Amazon IoT Core Thing Types API

The Thing Types API from Amazon IoT Core — 3 operation(s) for thing types.

Operations 5

POST /thing-types/{thingTypeName} Amazon IoT Core Create Thing Type #
DELETE /thing-types/{thingTypeName} Amazon IoT Core Delete Thing Type #
GET /thing-types/{thingTypeName} Amazon IoT Core Describe Thing Type #
POST /thing-types/{thingTypeName}/deprecate Amazon IoT Core Deprecate Thing Type #
GET /thing-types Amazon IoT Core List Thing Types #

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OpenAPI Specification

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
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  title: AWS IoT Accept Certificate Transfer Thing Types API
  description: '<fullname>IoT</fullname> <p>IoT provides secure, bi-directional communication between Internet-connected devices (such as sensors, actuators, embedded devices, or smart appliances) and the Amazon Web Services cloud. You can discover your custom IoT-Data endpoint to communicate with, configure rules for data processing and integration with other services, organize resources associated with each device (Registry), configure logging, and create and manage policies and credentials to authenticate devices.</p> <p>The service endpoints that expose this API are listed in <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/iot-core.html">Amazon Web Services IoT Core Endpoints and Quotas</a>. You must use the endpoint for the region that has the resources you want to access.</p> <p>The service name used by <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/signature-version-4.html">Amazon Web Services Signature Version 4</a> to sign the request is: <i>execute-api</i>.</p> <p>For more information about how IoT works, see the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/aws-iot-how-it-works.html">Developer Guide</a>.</p> <p>For information about how to use the credentials provider for IoT, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/authorizing-direct-aws.html">Authorizing Direct Calls to Amazon Web Services Services</a>.</p>'
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    email: mike.ralphson@gmail.com
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    x-twitter: PermittedSoc
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0 License
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/
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  x-aws-signingName: iot
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servers:
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  variables:
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  description: The AWS IoT multi-region endpoint
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  variables:
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      description: The AWS region
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  description: The AWS IoT multi-region endpoint
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  variables:
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  description: The AWS IoT endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
- url: https://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - cn-north-1
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      default: cn-north-1
  description: The AWS IoT endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
security:
- hmac: []
tags:
- name: Thing Types
paths:
  /thing-types/{thingTypeName}:
    parameters:
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    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Credential'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Security-Token'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Signature'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-SignedHeaders'
    post:
      operationId: CreateThingType
      description: <p>Creates a new thing type.</p> <p>Requires permission to access the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions">CreateThingType</a> action.</p>
      responses:
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          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
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          description: ThrottlingException
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            application/json:
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          description: UnauthorizedException
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          description: ServiceUnavailableException
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            application/json:
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        '484':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
        '485':
          description: ResourceAlreadyExistsException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceAlreadyExistsException'
      parameters:
      - name: thingTypeName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The name of the thing type.
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: '[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+'
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 128
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                thingTypeProperties:
                  description: 'The ThingTypeProperties contains information about the thing type including: a thing type description, and a list of searchable thing attribute names.'
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    thingTypeDescription:
                      allOf:
                      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeDescription'
                      - description: The description of the thing type.
                    searchableAttributes:
                      allOf:
                      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchableAttributes'
                      - description: A list of searchable thing attribute names.
                tags:
                  description: Metadata which can be used to manage the thing type.
                  type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tag'
      summary: Amazon IoT Core Create Thing Type
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      tags:
      - Thing Types
    delete:
      operationId: DeleteThingType
      description: <p>Deletes the specified thing type. You cannot delete a thing type if it has things associated with it. To delete a thing type, first mark it as deprecated by calling <a>DeprecateThingType</a>, then remove any associated things by calling <a>UpdateThing</a> to change the thing type on any associated thing, and finally use <a>DeleteThingType</a> to delete the thing type.</p> <p>Requires permission to access the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions">DeleteThingType</a> action.</p>
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteThingTypeResponse'
        '480':
          description: ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundException'
        '481':
          description: InvalidRequestException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestException'
        '482':
          description: ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
        '483':
          description: UnauthorizedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedException'
        '484':
          description: ServiceUnavailableException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableException'
        '485':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
      parameters:
      - name: thingTypeName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The name of the thing type.
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: '[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+'
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 128
      summary: Amazon IoT Core Delete Thing Type
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      tags:
      - Thing Types
    get:
      operationId: DescribeThingType
      description: <p>Gets information about the specified thing type.</p> <p>Requires permission to access the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions">DescribeThingType</a> action.</p>
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeThingTypeResponse'
        '480':
          description: ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundException'
        '481':
          description: InvalidRequestException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestException'
        '482':
          description: ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
        '483':
          description: UnauthorizedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedException'
        '484':
          description: ServiceUnavailableException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableException'
        '485':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
      parameters:
      - name: thingTypeName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The name of the thing type.
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: '[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+'
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 128
      summary: Amazon IoT Core Describe Thing Type
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      tags:
      - Thing Types
  /thing-types/{thingTypeName}/deprecate:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Content-Sha256'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Date'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Algorithm'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Credential'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Security-Token'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Signature'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-SignedHeaders'
    post:
      operationId: DeprecateThingType
      description: <p>Deprecates a thing type. You can not associate new things with deprecated thing type.</p> <p>Requires permission to access the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions">DeprecateThingType</a> action.</p>
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeprecateThingTypeResponse'
        '480':
          description: ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundException'
        '481':
          description: InvalidRequestException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestException'
        '482':
          description: ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
        '483':
          description: UnauthorizedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedException'
        '484':
          description: ServiceUnavailableException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableException'
        '485':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
      parameters:
      - name: thingTypeName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The name of the thing type to deprecate.
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: '[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+'
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 128
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                undoDeprecate:
                  description: Whether to undeprecate a deprecated thing type. If <b>true</b>, the thing type will not be deprecated anymore and you can associate it with things.
                  type: boolean
      summary: Amazon IoT Core Deprecate Thing Type
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      tags:
      - Thing Types
  /thing-types:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Content-Sha256'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Date'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Algorithm'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Credential'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Security-Token'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Signature'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-SignedHeaders'
    get:
      operationId: ListThingTypes
      description: <p>Lists the existing thing types.</p> <p>Requires permission to access the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions">ListThingTypes</a> action.</p>
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListThingTypesResponse'
        '480':
          description: InvalidRequestException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestException'
        '481':
          description: ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
        '482':
          description: UnauthorizedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedException'
        '483':
          description: ServiceUnavailableException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableException'
        '484':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
      parameters:
      - name: nextToken
        in: query
        required: false
        description: To retrieve the next set of results, the <code>nextToken</code> value from a previous response; otherwise <b>null</b> to receive the first set of results.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: maxResults
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The maximum number of results to return in this operation.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 250
      - name: thingTypeName
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The name of the thing type.
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: '[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+'
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 128
      summary: Amazon IoT Core List Thing Types
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      tags:
      - Thing Types
components:
  parameters:
    X-Amz-Date:
      name: X-Amz-Date
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Signature:
      name: X-Amz-Signature
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Security-Token:
      name: X-Amz-Security-Token
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Content-Sha256:
      name: X-Amz-Content-Sha256
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-SignedHeaders:
      name: X-Amz-SignedHeaders
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Algorithm:
      name: X-Amz-Algorithm
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Credential:
      name: X-Amz-Credential
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
  schemas:
    DeleteThingTypeResponse:
      type: object
      properties: {}
      description: The output for the DeleteThingType operation.
    ThingTypeDescription:
      type: string
      pattern: '[\p{Graph}\x20]*'
      maxLength: 2028
    ThingTypeProperties:
      type: object
      properties:
        thingTypeDescription:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeDescription'
          - description: The description of the thing type.
        searchableAttributes:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchableAttributes'
          - description: A list of searchable thing attribute names.
      description: 'The ThingTypeProperties contains information about the thing type including: a thing type description, and a list of searchable thing attribute names.'
    CreationDate:
      type: string
      format: date-time
    ThingTypeDefinition:
      type: object
      properties:
        thingTypeName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeName'
          - description: The name of the thing type.
        thingTypeArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeArn'
          - description: The thing type ARN.
        thingTypeProperties:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeProperties'
          - description: The ThingTypeProperties for the thing type.
        thingTypeMetadata:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeMetadata'
          - description: 'The ThingTypeMetadata contains additional information about the thing type including: creation date and time, a value indicating whether the thing type is deprecated, and a date and time when it was deprecated.'
      description: The definition of the thing type, including thing type name and description.
    ThrottlingException: {}
    Tag:
      type: object
      required:
      - Key
      properties:
        Key:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TagKey'
          - description: The tag's key.
        Value:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TagValue'
          - description: The tag's value.
      description: A set of key/value pairs that are used to manage the resource.
    TagKey:
      type: string
      pattern: ^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+\-@]*)$
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 128
    CreateThingTypeResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        thingTypeName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeName'
          - description: The name of the thing type.
        thingTypeArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeArn'
          - description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the thing type.
        thingTypeId:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeId'
          - description: The thing type ID.
      description: The output of the CreateThingType operation.
    ThingTypeArn:
      type: string
    InvalidRequestException: {}
    NextToken:
      type: string
    ResourceNotFoundException: {}
    SearchableAttributes:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttributeName'
    UnauthorizedException: {}
    ListThingTypesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        thingTypes:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeList'
          - description: The thing types.
        nextToken:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NextToken'
          - description: The token for the next set of results. Will not be returned if operation has returned all results.
      description: The output for the ListThingTypes operation.
    ThingTypeList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeDefinition'
    ThingTypeName:
      type: string
      pattern: '[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+'
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 128
    ResourceAlreadyExistsException: {}
    Boolean:
      type: boolean
    ThingTypeMetadata:
      type: object
      properties:
        deprecated:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Boolean'
          - description: Whether the thing type is deprecated. If <b>true</b>, no new things could be associated with this type.
        deprecationDate:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeprecationDate'
          - description: The date and time when the thing type was deprecated.
        creationDate:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreationDate'
          - description: The date and time when the thing type was created.
      description: 'The ThingTypeMetadata contains additional information about the thing type including: creation date and time, a value indicating whether the thing type is deprecated, and a date and time when time was deprecated.'
    DescribeThingTypeResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        thingTypeName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeName'
          - description: The name of the thing type.
        thingTypeId:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeId'
          - description: The thing type ID.
        thingTypeArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeArn'
          - description: The thing type ARN.
        thingTypeProperties:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeProperties'
          - description: The ThingTypeProperties contains information about the thing type including description, and a list of searchable thing attribute names.
        thingTypeMetadata:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThingTypeMetadata'
          - description: 'The ThingTypeMetadata contains additional information about the thing type including: creation date and time, a value indicating whether the thing type is deprecated, and a date and time when it was deprecated.'
      description: The output for the DescribeThingType operation.
    ServiceUnavailableException: {}
    InternalFailureException: {}
    ThingTypeId:
      type: string
    AttributeName:
      type: string
      pattern: '[a-zA-Z0-9_.,@/:#-]+'
      maxLength: 128
    DeprecateThingTypeResponse:
      type: object
      properties: {}
      description: The output for the DeprecateThingType operation.
    TagValue:
      type: string
      minLength: 0
      maxLength: 256
    DeprecationDate:
      type: string
      format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    hmac:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: Amazon Signature authorization v4
      x-amazon-apigateway-authtype: awsSigv4
externalDocs:
  description: Amazon Web Services documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/
x-hasEquivalentPaths: true