Basic usage

Command line

It is possible to view the channel directly:

$ thingspeak -q -r 2 9
{
  "channel": {
    "created_at": "2010-12-14T01:20:06Z",
    "description": "Netduino Plus connected to sensors around the house",
    "field1": "Light",
    "field2": "Outside Temperature",
    "id": 9,
    "last_entry_id": 9680334,
    "latitude": "40.44",
    "longitude": "-79.9965",
    "name": "my_house",
    "updated_at": "2016-02-09T20:11:45Z"
  },
  "feeds": [
    {
      "created_at": "2016-02-09T20:11:31Z",
      "entry_id": 9680333,
      "field1": "199",
      "field2": "29.978768577494691"
    },
    {
      "created_at": "2016-02-09T20:11:45Z",
      "entry_id": 9680334,
      "field1": "213",
      "field2": "29.723991507430998"
    }
  ]
}

Python interface

Or through Python interface:

>>> import thingspeak
>>> ch = thingspeak.Channel(9)
>>> ch.get({'results': 2})
u'{"channel":{"id":9,"name":"my_house",
"description":"Netduino Plus connected to sensors around the house",
"latitude":"40.44","longitude":"-79.9965",
"field1":"Light","field2":"Outside Temperature",
"created_at":"2010-12-14T01:20:06Z",
"updated_at":"2016-02-09T20:13:45Z","last_entry_id":9680342},
"feeds":[
{"created_at":"2016-02-09T20:13:30Z","entry_id":9680341,
"field1":"199","field2":"29.554140127388536"},
{"created_at":"2016-02-09T20:13:45Z","entry_id":9680342,
"field1":"193","field2":"27.855626326963908"}
]}'

For valid parameters refer to https://mathworks.com/help/thingspeak/channels-and-charts.html