describe_endpoint

describe_endpoint(**kwargs)

Returns a unique endpoint specific to the Amazon Web Services account making the call.

Requires permission to access the DescribeEndpoint action.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.describe_endpoint(
    endpointType='string'
)

Parameters

endpointType (string) --

The endpoint type. Valid endpoint types include:

• iot:Data - Returns a VeriSign signed data endpoint.
• iot:Data-ATS - Returns an ATS signed data endpoint.
• iot:CredentialProvider - Returns an IoT credentials provider API endpoint.
• iot:Jobs - Returns an IoT device management Jobs API endpoint.

We strongly recommend that customers use the newer iot:Data-ATS endpoint type to avoid issues related to the widespread distrust of Symantec certificate authorities.

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'endpointAddress': 'string'
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  The output from the DescribeEndpoint operation.

  • endpointAddress (string) --

    The endpoint. The format of the endpoint is as follows: identifier .iot.*region* .amazonaws.com.

Exceptions

• IoT.Client.exceptions.InternalFailureException
• IoT.Client.exceptions.InvalidRequestException
• IoT.Client.exceptions.UnauthorizedException
• IoT.Client.exceptions.ThrottlingException