create_device_definition

Greengrass.Client.create_device_definition(**kwargs)

Creates a device definition. You may provide the initial version of the device definition now or use ''CreateDeviceDefinitionVersion'' at a later time.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.create_device_definition(
    AmznClientToken='string',
    InitialVersion={
        'Devices': [
            {
                'CertificateArn': 'string',
                'Id': 'string',
                'SyncShadow': True|False,
                'ThingArn': 'string'
            },
        ]
    },
    Name='string',
    tags={
        'string': 'string'
    }
)

Parameters

• AmznClientToken (string) -- A client token used to correlate requests and responses.
• InitialVersion (dict) --

  Information about the initial version of the device definition.

  • Devices (list) -- A list of devices in the definition version.
    • (dict) -- Information about a device.
      • CertificateArn (string) -- [REQUIRED] The ARN of the certificate associated with the device.
      • Id (string) -- [REQUIRED] A descriptive or arbitrary ID for the device. This value must be unique within the device definition version. Max length is 128 characters with pattern ''[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+''.
      • SyncShadow (boolean) -- If true, the device's local shadow will be automatically synced with the cloud.
      • ThingArn (string) -- [REQUIRED] The thing ARN of the device.
• Name (string) -- The name of the device definition.
• tags (dict) --

  Tag(s) to add to the new resource.

  • (string) --
    • (string) --

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Arn': 'string',
    'CreationTimestamp': 'string',
    'Id': 'string',
    'LastUpdatedTimestamp': 'string',
    'LatestVersion': 'string',
    'LatestVersionArn': 'string',
    'Name': 'string'
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --
  • Arn (string) -- The ARN of the definition.
  • CreationTimestamp (string) -- The time, in milliseconds since the epoch, when the definition was created.
  • Id (string) -- The ID of the definition.
  • LastUpdatedTimestamp (string) -- The time, in milliseconds since the epoch, when the definition was last updated.
  • LatestVersion (string) -- The ID of the latest version associated with the definition.
  • LatestVersionArn (string) -- The ARN of the latest version associated with the definition.
  • Name (string) -- The name of the definition.

Exceptions

• Greengrass.Client.exceptions.BadRequestException