describe_default_authorizer

IoT.Client.describe_default_authorizer()

Describes the default authorizer.

Requires permission to access the DescribeDefaultAuthorizer action.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.describe_default_authorizer()

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'authorizerDescription': {
        'authorizerName': 'string',
        'authorizerArn': 'string',
        'authorizerFunctionArn': 'string',
        'tokenKeyName': 'string',
        'tokenSigningPublicKeys': {
            'string': 'string'
        },
        'status': 'ACTIVE'|'INACTIVE',
        'creationDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
        'lastModifiedDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
        'signingDisabled': True|False,
        'enableCachingForHttp': True|False
    }
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --
  • authorizerDescription (dict) --

    The default authorizer's description.

    • authorizerName (string) --

      The authorizer name.

    • authorizerArn (string) --

      The authorizer ARN.

    • authorizerFunctionArn (string) --

      The authorizer's Lambda function ARN.

    • tokenKeyName (string) --

      The key used to extract the token from the HTTP headers.

    • tokenSigningPublicKeys (dict) --

      The public keys used to validate the token signature returned by your custom authentication service.

      • (string) --
        • (string) --
    • status (string) --

      The status of the authorizer.

    • creationDate (datetime) --

      The UNIX timestamp of when the authorizer was created.

    • lastModifiedDate (datetime) --

      The UNIX timestamp of when the authorizer was last updated.

    • signingDisabled (boolean) --

      Specifies whether IoT validates the token signature in an authorization request.

    • enableCachingForHttp (boolean) --

      When true , the result from the authorizer’s Lambda function is cached for the time specified in refreshAfterInSeconds . The cached result is used while the device reuses the same HTTP connection.

Exceptions

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