# Ubidots

> Ubidots is an Industrial IoT cloud platform for collecting, visualizing, and acting on sensor and machine data. Agents and developers can build complete IoT applications on top — devices, custom dashboards (Pages), serverless functions (UbiFunctions), events, and integrations — primarily via the [`ubidots-cli`](https://github.com/ubidots/ubidots-cli) and a REST/MQTT API.

Build with Ubidots from the command line:
`pip install ubidots-cli` → `ubidots login` → `ubidots devices add` → `ubidots pages add`.

Ubidots is deployed across industrial verticals — PLC-to-cloud connectivity, water networks, energy and building monitoring, cold chain, preventive maintenance, fleet, and SCADA modernization — by OEMs, system integrators, and end users in manufacturing, utilities, oil & gas, and agriculture.

Companion indexes (canonical content per surface):

- [API reference (REST, MQTT, auth, bulk ops)](https://docs.ubidots.com/llms.txt)
- [Developer guides (CLI, Pages, UbiFunctions, SDKs)](https://dev.ubidots.com/llms.txt)
- [Help center (end-user articles)](https://help.ubidots.com/llms.txt): user-facing help; for build-time patterns prefer the developer guides above.

## Getting started (for agents and developers)

- [Ubidots CLI on GitHub](https://github.com/ubidots/ubidots-cli): `pip install ubidots-cli`; OAuth or API-token auth; multi-environment profiles. **Primary build interface.**
- [CLI developer guide](https://dev.ubidots.com/sdks/cli): commands for Devices, Pages, UbiFunctions; local dev server with hot reload.
- [Authentication](https://docs.ubidots.com/reference/authentication): how to authenticate against the REST API.
- [Send your first data point](https://dev.ubidots.com/getting-started/sending-your-first-data-points): minimum HTTP POST to ingest a value into a Device + Variable.
- [Build your first Page (custom dashboard)](https://dev.ubidots.com/apps/pages/getting-started): scaffold → `ubidots pages add` → push → preview.
- [Build your first UbiFunction (serverless)](https://dev.ubidots.com/ubifunctions/getting-started/creating-an-ubifunction): HTTP / MQTT / scheduler triggers; Python or Node.

## Build surfaces

### Devices & data
- [Devices, Variables, and Dots — concepts](https://dev.ubidots.com/getting-started/devices-variables-and-dots)
- [REST API — Variables](https://docs.ubidots.com/reference/variables-examples)
- [Bulk operations](https://docs.ubidots.com/reference/bulk-operations)
- [GPS location](https://docs.ubidots.com/reference/gps-location)
- [Pagination, sorting, generic search](https://docs.ubidots.com/reference/pagination)
- [How Ubidots works (data model overview)](https://docs.ubidots.com/reference/how-ubidots-works)

### Pages (custom dashboards — HTML/JS/CSS, deployed via CLI)
- **Canonical custom-UI path on Ubidots.** New builds should use Pages via the CLI. The older HTML Canvas widget approach remains for legacy use only.
- [Apps & Pages overview](https://dev.ubidots.com/apps/pages)
- [Pages — getting started](https://dev.ubidots.com/apps/pages/getting-started)
- [JavaScript SDK (used from inside a Page)](https://dev.ubidots.com/sdks/javascript)

### UbiFunctions (serverless)
- [UbiFunctions — creating a function](https://dev.ubidots.com/ubifunctions/getting-started/creating-an-ubifunction)
- Runtimes: Python and Node.js. Triggers: HTTP, MQTT, scheduler.
- CLI workflow: `ubidots ubifunctions add → push → run → logs`.

### Events & alerts
- Event configuration, severities, webhooks.
- Notification channels: email, SMS, voice, Slack, Telegram, custom webhook.

### Multi-tenancy & white-label
- Organizations, sub-organizations, end-client structure.
- UX settings / branding API (logos, palette, custom domains).

### Integrations
- LNS plugins (currently supported set).
- MQTT/HTTP forwarders, third-party industrial protocols (Modbus, OPC-UA via gateways).

## Platform & account

- [Pricing](https://ubidots.com/pricing)
- [Status](https://status.ubidots.com)
- [Changelog](https://docs.ubidots.com/changelog)
- [Community forum](https://ubidots.com/community)
- [Contact](https://ubidots.com/contact)

## Optional

- [Industries & use cases](https://ubidots.com/) — marketing pages for solar, water, energy/BEMS, manufacturing, fleet, cold chain.
- [Case studies](https://ubidots.com/case-studies)
- [Blog](https://ubidots.com/blog)
- [About](https://ubidots.com/about)
- [Partner ecosystem](https://ubidots.com/ecosystem/)
- [Ubidots STEM (free non-commercial tier)](https://ubidots.com/stem)
- [Privacy policy](https://ubidots.com/privacy-policy) · [Terms of service](https://ubidots.com/terms-service)