# Does the API support Shades?

**URL:** <https://forum.bondhome.io/t/does-the-api-support-shades/807>\
**Category:** BETA\
**Created:** [September 3, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/does-the-api-support-shades/807 "2019-09-03T23:56:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![dman2306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@dman2306](https://forum.bondhome.io/u/dman2306)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/does-the-api-support-shades/807/1 "2019-09-03T23:56:29Z")

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Does the API support more than fans and fireplaces? [http://docs-local.appbond.com/#tag/Devices/paths/~1v2~1devices/get](http://docs-local.appbond.com/#tag/Devices/paths/~1v2~1devices/get) only discusses CF and FP… can I retrieve shades? If so how do they work? I see Open/Close commands listed in the API docs but I don’t know how to get the devices.

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**Author:** ![residualimages](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.bondhome.io/residualimages/32/74_2.png) [@residualimages](https://forum.bondhome.io/u/residualimages)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/does-the-api-support-shades/807/2 "2019-09-03T23:58:01Z")

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[https://forum.bondhome.io/t/mobile-apps-v2-12-0-somfy-shades-and-better-bridge-support/](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/mobile-apps-v2-12-0-somfy-shades-and-better-bridge-support/)

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**Author:** ![jacob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.bondhome.io/jacob/32/312_2.png) [@jacob](https://forum.bondhome.io/u/jacob)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/does-the-api-support-shades/807/3 "2019-09-04T02:42:45Z")

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> [@dman2306](#):
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> Does the API support more than fans and fireplaces? [http://docs-local.appbond.com/#tag/Devices/paths/~1v2~1devices/get](http://docs-local.appbond.com/#tag/Devices/paths/~1v2~1devices/get) only discusses CF and FP… can I retrieve shades? If so how do they work? I see Open/Close commands listed in the API docs but I don’t know how to get the devices.

Ah, looks like I never got around to adding to that list of 2-character device codes, the two-character code for Motorized Shades is MS… Shades use the `Open` feature, documented [here](http://docs-local.appbond.com/#section/Features/Open), so they have a `open` state that is 0 or 1. Somfy shades also expose the `Pair`, `Hold`, and `Preset` actions, documented [here](http://docs-local.appbond.com/#section/Features/Misc-including-dimmers) (for these remotes, the `Hold` and `Preset` actions transmit the same signal, that of Somfy RTS’s “my” button)