invalid API key",
"timestamp": "2025-12-27T14:30:00Z",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}
{
"error": "resource_not_found",
"message": "Couldn't find Spot with 'id'=999",
"timestamp": "2025-12-27T14:30:00Z",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}
{
"error": "rate_limit_exceeded",
"message": "You have exceeded 1000 requests per hour",
"timestamp": "2025-12-27T14:30:00Z",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key authentication. Pass your API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Format: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Alternative: Pass as query parameter ?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

Security: API keys are stored as BCrypt hashes (never plain text). Only the hash is stored in the database.

Path Parameters

buoy_id
integer
required
reading_id
integer
required

Reading ID

Response

Successful response

status
string
Example:

"success"

data
object