Amazon IoT Device Defender

Amazon IoT Device Defender Effective Policies API

The Effective Policies API from Amazon IoT Device Defender — 1 operation(s) for effective policies.

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POST /effective-policies Amazon IoT Device Defender Get Effective Policies #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 2015-05-28
  x-release: v4
  title: AWS IoT Effective Policies API
  description: 'IoT

    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.'
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    backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF'
  termsOfService: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
  contact:
    name: Mike Ralphson
    email: mike.ralphson@gmail.com
    url: https://github.com/mermade/aws2openapi
    x-twitter: PermittedSoc
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0 License
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/
  x-providerName: amazonaws.com
  x-serviceName: iot
  x-aws-signingName: iot
  x-origin:
  - contentType: application/json
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    x-apisguru-driver: external
  x-apiClientRegistration:
    url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/registration/index.html?nc2=h_ct
  x-apisguru-categories:
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  x-preferred: true
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
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      - eu-west-2
      - eu-west-3
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      - 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
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      - eu-north-1
      - eu-west-1
      - eu-west-2
      - eu-west-3
      - eu-central-1
      - eu-south-1
      - af-south-1
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      - ap-northeast-3
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      - 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)
security:
- hmac: []
tags:
- name: Effective Policies
paths:
  /effective-policies:
    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: GetEffectivePolicies
      description: 'Gets a list of the policies that have an effect on the authorization behavior of the specified device when it connects to the IoT device gateway.


        Requires permission to access the GetEffectivePolicies action.'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetEffectivePoliciesResponse'
        '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'
        '486':
          description: LimitExceededException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LimitExceededException'
      parameters:
      - name: thingName
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The thing name.
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: '[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+'
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 128
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                principal:
                  description: The principal. Valid principals are CertificateArn (arn:aws:iot:<i>region</i>:<i>accountId</i>:cert/<i>certificateId</i>), thingGroupArn (arn:aws:iot:<i>region</i>:<i>accountId</i>:thinggroup/<i>groupName</i>) and CognitoId (<i>region</i>:<i>id</i>).
                  type: string
                cognitoIdentityPoolId:
                  description: The Cognito identity pool ID.
                  type: string
      summary: Amazon IoT Device Defender Get Effective Policies
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      tags:
      - Effective Policies
components:
  schemas:
    InvalidRequestException: {}
    GetEffectivePoliciesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        effectivePolicies:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EffectivePolicies'
          - description: The effective policies.
    PolicyName:
      type: string
      pattern: '[\w+=,.@-]+'
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 128
    InternalFailureException: {}
    EffectivePolicy:
      type: object
      properties:
        policyName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyName'
          - description: The policy name.
        policyArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyArn'
          - description: The policy ARN.
        policyDocument:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyDocument'
          - description: The IAM policy document.
      description: The policy that has the effect on the authorization results.
    ResourceNotFoundException: {}
    EffectivePolicies:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/EffectivePolicy'
    UnauthorizedException: {}
    ServiceUnavailableException: {}
    LimitExceededException: {}
    PolicyArn:
      type: string
    ThrottlingException: {}
    PolicyDocument:
      type: string
      pattern: '[\s\S]*'
      minLength: 0
      maxLength: 404600
  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-Credential:
      name: X-Amz-Credential
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Signature:
      name: X-Amz-Signature
      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
    X-Amz-Date:
      name: X-Amz-Date
      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
externalDocs:
  description: Amazon Web Services documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/
x-hasEquivalentPaths: true