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
compositeComponentupdates in the request. Each key of the map represents thecomponentPathof thecompositeComponent.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
-
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: