BippyBox API

Name: BippyBox API API
Brand: BippyBox API
Availability: InStock

★ Only Publicly Available SpecIOTDevice ManagementapiKey2 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Trigger a BippyBox IoT device to play a sound and light up in a chosen colour, or list the devices registered to a user. Two endpoints, x-uid header authentication.

Quickstart

Get started with BippyBox API in minutes using your preferred integration method.

# Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf)
{
  "jentic": {
    "url": "https://api.jentic.com/mcp",
    "auth": "oauth"
  }
}

# Then ask your agent:
"trigger an iot device to play a sound and show a colour"

# → Jentic returns the GET /events tool with parameter schema, agent executes.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with BippyBox API API.

List the BippyBox devices registered against a user account via /getuserdata

Trigger a specific device to play a named sound and display a named colour via /send

Notify a household member by sending a coloured audio alert from a server-side workflow

Surface build, deployment, or alerting events on a physical desk device instead of a chat channel

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Use for: Trigger my BippyBox to play the doorbell sound in red, List the BippyBox devices linked to my account, Send a green notification with the chime sound to the kitchen BippyBox, Check whether a BippyBox device is registered before sending a notification

Not supported: Does not handle SMS, email, mobile push notifications, or device firmware updates — use for triggering BippyBox sound-and-colour alerts only.

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for BippyBox API, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for BippyBox API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. BippyBox is a small IoT notification device that plays a short audio clip and lights an LED in a chosen colour when triggered over the internet. The HTTP API exposes two operations: one to read the user's account data including the list of registered devices, and one to send a notification to a specific BippyBox by combining a sound, a colour, and an optional message. Authentication is a static x-uid header tied to a single user account.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use BippyBox API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Physical alerts from server-side workflows

Teams replace a Slack ping with a physical light-and-sound notification by calling /send when a server-side event fires. The endpoint takes the device identifier, a sound name, and a colour, and the device responds within a second over MQTT. Adding a BippyBox to an existing webhook handler is a 10-minute change because the API surface is just two operations.

When a webhook fires, call POST /send with the user's device, sound 'chime', and colour 'red' to flash and beep the BippyBox

Household notifications from automation routines

Home automation routines call BippyBox when the dryer finishes, when a child's school bus is two stops away, or when a delivery is at the door. The /getuserdata endpoint enumerates registered devices so a routine can pick the right one, and /send delivers the notification with a colour-coded meaning the household has agreed on. The single x-uid header keeps the integration small enough to fit in a Home Assistant template.

Call /getuserdata, find the device named 'kitchen', then POST /send with sound 'doorbell' and colour 'green' to indicate package delivered

Agent integration via Jentic for physical notifications

An AI agent that wants to surface a physical alert can call Jentic with the intent 'notify a physical iot device with sound and colour'. Jentic returns the BippyBox /send operation with its input schema (device, sound, colour, optional text). The x-uid credential never leaves the Jentic vault, so the agent can fire a notification without ever holding the secret.

Search Jentic for 'physical iot notification with sound', load the /send schema, and execute with sound 'chime' and colour 'red' on the user's primary device

Key Endpoints

2 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for bippybox api, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/getuserdata

Return user account data and the list of registered BippyBox devices

POST

/send

Trigger a registered BippyBox to play a sound and show a colour

GET

/getuserdata

Return user account data and the list of registered BippyBox devices

POST

/send

Trigger a registered BippyBox to play a sound and show a colour

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

BippyBox x-uid keys are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. Jentic injects the header at execution time, so agent prompts and logs never contain the raw UID.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search by intent (e.g. 'physical iot notification with sound and colour') and Jentic returns the BippyBox /send operation with its input schema.

Time to first call

Direct BippyBox integration: 1-2 hours to register, fetch a UID, and wire up two endpoints. Through Jentic: under 15 minutes — search, load schema, execute.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

Pushover

Hosted notification service that pushes alerts to mobile and desktop apps.

Choose Pushover when the agent needs notifications on phones rather than on a dedicated desk device.

Alternative

Pushbullet

Cross-device push notifications and link sharing across phones and browsers.

Choose Pushbullet when the agent needs to push notifications across a user's existing devices rather than to dedicated hardware.

Complementary

OneSignal

Push notification platform for mobile apps and web applications at scale.

Use OneSignal alongside BippyBox when the agent needs to send the same alert to a phone fleet and to a physical desk device.

FAQs

Specific to using BippyBox API API through Jentic.

Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for BippyBox API?

BippyBox does not publish an OpenAPI specification. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call BippyBox API via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up.

What authentication does the BippyBox API use?

BippyBox uses a static apiKey scheme passed in the x-uid request header. The header value is the user's BippyBox UID. Through Jentic the UID is stored encrypted in the vault and injected at call time, so agents never see the raw secret.

Can I trigger a specific device with the BippyBox API?

Yes. POST /send accepts a device identifier together with a sound name and a colour. Call GET /getuserdata first to retrieve the list of devices registered against the account so you can pick the right one.

What are the rate limits for the BippyBox API?

BippyBox does not publish a numeric rate limit in its specification, but the device is intended for occasional notifications rather than streaming events. Treat /send as a low-frequency operation and avoid bursts that could exceed the MQTT broker's per-device cadence.

How do I trigger a BippyBox through Jentic?

Run pip install jentic, then search Jentic for 'physical iot notification with sound', load the /send operation schema, and execute with the device, sound, and colour fields filled in. Jentic injects the x-uid credential automatically.

Can I list the devices on my BippyBox account?

Yes. GET /getuserdata returns the user's account data including the list of registered BippyBox devices. Use it to validate that a target device exists before issuing /send.