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CreateDeviceDefinition
Creates a client device definition. You can provide the initial version of the device
definition now or use CreateDeviceDefinitionVersion
later.
URI: POST /greengrass/definition/devices
Produces: application/json
CLI:
aws greengrass create-device-definition \ [--name <value>] \ [--initial-version <value>] \ [--tags <value>] \ [--amzn-client-token <value>] \ [--cli-input-json <value>] \ [--generate-cli-skeleton]
cli-input-json format:
{ "Name": "string", "InitialVersion": { "Devices": [ { "Id": "string", "ThingArn": "string", "CertificateArn": "string", "SyncShadow": "boolean" } ] }, "tags": { "additionalProperty0": "string", "additionalProperty1": "string", "additionalProperty2": "string" }, "AmznClientToken": "string" }
Parameters:
- CreateDeviceDefinitionRequestBody
-
Information required to create a device definition.
where used: body; required: true
{ "Name": "string", "InitialVersion": { "Devices": [ { "Id": "string", "ThingArn": "string", "CertificateArn": "string", "SyncShadow": true } ] }, "tags": { "additionalProperty0": "string", "additionalProperty1": "string", "additionalProperty2": "string" } }
schema:
- Name
-
The name of the device definition.
type: string
- InitialVersion
-
Information about a device definition version.
type: object
- Devices
-
A list of client devices in the definition version.
type: array
items: Device
- Device
-
Information about a client device.
type: object
required: ["Id", "ThingArn", "CertificateArn"]
- Id
-
A descriptive or arbitrary ID for the client device. This value must be unique within the device definition version. Maximum length is 128 characters with the pattern
[a‑zA‑Z0‑9:_‑]+
.type: string
- ThingArn
-
The thing ARN of the client device.
type: string
- CertificateArn
-
The ARN of the certificate associated with the client device.
type: string
- SyncShadow
-
If true, the client device's local shadow is synced with the cloud automatically.
type: boolean
- tags
-
The resource tags.
type: object
additionalProperties: The key-value pair for the resource tag. Type: string
- X-Amzn-Client-Token
-
A client token used to correlate requests and responses.
where used: header; required: false
type: string
Responses:
- 200 (CreateDeviceDefinitionResponse)
-
{ "Name": "string", "Id": "string", "Arn": "string", "LastUpdatedTimestamp": "string", "CreationTimestamp": "string", "LatestVersion": "string", "LatestVersionArn": "string" }
- DefinitionInformation
-
Information about a definition.
type: object
- Name
-
The name of the definition.
type: string
- Id
-
The ID of the definition.
type: string
- Arn
-
The ARN of the definition.
type: string
- LastUpdatedTimestamp
-
The time, in milliseconds since the epoch, when the definition was last updated.
type: string
- CreationTimestamp
-
The time, in milliseconds since the epoch, when the definition was created.
type: string
- LatestVersion
-
The ID of the latest version associated with the definition.
type: string
- LatestVersionArn
-
The ARN of the latest version associated with the definition.
type: string
- 400
-
Invalid request.
{ "Message": "string", "ErrorDetails": [ { "DetailedErrorCode": "string", "DetailedErrorMessage": "string" } ] }
- GeneralError
-
General error information.
type: object
required: ["Message"]
- Message
-
A message that contains information about the error.
type: string
- ErrorDetails
-
A list of error details.
type: array
items: ErrorDetail
- ErrorDetail
-
Details about the error.
type: object
- DetailedErrorCode
-
A detailed error code.
type: string
- DetailedErrorMessage
-
A detailed error message.
type: string