Request Syntax URI Request Parameters Request Body Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

DeleteAsset

Deletes an asset. This action can't be undone. For more information, see Deleting assets and models in the AWS IoT SiteWise User Guide.

Note

You can't delete an asset that's associated to another asset. For more information, see DisassociateAssets.

Request Syntax


DELETE /assets/assetId?clientToken=clientToken HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

assetId

The ID of the asset to delete. This can be either the actual ID in UUID format, or else externalId: followed by the external ID, if it has one. For more information, see Referencing objects with external IDs in the AWS IoT SiteWise User Guide.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 13. Maximum length of 139.

Pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$|^externalId:[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z_\-0-9.:]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+

Required: Yes

clientToken

A unique case-sensitive identifier that you can provide to ensure the idempotency of the request. Don't reuse this client token if a new idempotent request is required.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 36. Maximum length of 64.

Pattern: \S{36,64}

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 202
Content-type: application/json

{
   "assetStatus": { 
      "error": { 
         "code": "string",
         "details": [ 
            { 
               "code": "string",
               "message": "string"
            }
         ],
         "message": "string"
      },
      "state": "string"
   }
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 202 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

assetStatus

The status of the asset, which contains a state (DELETING after successfully calling this operation) and any error message.

Type: AssetStatus object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

ConflictingOperationException

Your request has conflicting operations. This can occur if you're trying to perform more than one operation on the same resource at the same time.

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalFailureException

AWS IoT SiteWise can't process your request right now. Try again later.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

The request isn't valid. This can occur if your request contains malformed JSON or unsupported characters. Check your request and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The requested resource can't be found.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ThrottlingException

Your request exceeded a rate limit. For example, you might have exceeded the number of AWS IoT SiteWise assets that can be created per second, the allowed number of messages per second, and so on.

For more information, see Quotas in the AWS IoT SiteWise User Guide.

HTTP Status Code: 429