Connect Webviews
The connect_webview Object
Represents a Connect Webview.
Connect Webviews are fully-embedded client-side components that you add to your app. Your users interact with your embedded Connect Webviews to link their IoT device or system accounts to Seam. That is, Connect Webviews walk your users through the process of logging in to their device or system accounts. Seam handles all the authentication steps, and—once your user has completed the authorization through your app—you can access and control their devices or systems using the Seam API.
Connect Webviews perform credential validation, multifactor authentication (when applicable), and error handling for each brand that Seam supports. Further, Connect Webviews work across all modern browsers and platforms, including Chrome, Safari, and Firefox.
To enable a user to connect their device or system account to Seam through your app, first create a connect_webview. Once created, this connect_webview includes a URL that you can use to open an iframe or new window containing the Connect Webview for your user.
When you create a Connect Webview, specify the desired provider category key in the provider_category parameter. Alternately, to specify a list of providers explicitly, use the accepted_providers parameter with a list of device provider keys.
To list all providers within a category, use /devices/list_device_providers with the desired provider_category filter. To list all provider keys, use /devices/list_device_providers with no filters.
A connect webview resource.
{
"accepted_capabilities": ["lock", "thermostat"],
"accepted_devices": [],
"accepted_providers": ["schlage", "kwikset", "yale", "smartthings"],
"any_device_allowed": false,
"any_provider_allowed": false,
"authorized_at": "2025-06-14T16:54:17.946323Z",
"automatically_manage_new_devices": true,
"connect_webview_id": "c4c30885-ec87-4b31-8d7b-9bc0678fa028",
"connected_account_id": "5d2fe05f-4f5b-4b91-909c-96e2601dccbe",
"created_at": "2025-06-14T16:54:17.946323Z",
"custom_metadata": { "id": "internalId1" },
"custom_redirect_failure_url": "https://example.com/failure-redirect",
"custom_redirect_url": "https://example.com/redirect",
"device_selection_mode": "single",
"login_successful": true,
"selected_provider": "schlage",
"status": "authorized",
"url": "https://connect.getseam.com/connect_webviews/view?connect_webview_id=12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012&auth_token=2r2Rn8V5QUtxE79gNsTmLK58KkuqrwU8d",
"wait_for_device_creation": true,
"workspace_id": "9db95105-e77d-4577-b1b7-0a20b360d5e0"
}Properties
accepted_capabilities List of Enums
High-level device capabilities that the Connect Webview can accept. When creating a Connect Webview, you can specify the types of devices that it can connect to Seam. If you do not set custom accepted_capabilities, Seam uses a default set of accepted_capabilities for each provider. For example, if you create a Connect Webview that accepts SmartThing devices, without specifying accepted_capabilities, Seam accepts only SmartThings locks. To connect SmartThings thermostats and locks to Seam, create a Connect Webview and include both thermostat and lock in the accepted_capabilities.
accepted_providers List of Strings
List of accepted provider keys.
any_provider_allowed Boolean
Indicates whether any provider is allowed.
authorized_at Datetime
Date and time at which the user authorized (through the Connect Webview) the management of their devices.
automatically_manage_new_devices Boolean
Indicates whether Seam should import all new devices for the connected account to make these devices available for use and management by the Seam API.
connect_webview_id UUID
ID of the Connect Webview.
connected_account_id UUID
ID of the connected account associated with the Connect Webview.
created_at Datetime
Date and time at which the Connect Webview was created.
custom_metadata Record
Set of key:value pairs. Adding custom metadata to a resource, such as a Connect Webview, connected account, or device, enables you to store custom information, like customer details or internal IDs from your application.
custom_redirect_failure_url String
URL to which the Connect Webview should redirect when an unexpected error occurs.
custom_redirect_url String
URL to which the Connect Webview should redirect when the user successfully pairs a device or system. If you do not set the custom_redirect_failure_url, the Connect Webview redirects to the custom_redirect_url when an unexpected error occurs.
device_selection_mode Enum
login_successful Boolean
Indicates whether the user logged in successfully using the Connect Webview.
selected_provider String
Selected provider of the Connect Webview, one of the provider keys.
status Enum
Status of the Connect Webview. authorized indicates that the user has successfully logged into their device or system account, thereby completing the Connect Webview.
url String
URL for the Connect Webview. You use the URL to display the Connect Webview flow to your user.
wait_for_device_creation Boolean
Indicates whether Seam should finish syncing all devices in a newly-connected account before completing the associated Connect Webview.
workspace_id UUID
ID of the workspace that contains the Connect Webview.
Events
connect_webview.login_succeeded
A Connect Webview login succeeded.
connect_webview.login_failed
A Connect Webview login failed.
Endpoints
Creates a new Connect Webview.
Deletes a Connect Webview.
Returns a specified Connect Webview.
Returns a list of all Connect Webviews.
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