CreateEntity - Amazon IoT TwinMaker
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CreateEntity

Creates an entity.

Request Syntax

POST /workspaces/workspaceId/entities HTTP/1.1 Content-type: application/json { "components": { "string" : { "componentTypeId": "string", "description": "string", "properties": { "string" : { "definition": { "configuration": { "string" : "string" }, "dataType": { "allowedValues": [ { "booleanValue": boolean, "doubleValue": number, "expression": "string", "integerValue": number, "listValue": [ "DataValue" ], "longValue": number, "mapValue": { "string" : "DataValue" }, "relationshipValue": { "targetComponentName": "string", "targetEntityId": "string" }, "stringValue": "string" } ], "nestedType": "DataType", "relationship": { "relationshipType": "string", "targetComponentTypeId": "string" }, "type": "string", "unitOfMeasure": "string" }, "defaultValue": { "booleanValue": boolean, "doubleValue": number, "expression": "string", "integerValue": number, "listValue": [ "DataValue" ], "longValue": number, "mapValue": { "string" : "DataValue" }, "relationshipValue": { "targetComponentName": "string", "targetEntityId": "string" }, "stringValue": "string" }, "displayName": "string", "isExternalId": boolean, "isRequiredInEntity": boolean, "isStoredExternally": boolean, "isTimeSeries": boolean }, "updateType": "string", "value": { "booleanValue": boolean, "doubleValue": number, "expression": "string", "integerValue": number, "listValue": [ "DataValue" ], "longValue": number, "mapValue": { "string" : "DataValue" }, "relationshipValue": { "targetComponentName": "string", "targetEntityId": "string" }, "stringValue": "string" } } }, "propertyGroups": { "string" : { "groupType": "string", "propertyNames": [ "string" ], "updateType": "string" } } } }, "compositeComponents": { "string" : { "description": "string", "properties": { "string" : { "definition": { "configuration": { "string" : "string" }, "dataType": { "allowedValues": [ { "booleanValue": boolean, "doubleValue": number, "expression": "string", "integerValue": number, "listValue": [ "DataValue" ], "longValue": number, "mapValue": { "string" : "DataValue" }, "relationshipValue": { "targetComponentName": "string", "targetEntityId": "string" }, "stringValue": "string" } ], "nestedType": "DataType", "relationship": { "relationshipType": "string", "targetComponentTypeId": "string" }, "type": "string", "unitOfMeasure": "string" }, "defaultValue": { "booleanValue": boolean, "doubleValue": number, "expression": "string", "integerValue": number, "listValue": [ "DataValue" ], "longValue": number, "mapValue": { "string" : "DataValue" }, "relationshipValue": { "targetComponentName": "string", "targetEntityId": "string" }, "stringValue": "string" }, "displayName": "string", "isExternalId": boolean, "isRequiredInEntity": boolean, "isStoredExternally": boolean, "isTimeSeries": boolean }, "updateType": "string", "value": { "booleanValue": boolean, "doubleValue": number, "expression": "string", "integerValue": number, "listValue": [ "DataValue" ], "longValue": number, "mapValue": { "string" : "DataValue" }, "relationshipValue": { "targetComponentName": "string", "targetEntityId": "string" }, "stringValue": "string" } } }, "propertyGroups": { "string" : { "groupType": "string", "propertyNames": [ "string" ], "updateType": "string" } } } }, "description": "string", "entityId": "string", "entityName": "string", "parentEntityId": "string", "tags": { "string" : "string" } }

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

workspaceId

The ID of the workspace that contains the entity.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z_0-9][a-zA-Z_\-0-9]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

components

An object that maps strings to the components in the entity. Each string in the mapping must be unique to this object.

Type: String to ComponentRequest object map

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Key Pattern: [a-zA-Z_\-0-9]+

Required: No

compositeComponents

This is an object that maps strings to compositeComponent updates in the request. Each key of the map represents the componentPath of the compositeComponent.

Type: String to CompositeComponentRequest object map

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.

Key Pattern: [a-zA-Z_\-0-9/]+

Required: No

description

The description of the entity.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: .*

Required: No

entityId

The ID of the entity.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}|^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z_\-0-9.:]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+

Required: No

entityName

The name of the entity.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [^\u0000-\u001F\u007F]+

Required: Yes

parentEntityId

The ID of the entity's parent entity.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: \$ROOT|^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}|^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z_\-0-9.:]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+

Required: No

tags

Metadata that you can use to manage the entity.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 50 items.

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Key Pattern: ([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+\-@]*)

Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Value Pattern: .*

Required: No

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "arn": "string", "creationDateTime": number, "entityId": "string", "state": "string" }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

arn

The ARN of the entity.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: arn:((aws)|(aws-cn)|(aws-us-gov)):iottwinmaker:[a-z0-9-]+:[0-9]{12}:[\/a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.:]+

creationDateTime

The date and time when the entity was created.

Type: Timestamp

entityId

The ID of the entity.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}|^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z_\-0-9.:]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+

state

The current state of the entity.

Type: String

Valid Values: CREATING | UPDATING | DELETING | ACTIVE | ERROR

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

Access is denied.

HTTP Status Code: 403

ConflictException

A conflict occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalServerException

An unexpected error has occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ServiceQuotaExceededException

The service quota was exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 402

ThrottlingException

The rate exceeds the limit.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

Failed

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: