Model S REST API

[cryptyk]

FWIW, the Tesla APIs have been a little weird the last week. I've seen vehicle IDs change, ID mismatches, customers showing no vehicles, a TON of 503 errors, and a lot of 401 and 404s that required token rotations.

 

[Pete90D]

Maybe this is already known, but it seems like Tesla has an alternate address for the API or they are using client certs for additional auth. I was out testing and tried to capture some data and use Remote S and I couldn't login. I go to my.teslamotors.com and it says they are down for maintenance, but the official app continues to work without a problem.

Has this been seen before?

 

[hans]

Maybe this is already known, but it seems like Tesla has an alternate address for the API or they are using client certs for additional auth. I was out testing and tried to capture some data and use Remote S and I couldn't login. I go to my.teslamotors.com and it says they are down for maintenance, but the official app continues to work without a problem.

Has this been seen before?

The official mobile apps login once and store the provided token for up to 90 days. The Auth server can be down and the mobile apps will keep working provided you don't logout.

 

[sorka]

So something is busted on that site. Clicking on https://teslalog.com/register.html in the token page just returns 404, so I have no way to register a new account.

So it looks like they're not giving out new accounts right now. I've used two different emails to request an account and nothing so far.

 

[Pete90D]

The official mobile apps login once and store the provided token for up to 90 days. The Auth server can be down and the mobile apps will keep working provided you don't logout.

Thanks! I haven't been caching the tokens and had just logged out of Remote S, which explains why I couldn't get back in.

 

[NTech]

The updated version of PowerTools for Tesla (with new API) was released this evening and is now available in the App Store here:
https://appsto.re/us/H0XT6.i

Thanks Sorka & Team for the API pointers!

 

[gordo]

Anyone have an idea whether there's a reliable API call to figure out if I remembered to plug in or not every night?

I wrote a script that calls https://owner-api.teslamotors.com/api/1/vehicles/$VEHICLEID/data_request/charge_state, but the returned json data blob doesn't seem reliable. There's a variable called "charge_port_door_open", but it comes back as either true, null or false seemingly at random, all while the car is plugged in.

 

[NTech]

Anyone have an idea whether there's a reliable API call to figure out if I remembered to plug in or not every night?

I wrote a script that calls https://owner-api.teslamotors.com/api/1/vehicles/$VEHICLEID/data_request/charge_state, but the returned json data blob doesn't seem reliable. There's a variable called "charge_port_door_open", but it comes back as either true, null or false seemingly at random, all while the car is plugged in.

In the json returned by the charge_state command, you want to see the value of "charging_state" set to either "Charging" or "Stopped" which indicates you are plugged in but not yet charging due to a timer.

A "charging_state" value of "null" or "Disconnected" should be a reliable trigger.

 

[gordo]

In the json returned by the charge_state command, you want to see the value of "charging_state" set to either "Charging" or "Stopped" which indicates you are plugged in but not yet charging due to a timer.

A "charging_state" value of "null" or "Disconnected" should be a reliable trigger.

Thanks, that's exactly what I needed. I'll update script and see how it goes for a few days.

 

[Ingineer]

Anyone know how they determine whether there is an update in the queue? The iOS app makes use of it, so I'd assume it's in there somewhere. Harder to test because you need a pending firmware update.

 

[apacheguy]

Anyone know how they determine whether there is an update in the queue? The iOS app makes use of it, so I'd assume it's in there somewhere. Harder to test because you need a pending firmware update.

It's not in the API. It's a one-shot trigger that is activated by Tesla's backend servers communicating with Apples push notification service.

 

[Ingineer]

Well that stinks. I guess that explains why they don't implement it on Android.

 

[markb1]

Well that stinks. I guess that explains why they don't implement it on Android.

Not really. Android supports push notifications similar to the way iOS does. Actually, Google's Cloud Messaging works for iOS, too!

The reason the notifications have to come from Apple's push notification service is that apps are not generally allowed to run in the background on iOS, and thus the apps cannot send the notifications themselves. Android is a little more relaxed about this, but it's still bad for battery life if apps continually run in the background, polling the server. Anyway, Telsa could definitely implement notifications on Android if they wanted to.

 

[Ingineer]

Thanks Mark,

So if they do implement Update notifications on Android, the best way would be to use Google Cloud Messaging, but they might take a shortcut and add it to the API and then have the app poll occasionally. If they do that, then we would have a way to see it, correct?

 

[markb1]

Thanks Mark,

So if they do implement Update notifications on Android, the best way would be to use Google Cloud Messaging, but they might take a shortcut and add it to the API and then have the app poll occasionally. If they do that, then we would have a way to see it, correct?

Yeah, they could add it to the API and poll, I think. But that might have undesirable consequences for your phone's battery life, so push notifications is the way to go. I have no idea why they haven't implemented this.

 

[LuckyLuke]

decrypted the new 2.6 iOS app, no new commands found.

 

[sorka]

Can someone confirm that the REST api still works with V7?

 

[brianman]

Can someone confirm that the REST api still works with V7?

My first log with 7.0:

charging_state=Disconnected
charge_limit_soc=90
charge_limit_soc_std=90
charge_limit_soc_min=50
charge_limit_soc_max=100
charge_to_max_range=false
battery_heater_on=false
not_enough_power_to_heat=false
max_range_charge_counter=0
fast_charger_present=false
fast_charger_type=<invalid>
battery_range=210.99
est_battery_range=145.35
ideal_battery_range=272.53
battery_level=85
usable_battery_level=84
battery_current=-0.3
charge_energy_added=32.5
charge_miles_added_rated=105.0
charge_miles_added_ideal=135.5
charger_voltage=0
charger_pilot_current=0
charger_actual_current=0
charger_power=0
time_to_full_charge=0.0
trip_charging=false
charge_rate=0.0
charge_port_door_open=false
motorized_charge_port=true
scheduled_charging_start_time=null
scheduled_charging_pending=false
user_charge_enable_request=null
charge_enable_request=true
eu_vehicle=false
charger_phases=null
inside_temp=13.5
outside_temp=10.5
driver_temp_setting=22.0
passenger_temp_setting=22.0
is_auto_conditioning_on=false
is_front_defroster_on=3
is_rear_defroster_on=false
fan_status=0
seat_heater_left=0
seat_heater_right=0
seat_heater_rear_left=0
seat_heater_rear_right=0
seat_heater_rear_center=0
seat_heater_rear_right_back=0
seat_heater_rear_left_back=0
smart_preconditioning=false
shift_state=null
speed=null
latitude=...
longitude=...
heading=2
gps_as_of=1444907891
gui_distance_units=mi/hr
gui_temperature_units=F
gui_charge_rate_units=mi/hr
gui_24_hour_time=false
gui_range_display=Rated
api_version=3
calendar_supported=true
car_version=2.7.56
center_display_state=0
dark_rims=false
df=0
dr=0
exterior_color=Silver
ft=0
has_spoiler=true
locked=true
notifications_supported=true
odometer=13100.225705
parsed_calendar_supported=true
perf_config=P2
pf=0
pr=0
rear_seat_heaters=0
remote_start=false
remote_start_supported=true
rhd=false
roof_color=None
rt=0
seat_type=1
sun_roof_installed=1
sun_roof_percent_open=0
sun_roof_state=unknown
valet_mode=false
vehicle_name=Mercury
wheel_type=Turbine19

I haven't driven yet, so I can't confirm status of streaming.

 

[rdrcrmatt]

Is there a new how-to on all of this these days? I need to get streaming and logging going again. I wasn't able to get it working on a raspberry pi running linux last I tried, missing libraries and such. Should it work?

 

[Pete90D]

I wasn't able to get it working on a raspberry pi running linux last I tried, missing libraries and such. Should it work?

Depends on what you are using. All the logging I was doing was just Python and a few easily installable packages. If you're using something like VisibleTesla then you'd need Java, etc.