Seam provides a universal API to connect and control many brands of locks. This guide provides a rapid introduction to connecting and controlling your Salto locks using the Seam API. To learn more about other device brands supported by the Seam API, such as Yale, Schlage, and August, head over to our integration page.
Note that Salto offers multiple lines of products: Salto Space, Salto KS, and Salto Nebula. This guide is specifically for Salto KS. Salto Space is an on-prem system that is offline. Salto Nebula is not yet fully available as of this writing.
1 — Install Seam SDK
Seam provides client libraries for many languages, such as JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP, and others, as well as a Postman collection and OpenAPI spec.
This guide uses a Sandbox Workspace. Only virtual devices can be connected. If you need to connect a real Salto site, use a non-sandbox workspace and API key.
2 — Link Your Salto Account with Seam
To control your Salto locks via the Seam API, you must first authorize your Seam workspace against your Salto KS account. To do so, Seam provides Connect Webviews: pre-built UX flows that walk you through authorizing your application to control your Salto sites.
Request a Connect Webview
from seam import Seam
seam = Seam()
webview = seam.connect_webviews.create(accepted_providers=["salto"])
assert webview.login_successful is False
# Send the webview URL to your user
print(webview.url)
import { Seam } from 'seam'
const seam = new Seam()
const { connect_webview: connectWebview } = await seam.connectWebviews.create({
accepted_providers: ['salto'],
})
console.log(connectWebview.login_successful) // false
// Send the webview URL to your user
console.log(connectWebview.url)
require "seam"
seam = Seam.new(api_key: 'MY_API_KEY')
webview = seam.connect_webviews.create(accepted_providers: %w[salto])
puts webview.login_successful # false
# Send the webview URL to your user
puts webview.url
use Seam\SeamClient;
$seam = new SeamClient("YOUR_API_KEY");
$webview = $seam->connect_webviews->create(
accepted_providers: ["salto"]
);
echo json_encode($webview)
/*
{"connect_webview_id":"70c4df9e-1070-441f-92f8-fd6524062cec","workspace_id":"d7418ff3-a476-4f48-9a4b-211d1d21a03d","url":"https:\/\/connect.getseam.com\/connect_webviews\/view?connect_webview_id=70c4df9e-1070-441f-92f8-fd6524062cec&auth_token=9HJbwWKbD5aJLifZcozU9WWZXxropn9Bg","connected_account_id":null,"status":"pending","custom_redirect_url":null,"custom_redirect_failure_url":null,"created_at":"2023-02-09T02:14:06.147745+00:00","error":null}
*/
Authorize Your Workspace
Navigate to the URL returned by the Webview object. Since you are using a sandbox workspace, complete the login flow by entering the Salto sandbox test accounts credentials below:
email: jane@example.com
password: 1234
During the authorization process, Seam adds an admin user to your Salto KS site. Do not suspend or remove this Seam Integration admin user.
Confirm the Connect Webview was successful by querying its status:
After a Salto account is linked with Seam, you can retrieve devices for this Salto account. The Seam API exposes most of the device's properties such as battery level.
use Seam\SeamClient;
$seam = new SeamClient('YOUR_API_KEY');
$locks = $seam->locks->list();
echo json_encode($locks);
/*
[{"device_id":"681bf7bc-e7c6-48e6-acfe-6dbabd0615c5","workspace_id":"d7418ff3-a476-4f48-9a4b-211d1d21a03d","connected_account_id":"690dead6-e176-4f25-930b-9aef7c7137ad","device_type":"salto_lock","properties":{"online":true,"locked":true,"door_open":null,"battery_level":1,"name":"BACK DOOR","manufacturer":null,"august_metadata":null,"schlage_metadata":null,"smartthings_metadata":null},"location":null,"created_at":"2023-02-08T22:14:09.921Z","capabilities_supported":["access_code","lock"],"errors":[]},{"device_id":"c9fc699a-3f87-4d23-b5c2-1f8ac85aeca1","workspace_id":"d7418ff3-a476-4f48-9a4b-211d1d21a03d","connected_account_id":"690dead6-e176-4f25-930b-9aef7c7137ad","device_type":"salto_lock","properties":{"online":true,"locked":true,"door_open":null,"battery_level":1,"name":"EXTRA DOOR","manufacturer":null,"august_metadata":null,"schlage_metadata":null,"smartthings_metadata":null},"location":null,"created_at":"2023-02-08T22:14:09.952Z","capabilities_supported":[],"errors":[]},{"device_id":"da9dcedb-20ee-46df-8c08-e5268f624377","workspace_id":"d7418ff3-a476-4f48-9a4b-211d1d21a03d","connected_account_id":"690dead6-e176-4f25-930b-9aef7c7137ad","device_type":"salto_lock","properties":{"online":true,"locked":true,"door_open":null,"battery_level":1,"name":"FRONT_DOOR","manufacturer":null,"august_metadata":null,"schlage_metadata":null,"smartthings_metadata":null},"location":null,"created_at":"2023-02-08T22:14:09.890Z","capabilities_supported":["access_code","lock"],"errors":[]}]
*/
4 — Locking & Unlocking a Door
Next, you can perform the basic action of locking and unlocking a door. Note that Salto disables this functionality by default and requires a special pass-through waiver via Seam. Seam automatically configures your IQ hubs to enable this functionality. Please contact us if you need to disable it.
Unlock a door
POSThttps://connect.getseam.com/locks/unlock_door
Request Body
Name
Type
Description
device_id
String
# lock the door
seam.locks.lock_door(device_id: some_lock.device_id)
updated_lock = seam.locks.get(device_id: some_lock.device_id)
assert updated_lock.properties["locked"] is True
# Now unlock the door
seam.locks.unlock_door(device_id: some_lock.device_id)
updated_lock = seam.locks.get(device_id: some_lock.device_id)
assert updated_lock.properties["locked"] is False
// lock the door
await seam.locks.lockDoor(someLock.device_id)
const updatedLock = await seam.locks.get(someLock.device_id)
console.log(updatedLock.properties.locked) // true
// unlock the door
await seam.locks.unlockDoor(someLock.device_id)
updatedLock = await seam.locks.get(someLock.device_id)
console.log(updatedLock.properties.locked) // false
# lock the door
seam.locks.lock_door(device_id: some_lock.device_id)
updated_lock = seam.locks.get(device_id: some_lock.device_id)
puts updated_lock.properties.locked # true
# unlock the door
seam.locks.unlock_door(device_id: some_lock.device_id)
updated_lock = seam.locks.get(device_id: some_lock.device_id)
puts updated_lock.properties.locked # false
use Seam\SeamClient;
$seam = new SeamClient('YOUR_API_KEY');
$some_lock = $seam->locks->list()[0];
# unlock the door
$seam->locks->unlock_door($lock->device_id);
# lock the door
$seam->locks->lock_door($lock->device_id);
5 — Setting Access Code on Salto Lock
Some Salto locks and access points will have a keypad available to program access codes. These codes can then be entered to unlock the door.
The Seam API makes it easy to program both ongoing codes and timebound codes on an Salto lock. You can find out more about Salto lock access code in our core concept section on access codes.
Salto does not let you specify a code for an access code. Instead Salto generates a 6-digit code, which the Seam API returns.
# create an ongoing code
seam.access_codes.create(
device=some_lock,
name="Personal Access Code")
# create a timebound code
seam.access_codes.create(
device=some_lock,
name="My Temp Access Code",
starts_at="2028-08-12T19:23:42+0000",
ends_at="2028-08-13T19:23:42+0000")
# you can use a device or a device_id as the "device" parameter
seam.access_codes.list(device=some_lock)
# [
# AccessCode(access_code_id='631a3a30-3fa7-462a-b3bc-65528ccf8765', type='time_bound', code=None, starts_at='2028-08-12T19:24:00.000Z', ends_at='2028-08-13T19:24:00.000Z', name='My Temp Access Code', status='unset', common_code_key=None),
# AccessCode(access_code_id='4d2f4952-5446-4051-ba7e-a6fc01a376d7', type='ongoing', code='59026', starts_at=None, ends_at=None, name='Personal Access Code', status='set', common_code_key=None)
# ]
Now that you've completed this guide, you can try to connect a real Salto device. To do so, make sure to switch to a non-sandbox workspace and API key as real devices cannot be connected to sandbox workspaces.
In addition, if you'd like to explore other aspects of Seam, here is a list of helpful resources: