How to Integrate Skydio Cloud with DroneLogbook

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  1. Skydio
  2. Skydio Cloud
  3. Integrations

Drone LogBook offers a REST-based API endpoints integration with Skydio Cloud for seamless management of your fleet. You will need to configure your Skydio Cloud account so that your flight logs and telemetry will sync with the API integration. 

Quick Steps

Generate Skydio API token:

Step 1 - Log in to cloud.skydio.com

Step 2 - Set up your Skydio Cloud account: Getting Started with Skydio Cloud

Step 3 - Enable Data Capture:

    • Select Settings
    • Scroll down to Data Capture
    • Toggle GPS & Telemetry ON
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[note text="Flight telemetry must be uploaded to Skydio Cloud before it is available for API integration"]

Step 4 - Attach the battery to your Skydio drone and power ON

Step 5 - Sign in to the Skydio Controller using your Skydio Cloud organization registered email and password. 

    • Ensure the mobile device and/or controller is connected to a wireless network

Step 6 - Sync your Skydio Cloud features

    • Select INFO
    • Select your drone
    • Select Cloud Settings
    • Select Download features from Cloud to sync from Skydio Cloud to your controlling device.
    • Select Sync Settings to Drone to sync Skydio Cloud settings from your controlling device to your drone.
      •  
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Step 7 - Post-flight, there are two ways to sync flight telemetry:

     1. USB-C cable

    • connect your device to the drone
    • allow the flight telemetry to transfer from the drone to your device
    • this may take up to a few minutes based on the number and lengths of the flights

    2. Media Sync (Media Sync customers only) See How to Use Media Sync for instructions.

Step 8 - View flight telemetry in Skydio Cloud:

    • Select the Reports menu
    • Select Flights 
    • Locate the flight you want to view

View Flight visible - flight telemetry is available and will be listed under More Details 

View Flight not visible - no flight telemetry has been uploaded
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Step 9 - Generate a Skydio API token:

    • Select Settings
    • Select API Tokens
    • Select Generate Token
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Step 10 - Name your token

Step 11 - Select Permissions:

  • Flights: Read-Only
  • Batteries: Read-Only
  • Vehicles: Read-Only
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Select Save

[info text="Your personal access token is only available during the active login session or until the page is refreshed."]

Step 12 - Copy token  
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[note text="API Tokens should be kept secret! They grant access to your organization's data in Skydio Cloud (media, flights, vehicles, user emails, etc.)."]

Enter Skydio API token into DroneLogbook

Step 1 - Log in to DroneLogbook.com

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Step 2 - Select the Settings & Support menu

Step 3 - Select the Integration Hub

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Step 4 - Scroll down to the middle of the page and select Cloud-Sync Integrations
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Step 5 - Scroll down and select Skydio Sync
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Step 6 - Paste the API token into the API box and select Save
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Troubleshooting

[accordion heading="Formatting requests to the Skydio API"]

All requests to the Skydio API should contain an Authorization header with your API Token. Requests to the API should be formatted like this:

Bash

Python

curl -X 'GET' \

  'https://api.skydio.com/api/v0/flights' \

  -H 'accept: application/json' \

  -H 'Authorization: <api_token_here>'

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[accordion heading="Unable to log in to Skydio Cloud"] Go to cloud.skydio.com

    • enter your email address
    • enter the verification code sent to your email address

Ensure that you are logging in to your mobile device with the same email address that has been provisioned on Skydio Cloud.

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[accordion heading="Have you set up your Skydio Cloud account?"]

You will need to configure your Skydio Cloud account before you can upload flight telemetry. See Getting Started with Skydio Cloud. Any media captured prior to configuring your Skydio Cloud will not sync. 

Ensure that the flight telemetry that you are trying to upload was captured after the configuration steps were completed—footage from before this point will not upload to the cloud.

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[accordion heading="Is your device claimed in Skydio Cloud?"]

Vehicles are not automatically associated with an organization, you will need to claim the vehicles that you want in your fleet:

Step 1 - Select Settings

Step 2 - Select Devices

Step 3 - Select Claim Device

Step 4 - Enter vehicle WiFi (eg Skydio2: - xxxx)

The vehicle tab displays a list of associated vehicle IDs

You cannot claim a vehicle that is already claimed by another organization. Contact Skydio customer support to delete a vehicle from an organization.

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[accordion heading="Is your device connected to the Internet?"]

Ensure that you are connected to the Internet or cellular data.

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[accordion heading="Flight recording does not display"]

Uploading the flight recording will not take place unless you have purchased Media Sync, selected the type of media you want to upload, and connected your drone to power. Visit Skydio Cloud Media Sync for more information.

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Getting Started with Skydio Cloud

How to Add a Network to Skydio Cloud

How to Use Media Sync in Skydio Cloud

Skydio Cloud API Documentation

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