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Amazon IoT Device Defender Test Authorization API

The Test Authorization API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for test authorization.

Amazon IoT Device Defender Test Authorization 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 Test Authorization. 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 25 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 25 schemas 1 POST

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 Test Authorization 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 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Test Authorization 1
POST
/test-authorization
Amazon IoT Device Defender Test Authorization
TestAuthorization 8 params body → 200480481482483484485486

Schemas 25

The contract defines 25 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AuthResult (5 properties), Denied (2 properties), AuthInfo (2 properties), Policy (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

UnauthorizedException
Allowed
object
Contains information that allowed the authorization.
1 property
ActionType
string
PolicyArn
string
TestAuthorizationResponse
object
1 property
MissingContextValues
array
AuthInfo
object
A collection of authorization information.
2 properties 1 required
Denied
object
Contains information that denied the authorization.
2 properties
InvalidRequestException
Policy
object
Describes an IoT policy.
2 properties
ImplicitDeny
object
Information that implicitly denies authorization. When policy doesn't explicitly deny or allow an action on a resource it is considered an implicit deny.
1 property
Resource
string
Policies
array
InternalFailureException
MissingContextValue
string
ServiceUnavailableException
LimitExceededException
ThrottlingException
ResourceNotFoundException
AuthResults
array
Resources
array
PolicyName
string
ExplicitDeny
object
Information that explicitly denies authorization.
1 property
AuthDecision
string
AuthResult
object
The authorizer result.
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-iot-device-defender-test-authorization-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon IoT Device Defender publishes across the network.

Amazon IoT Device Defender Accept Certificate Transfer API
Amazon IoT Device Defender Active Violations API
Amazon IoT Device Defender Attached Policies API
Amazon IoT Device Defender Audit API
Amazon IoT Device Defender Authorizer API
Amazon IoT Device Defender Authorizers API
Amazon IoT Device Defender Behavior Model Training API
Amazon IoT Device Defender Billing Groups API
Amazon IoT Device Defender Cacertificate API
Amazon IoT Device Defender Cacertificates API
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