create_policy

create_policy(**kwargs)

Creates an IoT policy.

The created policy is the default version for the policy. This operation creates a policy version with a version identifier of 1 and sets 1 as the policy's default version.

Requires permission to access the CreatePolicy action.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.create_policy(
    policyName='string',
    policyDocument='string',
    tags=[
        {
            'Key': 'string',
            'Value': 'string'
        },
    ]
)

Parameters

• policyName (string) --

  [REQUIRED]

  The policy name.

• policyDocument (string) --

  [REQUIRED]

  The JSON document that describes the policy. policyDocument must have a minimum length of 1, with a maximum length of 2048, excluding whitespace.

• tags (list) --

  Metadata which can be used to manage the policy.

  Note

  For URI Request parameters use format: ...key1=value1&key2=value2...

  For the CLI command-line parameter use format: &&tags "key1=value1&key2=value2..."

  For the cli-input-json file use format: "tags": "key1=value1&key2=value2..."

  • (dict) --

    A set of key/value pairs that are used to manage the resource.

    • Key (string) -- [REQUIRED]

      The tag's key.

    • Value (string) --

      The tag's value.

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'policyName': 'string',
    'policyArn': 'string',
    'policyDocument': 'string',
    'policyVersionId': 'string'
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  The output from the CreatePolicy operation.

  • policyName (string) --

    The policy name.

  • policyArn (string) --

    The policy ARN.

  • policyDocument (string) --

    The JSON document that describes the policy.

  • policyVersionId (string) --

    The policy version ID.

Exceptions

• IoT.Client.exceptions.ResourceAlreadyExistsException
• IoT.Client.exceptions.MalformedPolicyException
• IoT.Client.exceptions.InvalidRequestException
• IoT.Client.exceptions.ThrottlingException
• IoT.Client.exceptions.UnauthorizedException
• IoT.Client.exceptions.ServiceUnavailableException
• IoT.Client.exceptions.InternalFailureException