delete_thing

delete_thing(**kwargs)

Deletes the specified thing. Returns successfully with no error if the deletion is successful or you specify a thing that doesn't exist.

Requires permission to access the DeleteThing action.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.delete_thing(
    thingName='string',
    expectedVersion=123
)

Parameters

• thingName (string) --

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of the thing to delete.

• expectedVersion (integer) -- The expected version of the thing record in the registry. If the version of the record in the registry does not match the expected version specified in the request, the DeleteThing request is rejected with a VersionConflictException .

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  The output of the DeleteThing operation.

Exceptions

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