Resources¶
This section lists all currently published resources for Insights Hub developers. It is updated regularly while the Insights Hub ecosystem is continuously being enriched.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Insights Hub Monitor Plugin SDK | The Insights Hub Monitor Plugin SDK enables web developers to create plugins for Insights Hub Monitor. |
| MindConnect Library v3 | The MindConnect Library v3 is a collection of functionalities which allows a client application to connect and exchange data with Insights Hub. |
| MindConnect Library v4 | The MindConnect Library v4 is the successor of MindConnect Library v3 with a new architecture improving performance, reducing footprint and simplifying user customization. You can download the MindConnect Library from the Siemens Industry Online Support (SIOS) or clone it from GitHub. |
| OS Bar | The OS Bar connects all Insights Hub applications on a UI level. It can be used for showing the application name and routing back to the launchpad. |
| Industrial IoT SDK for Java | The Industrial IoT SDK for Java enables Java developers to work with Insights Hub easily. It provides a Java client implementation for the RESTful Industrial IoT APIs. |
| Industrial IoT SDK V2 for Java | The Industrial IoT SDK Version 2 for Java enables Java developers to work with the Insights Hub easily using service specific SDKs. The SDK is generated automatically using the Industrial IoT Service's specification yaml files to provide Java client implementation for the RESTful Industrial IoT APIs. |
| Industrial IoT SDK for Node.js | The Industrial IoT SDK for Node.js enables Node.js developers to work with the Insights Hub easily using service specific SDKs. The SDKs are generated using the Industrial IoT Service API specifications to provide Node.js client implementations for the RESTful Industrial IoT Service APIs. |
| Industrial IoT SDK for Python | The Industrial IoT SDK for Python enables Python developers to work with Insights Hub easily using service specific SDKs. The SDK is generated automatically using the Industrial IoT Service's specification yaml files to provide Python client implementation for the RESTful Industrial IoT APIs. |
| Web Components for Insights Hub and Industrial IoT | The Web Components for Insights Hub and Industrial IoT enables a Web developer to use out of the box components which can be integrated easily in a web application. There exist easy frontend component like DateTimeRange picker as also components which involve the Insights Hub backend services like the Asset View component. |
| Open Edge Device Kit | Open Edge Device Kit is a stand-alone module for third-party device producers that can be installed on the device and acts as an interface to Insights Hub. |
Insights Hub Open Source Tools and Libraries¶
Insights Hub Open Source Tools and Libraries are contributions from the community. These are demo applications, libraries and SDKs and useful connectivity tools which are maintained and released as open source software. The source code for all libraries is available on Github and the packages can be downloaded via common package management tools.
The full documentation can be found at Siemens Developer Portal.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| MindConnect-NodeJS | This is a nodejs library which can be used as a starting point for custom agent implementation in node.js. The library comes with support for TimeSeries, Events and File Upload and it can create and update the DataSourceConfiguration and the Mappings in Insights Hub. The most recent feature is support for automatic mappings to the asset instances. |
| Industrial IoT TypeScript SDK | TypeScript/JavaScript Community SDK for Industrial IoT APIs. It implements support for both browser (e.g. angular, react...) and backend development in node.js and it supports all different Insights Hub authentication types (Cookies, UserCredentials, AppCredentials, ServiceCredentials, Insights Hub Agents). It is packaged as part of @mindconnect/mindconnect-nodejs library. |
| Insights Hub Command Line Interface | Insights Hub GUIs are great but some tasks are still better done from the command line. The Insights Hub CLI is a power tool for experienced Insights Hub administrators as it gives you scriptable access to common tasks like agent onboarding and offboarding, asset management, historical time series upload, user management and it also offers valuable tooling for software developers. It is packaged as part of @mindconnect/mindconnect-nodejs library. |
| MindConnect Node-RED Node | A Node-RED node which can be used to upload the time series data, files and events to Insights Hub. The node runs on x86, Raspberry PI, SIMATIC IOT 2040 and is also available as a docker container on dockerhub. There are also live flow examples with flows sending e.g. the OPC UA or MQTT Data to Insights Hub at https://playground.mindconnect.rocks |
| Insights Hub Development Proxy | The development proxy can be used to kickstart your Insights Hub development. It provides an endpoint at your local machine which will authenticate all requests to the Industrial IoT APIs. The proxy is packaged as part of @mindconnect/mindconnect-nodejs library. |
| Insights Hub Authentication Helper | This chrome extension can be used to simplify the development tasks for which you need to use the SESSION and XSRF-TOKEN to access Industrial IoT APIs. It provides an easy way to copy the Insights Hub authentication cookies to the clipboard without having to go to chrome developer tools. |
| JSON Schema to Insights Hub Demo App | Demo Application showing how to create Insights Hub modelling artifacts (Variables, Aspect- and Asset-Types as well as assets) straight from a JSON schema. See more on GitHub and on Medium. |
| MindConnect Library V4 Demo Agent | Agent for Insights Hub based on Mindconnect Library V4 and written in C. Compiled and tested on Raspberry Pi V4 with Raspbian Buster.See more on GitHub. |
| Visual Flow Creator Examples | Example flows for Visual Flow Creator. The examples include the cloud to device communication and commanding via MQTT, creation of the custom API endpoints in the Insights Hub and more. The full list of examples is available on GitHub. |
| Siemens Industrial Edge | Open source projects and samples for the open Industrial Edge computing platform from Siemens. The full list of examples is available on GitHub. |
| Open Source Documentation | The open source documentation is available as an open source GitHub project |
Last update: May 13, 2025
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