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Glow Platform
  • Welcome to Glow Data Service!
  • Getting Started
  • Glow Portals
  • Introducing the Glow System
  • API Authentication
  • Smart Meter Onboarding
    • Introducing Smart Meter Onboarding
    • Smart Meter Eligibility Check
    • Terms and Conditions APIs and Management
    • Onboarding Methods — Direct Integration
      • EUI/Postcode Check
      • AVS Check
    • Onboarding Methods — Hosted Integration
      • Glow IDV SDK
        • Introducing the Glow SDK
        • Supported Verification Methods
        • Implementation Guide — Web
        • Implementation Guide — Mobile
        • Verifiable Credentials
        • Verification Result Screen
        • Consent Capture & Onboarding
    • Onboarding Methods — No Integration
      • Invitation Functionality
      • Agent Verification Portal
  • Data Retrieval
    • Retrieving Time Series Data from Onboarded Users
  • Consent Management and Offboarding
    • Consent Management
    • Offboarding
  • Glow CADs & Fulfilment
    • Glow CAD Fulfilment
  • API Reference
    • Smart Meter Elgibility
      • eligibility
        • smets-ihd-cad
          • Check MPxN has CAD/PPMID
        • checksmetsihd
          • postcode
            • Match EUI IHD with postcode
          • Match EUI IHD with MPxN
        • checksmetsmpxn
          • Check MPXN is eligible in DCC.
    • Content System
      • content
        • {contentId}
          • get a content object
          • Update an existing content object
        • Find all the content objects of an application
        • Add a content object
      • languagecontent
        • {languageContentId}
          • get a language content object by ID
          • Update an existing language content object
        • Find all the language content objects of an application
        • Add a language content object
      • termsconditions
        • {tcId}
          • get a terms and conditions object by ID
        • current
          • Find the terms and conditions that are in force.
        • Find all the terms and conditions of an application
        • Add terms and conditions
      • termsconditionsuser
        • {tcUserId}
          • get a specified terms and conditions user obj
        • Find all the responses to terms and conditions documents.
        • Add a user's response to Terms & Conditions document
      • supportdetails
        • {supportDetailsId}
          • get a support details object
        • Find all the support detail objects of an application
        • Add a support details object
      • faq
        • {faqId}
          • get a FAQ object
        • Find all the FAQ objects of an application
        • Add a faq object
      • prompttype
        • {promptTypeId}
          • get a Prompt Type object
        • Find all the prompt type objects of an application
        • Add a Prompt Type object
      • prompt
        • {promptId}
          • get a Prompt object
        • Find all the prompt objects of an application
        • Add a Prompt object
      • promptuser
        • {promptUserId}
          • get a Prompt User object
        • Find all the prompt user objects of an application
        • Add a Prompt User object
      • useraction
        • {userActionId}
          • get a User Action object
        • Find all the user action objects of an application
        • Add a User Action object
      • useractiontype
        • {userActionTypeId}
          • get a User Action Type object
        • Find all the user action type objects of an application
        • Add a User Action Type object
    • User System
      • register
        • User self registers
      • account
        • {accountId}
          • status
            • Find the status of a specified account. If the account is using an external directory service, this call will confirm whether the user is authenticated against it. This call requires administrative application level credentials.
          • mobileapptoken
            • Add mobile app token to a user
            • Remove a mobile app token to a user
          • Find specific account of an application.
          • Updates the account's metadata.
          • Delete account
        • status
          • With a given JWT token a user can have their account status verfied. If their account is created under an external directory service, this call will establish whether a user's token to the external service is still valid.
        • email
          • Change a user's email
        • name
          • Change a user's name
        • changepassword
          • Change a user's password
        • Find all accounts of an application
        • Add an account to an existing user
      • user
        • {userId}
          • username
            • Change a user's username
          • Find specific user that has an account in an application.
          • Delete specific user. This will delete all the accounts of a user. Please refer to delete account API. This API requires specific permissions.
        • verify
          • Generate a user verification token
          • Verify a user verification token
        • resetpassword
          • Generate a token that can be used by user to reset their password.
          • A user resets their password
        • verification
          • status
            • mpxns
              • renewal
                • Renew consent for a number of meterpoints
              • revocation
                • Revoke consent for a number of meterpoints
            • mpxn
              • {mpxn}
                • renewal
                  • Get meter point consent renewals
                  • Renew meter point consent
                • revocation
                  • Get meter point consent revocations
                  • Revoke meter point consent
            • API to retrieve user's meter points' consent and verification
        • Find specific user that has an account in an application from the username.
        • Create a user
      • accountprofile
        • {profileName}
          • Find specific group of application
        • Find all the profiles of an account
        • Create an account profile under a given profileName.
      • accountsession
        • get the session of an account
        • Update an account session.
      • auth
        • token
          • {tokenId}
            • Deletes a token, specified by its tokenId.
          • Returns all the tokens that are active and valid for a specified user.
        • newToken
          • Generate a new token for an account.
        • deleteToken
          • delete a token
        • oauth
          • access
            • Exchange the Authorization Code for an Access Token.
          • Check and validate an Oauth Access token.
          • Authenticate a user and generate an OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code Grant.
        • Checks whether a user token is valid.
        • authenticate an account
    • Virtual Entity System
      • vesys
        • appstats
          • find statistics on the number of Virtual Entities per application
      • virtualentity
        • {id}
          • resources
            • Find the resources of that belong to Virtual Entity with ID
          • attribute
            • Find a Virtual Entity's metadata by ID
            • Add/Update a Virtual Entity's metadata
            • delete metadata from the Virtual Entity
          • Find Virtual Entity by ID
          • Update a Virtual Entity
          • Delete a Virtual Entity
        • Add a new Virtual Entity
        • Find all Virtual Entities
      • vetype
        • {id}
          • resources
            • Find all resources that belong to a user that satisfy the Resource Types in the Virtual Entity Type definition.
          • Find Virtual Entity Type by ID
            GET
          • Update a Virtual Entity Type
            PUT
        • Add a new Virtual Entity Type
          POST
        • Find all Virtual Entity Types
          GET
    • Webhook System
      • webhook
        • {webhookId}
          • Find webhook by ID
        • error
          • {errorId}
            • Find a particular webhook error
          • Find all the webhooks that have failed
        • Find all webhooks of an application (or user)
    • Resource System
      • resource
        • {id}
          • readings
            • Get resource readings
          • current
            • Get the current resource reading.
          • first-time
            • Get the UTC time of the first available reading
          • last-time
            • Get the UTC time of the most recent available reading
          • meterread
            • Get the cumulative value reported on a metering device. (Not supported for all resource types).
          • tariff
            • Get the latest tariff that is being applied to a resource.
          • tariff-list
            • Get the tariff history that is being applied to a cost resource.
          • catchup
            • Trigger a request to retrieve the latest available readings from the DCC.
          • glowbinary
            • API that returns the resource's raw data in the Glow Binary format.
          • Find resource by ID
        • count
          • Count the number of resources per resourceType
        • Add a new resource
        • Find all resources per user or application
      • resourcetype
        • {id}
          • resource
            • Find resources of a specific resource type that belong to a user
          • appresource
            • Find resources of a specific resource type that an application has access to
          • Find resourceType by ID
        • Add a new resource type.
        • Find all resource types
    • Notification System
      • alerttype
        • {alertTypeId}
          • Find alert type by ID
          • Updates the alert type's metadata.
        • Find all alert types of an application
        • Create an alert type
      • alert
        • {alertId}
          • Get an alert by Id
        • user
          • Get the alerts sent to a user
        • Send an alert
      • template
        • {templateId}
          • Find template type by ID
          • Updates the teplate's metadata.
        • {alertTypeId}
          • {channelType}
            • {cultureCode}
              • Find template by alertTypeId, channeType and cultureCode
              • Create template by alertTypeId, channeType and cultureCode
        • Find all templates of an application
        • Create a template
      • notification
        • {notificationId}
          • log
            • Get the logs of a particular notification
          • Get a notification by Id
    • DFS
      • dfs
        • termsconditions
          • The current version of terms and conditions that is pertinent to DFS for a particular application.
        • user
          • Get all the users that have opted in the DFS functionality
          • User opts in to DFS functionality for a particular MPxN. The mpxn field is only required if a user has more than one MPxN.
          • User opts out of DFS functionality
        • event
          • {dfsEventId}
            • user
              • Get all the users that have participated in a particular DFS event
          • user
            • participation
              • API to indicate User participating in particular DFS event
            • Get all the events a user has signed up for
    • Device Management System
      • devicetype
        • {id}
          • Find Device Type by ID
        • Add a new Device Type
        • Find all device types
      • device
        • {id}
          • status
            • This call can be used to see whether a gateway device is sending packets to the Glow Platform (i.e. via WiFi).
          • Find device by ID
        • resource
          • {resourceId}
            • Find the device that sources a specified resource.
        • meter-point
          • {meterPointNumber}
            • inventory
              • Get the DCC inventory of a meter point
            • resources
              • Get the resources associated to a meter point
        • smart-meter
          • {eui}
            • inventory
              • Get the DCC inventory of a meter point by providing an EUI.
        • status
          • This call can be used to see whether a gateway device is sending packets to the Glow Platform (i.e. via WiFi).
        • Get a user's devices
        • Add a new device
      • discover
        • {hardwareId}
          • Find device by ID
  1. {id}

Find Virtual Entity Type by ID

GET
/vetype/{id}
Returns a single Virtual Entity Type

Request

Authorization
Add parameter in header
token
Example:
token: ********************
Path Params

Header Params

Responses

🟢200OK
application/json
Bodyapplication/json

🟠400Bad request
🟠404Not Found
🔴500Internal Server Error
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location '/vetype/string' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'token: <api-key>'
Response Response Example
200 - OK
{
  "veTypeId": "cc90b599-2705-4b13-98d4-3306f81169cf",
  "name": "home Virtual Entity",
  "description": "string",
  "applicationId": "a0cf21a2-51f6-4df2-9214-0bc762bcee09",
  "active": true,
  "resources": [
    {
      "resourceTypeId": "f8e6fb07-6307-4e0e-8a17-4b94bc7249c2",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "resourceTypeId": "f8e6fb07-6307-4e0e-8a17-4b94bc7249c2",
      "required": true
    }
  ]
}
Modified at 2025-09-21 08:26:45
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