Amazon IoT Core Transfer Certificate API

The Transfer Certificate API from Amazon IoT Core — 1 operation(s) for transfer certificate.

Operations 2

PATCH /transfer-certificate/{certificateId}#targetAwsAccount Amazon IoT Core Transfer Certificate #
PATCH /transfer-certificate/{certificateId} Transfer Certificate #

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OpenAPI Specification

amazon-iot-core-transfer-certificate-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Amazon Iot Core Transfer Certificate API
  x-refined-note:
  - x-apiClientRegistration differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-apisguru-categories differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-aws-signingName differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-logo differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-origin differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-preferred differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-providerName differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-release differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-serviceName differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Transfer Certificate across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: amazon-iot-core-openapi-original.yml, amazon-iot-core-transfer-certificate-api-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - us-east-1
      - us-east-2
      - us-west-1
      - us-west-2
      - us-gov-west-1
      - us-gov-east-1
      - ca-central-1
      - eu-north-1
      - eu-west-1
      - eu-west-2
      - eu-west-3
      - eu-central-1
      - eu-south-1
      - af-south-1
      - ap-northeast-1
      - ap-northeast-2
      - ap-northeast-3
      - ap-southeast-1
      - ap-southeast-2
      - ap-east-1
      - ap-south-1
      - sa-east-1
      - me-south-1
      default: us-east-1
  description: The AWS IoT multi-region endpoint
- url: https://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - us-east-1
      - us-east-2
      - us-west-1
      - us-west-2
      - us-gov-west-1
      - us-gov-east-1
      - ca-central-1
      - eu-north-1
      - eu-west-1
      - eu-west-2
      - eu-west-3
      - eu-central-1
      - eu-south-1
      - af-south-1
      - ap-northeast-1
      - ap-northeast-2
      - ap-northeast-3
      - ap-southeast-1
      - ap-southeast-2
      - ap-east-1
      - ap-south-1
      - sa-east-1
      - me-south-1
      default: us-east-1
  description: The AWS IoT multi-region endpoint
- url: http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - cn-north-1
      - cn-northwest-1
      default: cn-north-1
  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
      - cn-northwest-1
      default: cn-north-1
  description: The AWS IoT endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
tags:
- name: Transfer Certificate
paths:
  /transfer-certificate/{certificateId}#targetAwsAccount:
    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'
    patch:
      operationId: TransferCertificate
      description: 'Transfers the specified certificate to the specified Amazon Web Services account.


        Requires permission to access the TransferCertificate action.


        You can cancel the transfer until it is acknowledged by the recipient.


        No notification is sent to the transfer destination''s account. It is up to the caller to notify the transfer target.


        The certificate being transferred must not be in the ACTIVE state. You can use the UpdateCertificate action to deactivate it.


        The certificate must not have any policies attached to it. You can use the DetachPolicy action to detach them.'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransferCertificateResponse'
        '480':
          description: InvalidRequestException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestException'
        '481':
          description: ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundException'
        '482':
          description: CertificateStateException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateStateException'
        '483':
          description: TransferConflictException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransferConflictException'
        '484':
          description: ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
        '485':
          description: UnauthorizedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedException'
        '486':
          description: ServiceUnavailableException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableException'
        '487':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
      parameters:
      - name: certificateId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The ID of the certificate. (The last part of the certificate ARN contains the certificate ID.)
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: (0x)?[a-fA-F0-9]+
          minLength: 64
          maxLength: 64
      - name: targetAwsAccount
        in: query
        required: true
        description: The Amazon Web Services account.
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: '[0-9]+'
          minLength: 12
          maxLength: 12
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                transferMessage:
                  description: The transfer message.
                  type: string
                  pattern: '[\s\S]*'
                  maxLength: 128
      summary: Amazon IoT Core Transfer Certificate
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      tags:
      - Transfer Certificate
      security:
      - hmac: []
    servers:
    - url: http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com
      variables:
        region:
          description: The AWS region
          enum:
          - us-east-1
          - us-east-2
          - us-west-1
          - us-west-2
          - us-gov-west-1
          - us-gov-east-1
          - ca-central-1
          - eu-north-1
          - eu-west-1
          - eu-west-2
          - eu-west-3
          - eu-central-1
          - eu-south-1
          - af-south-1
          - ap-northeast-1
          - ap-northeast-2
          - ap-northeast-3
          - ap-southeast-1
          - ap-southeast-2
          - ap-east-1
          - ap-south-1
          - sa-east-1
          - me-south-1
          default: us-east-1
      description: The AWS IoT multi-region endpoint
    - url: https://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com
      variables:
        region:
          description: The AWS region
          enum:
          - us-east-1
          - us-east-2
          - us-west-1
          - us-west-2
          - us-gov-west-1
          - us-gov-east-1
          - ca-central-1
          - eu-north-1
          - eu-west-1
          - eu-west-2
          - eu-west-3
          - eu-central-1
          - eu-south-1
          - af-south-1
          - ap-northeast-1
          - ap-northeast-2
          - ap-northeast-3
          - ap-southeast-1
          - ap-southeast-2
          - ap-east-1
          - ap-south-1
          - sa-east-1
          - me-south-1
          default: us-east-1
      description: The AWS IoT multi-region endpoint
    - url: http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
      variables:
        region:
          description: The AWS region
          enum:
          - cn-north-1
          - cn-northwest-1
          default: cn-north-1
      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
          - cn-northwest-1
          default: cn-north-1
      description: The AWS IoT endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
  /transfer-certificate/{certificateId}:
    patch:
      operationId: patchTransferCertificateByCertificateId
      summary: Transfer Certificate
      description: 'Transfers the specified certificate to the specified Amazon Web Services account. Requires permission to access the TransferCertificate action. You can cancel the transfer until it is accepted by the recipient. No notification is sent to the transfer destination''s account. The caller is responsible for notifying the transfer target. The certificate being transferred must not be in the ACTIVE state. You can use the UpdateCertificate action to deactivate it. The certificate must not have any policies attached to it. You can use the DetachPolicy action to detach them. Customer managed key behavior: When you use a customer managed key to encrypt your data and then transfer the certificate to a customer in a different account using the TransferCertificate operation, the certificates will no longer be encrypted by their customer managed key configuration. During the transfer process, certificates are encrypted using Amazon Web Services IoT Core owned keys. While a certificate is in the PENDING_TRANSFER state, it''s always protected by Amazon Web Services IoT Core owned keys, regardless of the customer managed key configuration of either the source or destination account. Once the transfer'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransferCertificateResponse_2'
        '406':
          description: CertificateStateException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateStateException_2'
        '500':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException_2'
        '400':
          description: InvalidRequestException; ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestException_2'
        '404':
          description: ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundException_2'
        '503':
          description: ServiceUnavailableException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableException_2'
        '409':
          description: TransferConflictException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransferConflictException_2'
        '401':
          description: UnauthorizedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedException_2'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransferCertificateRequest'
      tags:
      - Transfer Certificate
      security:
      - sigv4: []
      x-operation-id-source: normalized
      x-operation-id-original: TransferCertificate
    servers:
    - url: https://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com
      variables:
        region:
          default: us-east-1
components:
  schemas:
    TransferConflictException: {}
    ResourceNotFoundException: {}
    ServiceUnavailableException: {}
    UnauthorizedException: {}
    InternalFailureException: {}
    CertificateArn:
      type: string
    TransferCertificateResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        transferredCertificateArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CertificateArn'
          - description: The ARN of the certificate.
      description: The output from the TransferCertificate operation.
    CertificateStateException: {}
    ThrottlingException: {}
    InvalidRequestException: {}
    TransferConflictException_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The message for the exception.
    TransferCertificateRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        certificateId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the certificate. (The last part of the certificate ARN contains the certificate ID.)
        targetAwsAccount:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services account.
        transferMessage:
          type: string
          description: The transfer message.
      required:
      - certificateId
      - targetAwsAccount
    ServiceUnavailableException_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The message for the exception.
    UnauthorizedException_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The message for the exception.
    InternalFailureException_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The message for the exception.
    TransferCertificateResponse_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        transferredCertificateArn:
          type: string
          description: The ARN of the certificate.
    CertificateStateException_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The message for the exception.
    ResourceNotFoundException_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The message for the exception.
    InvalidRequestException_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: The message for the exception.
  parameters:
    X-Amz-SignedHeaders:
      name: X-Amz-SignedHeaders
      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-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-Credential:
      name: X-Amz-Credential
      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-Algorithm:
      name: X-Amz-Algorithm
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
  securitySchemes:
    hmac:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: Amazon Signature authorization v4
      x-amazon-apigateway-authtype: awsSigv4
    sigv4:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: AWS Signature Version 4. The Authorization header carries an AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 signature over the canonical request, with X-Amz-Date (and X-Amz-Security-Token for temporary credentials). Not a bearer token.
      x-aws-sigv4:
        signingName: iot
externalDocs:
  description: Amazon Web Services documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/
x-refined-from:
- amazon-iot-core-openapi-original.yml
- amazon-iot-core-transfer-certificate-api-openapi.yml
x-hasEquivalentPaths: true