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Amazon IoT Device Defender Active Violations API

The Active Violations API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for active violations.

Amazon IoT Device Defender Active Violations API is one of 69 APIs that Amazon IoT Device Defender publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Active Violations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and pricing.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 41 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 4 base URLs: http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com, https://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com, http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn, https://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn.

1 operations 1 paths 41 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://iot.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon IoT Device Defender Active Violations API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (hmac). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • hmac — Amazon Signature authorization v4

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Active Violations 1
GET
/active-violations
Amazon IoT Device Defender List Active Violations
ListActiveViolations 14 params → 200480481482483

Schemas 41

The contract defines 41 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ActiveViolation (10 properties), BehaviorCriteria (7 properties), MetricValue (6 properties), Behavior (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

BehaviorName
string
NumberList
array
DurationSeconds
integer
VerificationState
string
EvaluationStatistic
string
DimensionName
string
MetricDimension
object
The dimension of a metric.
2 properties 1 required
ListActiveViolationsResponse
object
2 properties
ConfidenceLevel
string
BehaviorCriteria
object
The criteria by which the behavior is determined to be normal.
7 properties
ActiveViolations
array
Number
number
Timestamp
string
DimensionValueOperator
string
Ports
array
NextToken
string
ViolationEventAdditionalInfo
object
The details of a violation event.
1 property
InvalidRequestException
stringValue
string
Port
integer
ViolationId
string
UnsignedLong
integer
InternalFailureException
ComparisonOperator
string
VerificationStateDescription
string
ActiveViolation
object
Information about an active Device Defender security profile behavior violation.
10 properties
DeviceDefenderThingName
string
ConsecutiveDatapointsToClear
integer
ThrottlingException
Cidr
string
BehaviorMetric
string
Cidrs
array
ResourceNotFoundException
ConsecutiveDatapointsToAlarm
integer
MetricValue
object
The value to be compared with the metric .
6 properties
Behavior
object
A Device Defender security profile behavior.
5 properties 1 required
MachineLearningDetectionConfig
object
The configuration of an ML Detect Security Profile.
1 property 1 required
StatisticalThreshold
object
A statistical ranking (percentile) that indicates a threshold value by which a behavior is determined to be in compliance or in violation of the behavior.
1 property
SuppressAlerts
boolean
StringList
array
SecurityProfileName
string

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-iot-device-defender-active-violations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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