FindChannels []
gives a list of channels in your home area on the channel broker server.
FindChannels [None ]
gives a list of your unnamed channels.
FindChannels [All ]
gives a list of all channels owned by you.
FindChannels [form]
gives a list of channels in your home area whose names match the string pattern form.
FindChannels ["/abspath"]
gives a list of channels whose names match the string pattern "/abspath".
FindChannels ["mqtts://…"]
gives a list of channels whose names match the specified pattern representing a URL.
FindChannels
FindChannels []
gives a list of channels in your home area on the channel broker server.
FindChannels [None ]
gives a list of your unnamed channels.
FindChannels [All ]
gives a list of all channels owned by you.
FindChannels [form]
gives a list of channels in your home area whose names match the string pattern form.
FindChannels ["/abspath"]
gives a list of channels whose names match the string pattern "/abspath".
FindChannels ["mqtts://…"]
gives a list of channels whose names match the specified pattern representing a URL.
Details and Options
- FindChannels only finds channels that are owned by you.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (1)
Create a few channels in your home area on the channel broker server:
And an anonymous channel:
Retrieve the channels in your home area from the server:
Retrieve your anonymous channels:
All your channels:
Delete the channels:
Scope (7)
Basic Searches (6)
List channels in your home area on the channel broker server:
List channels owned by you in the common area on the server:
All channels owned by you:
Find channels using an abbreviated string pattern:
Find channels using a StringExpression :
Channels in subdirectories of your home area:
Delete all the channels owned by you:
Advanced Searches (1)
Search your channels by their absolute paths on the channel broker server:
Specify a pattern by URL:
Delete the channels:
Properties & Relations (2)
Channels created with CreateChannel can be retrieved from the server with FindChannels :
Delete the channel:
If you know the channel name, you can create a ChannelObject reference for the channel immediately, without querying the server with FindChannels :
Retrieving the same reference from the server will typically be less efficient:
Delete the channel:
Possible Issues (1)
An unescaped @ character in the username is treated as a wildcard:
Escape the @ character to find literal matches:
Related Guides
Text
Wolfram Research (2016), FindChannels, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FindChannels.html (updated 2020).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2016. "FindChannels." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FindChannels.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2016). FindChannels. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FindChannels.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_findchannels, author="Wolfram Research", title="{FindChannels}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FindChannels.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_findchannels, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={FindChannels}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FindChannels.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}