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Amazon IoT Device Management Things API

The Things API from Amazon IoT Device Management — 9 operation(s) for things.

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

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

This API exposes 14 operations across 9 paths, and defines 61 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.

14 operations 9 paths 61 schemas 3 DELETE6 GET1 PATCH2 POST2 PUT

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 Management Things 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 14

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 14 operations — 3 DELETE, 6 GET, 1 PATCH, 2 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Things 14
PUT
/things/{thingName}/principals#x-amzn-principal
Amazon IoT Device Management Attach Thing Principal
AttachThingPrincipal 9 params → 200480481482483484485
DELETE
/things/{thingName}/principals#x-amzn-principal
Amazon IoT Device Management Detach Thing Principal
DetachThingPrincipal 9 params → 200480481482483484485
PUT
/things/{thingName}/jobs/{jobId}/cancel
Amazon IoT Device Management Cancel Job Execution
CancelJobExecution 10 params body → 200480481482483484485
POST
/things/{thingName}
Amazon IoT Device Management Create Thing
CreateThing 8 params body → 200480481482483484485486
DELETE
/things/{thingName}
Amazon IoT Device Management Delete Thing
DeleteThing 9 params → 200480481482483484485486
GET
/things/{thingName}
Amazon IoT Device Management Describe Thing
DescribeThing 8 params → 200480481482483484485
PATCH
/things/{thingName}
Amazon IoT Device Management Update Thing
UpdateThing 8 params body → 200480481482483484485486
DELETE
/things/{thingName}/jobs/{jobId}/executionNumber/{executionNumber}
Amazon IoT Device Management Delete Job Execution
DeleteJobExecution 12 params → 200480481482483484
GET
/things/{thingName}/jobs/{jobId}
Amazon IoT Device Management Describe Job Execution
DescribeJobExecution 10 params → 200480481482483
GET
/things/{thingName}/jobs
Amazon IoT Device Management List Job Executions for Thing
ListJobExecutionsForThing 13 params → 200480481482483
GET
/things/{thingName}/thing-groups
Amazon IoT Device Management List Thing Groups for Thing
ListThingGroupsForThing 10 params → 200480481482483
GET
/things/{thingName}/principals
Amazon IoT Device Management List Thing Principals
ListThingPrincipals 10 params → 200480481482483484485
GET
/things
Amazon IoT Device Management List Things
ListThings 13 params → 200480481482483484
POST
/things
Amazon IoT Device Management Register Thing
RegisterThing 7 params body → 200480481482483484485486

Schemas 61

The contract defines 61 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are JobExecution (11 properties), DescribeThingResponse (8 properties), JobExecutionSummary (6 properties), ThingAttribute (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

InternalFailureException
Principals
array
Attributes
object
ThrottlingException
ThingGroupNameAndArnList
array
ApproximateSecondsBeforeTimedOut
integer
JobExecution
object
The job execution object represents the execution of a job on a particular device.
11 properties
DetailsValue
string
ClientId
string
BillingGroupName
string
DateType
string
ListThingGroupsForThingResponse
object
2 properties
JobExecutionSummaryForThingList
array
ThingAttribute
object
The properties of the thing, including thing name, thing type name, and a list of thing attributes.
5 properties
CertificatePem
string
The PEM of a certificate.
ResourceRegistrationFailureException
ResourceAlreadyExistsException
JobExecutionStatus
string
ResourceArns
object
RetryAttempt
integer
ThingGroupArn
string
Flag
boolean
InvalidRequestException
ListThingsResponse
object
The output from the ListThings operation.
2 properties
ResourceArn
string
UpdateThingResponse
object
The output from the UpdateThing operation.
ThingGroupName
string
Forced
boolean
JobExecutionSummaryForThing
object
The job execution summary for a thing.
2 properties
UnauthorizedException
ThingId
string
PrincipalArn
string
ThingTypeName
string
ListJobExecutionsForThingResponse
object
2 properties
RegisterThingResponse
object
2 properties
DetailsMap
object
CreateThingResponse
object
The output of the CreateThing operation.
3 properties
JobExecutionSummary
object
The job execution summary.
6 properties
VersionNumber
integer
ThingArn
string
ConflictingResourceUpdateException
ServiceUnavailableException
Value
string
AttributeValue
string
DescribeThingResponse
object
The output from the DescribeThing operation.
8 properties
NextToken
string
ExecutionNumber
integer
DescribeJobExecutionResponse
object
1 property
JobId
string
VersionConflictException
InvalidStateTransitionException
ListThingPrincipalsResponse
object
The output from the ListThingPrincipals operation.
2 properties
ThingName
string
GroupNameAndArn
object
The name and ARN of a group.
2 properties
ThingAttributeList
array
ResourceNotFoundException
DeleteThingResponse
object
The output of the DeleteThing operation.
JobExecutionStatusDetails
object
Details of the job execution status.
1 property
DetachThingPrincipalResponse
object
The output from the DetachThingPrincipal operation.
AttachThingPrincipalResponse
object
The output from the AttachThingPrincipal operation.
Version
integer

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-iot-device-management-things-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Amazon IoT Device Management Authorizer API
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