Read Last Field Entry

Read last entry in channel field with HTTP GET

Request

HTTP Method

GET

URL

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

URL Parameters

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

Example: https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/266256/fields/2/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
`timezone`	(Optional) Identifier from Time Zones Reference for this request.	string
`offset`	(Optional) Timezone offset that results are displayed in. Use the timezone parameter for greater accuracy.	integer
`status`	(Optional) Include status updates in feed by setting "status=true".	`true` or `false`
`location`	(Optional) Include latitude, longitude, and elevation in feed by setting "location=true".	`true` or `false`
`prepend`	(Optional) Text to add before the API response.	string
`append`	(Optional) Text to add after the API response.	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 Entry in JSON Format

Channel 9 contains information from several home environment sensors. 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 entry from channel 9 in JSON format.

https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/9/fields/2/last.json

Read Last Entry including Location in XML Format

When you include the offset parameter, ThingSpeak returns the time data with the specified offset from GMT. Append the first parameter after a question mark ?. This request returns the results in XML format.

https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/9/fields/2/last.xml?offset=3

Read Last Entry Including Status From a Private Channel in CSV Format

When you request the output in csv format, the file returned is a comma-separated variable format. Depending on your computer configuration, your browser can start additional software to display this format. Reading from a private channel requires the read API Key. Use the query string parameter api_key to specify the API Key. Each entry also has a status field. In this example, status=true returns the channel status entry for the last field along with the feed data. Append the second parameter after the ampersand &.

https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/9/fields/2/last.csv?api_key=E52AWRAV1RSXQQJW&status=true