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CloseTunnel - AWS IoT

CloseTunnel

Closes a tunnel identified by the unique tunnel id. When a CloseTunnel request is received, we close the WebSocket connections between the client and proxy server so no data can be transmitted.

Requires permission to access the CloseTunnel action.

Request Syntax

{ "delete": boolean, "tunnelId": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

delete

When set to true, AWS IoT Secure Tunneling deletes the tunnel data immediately.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

tunnelId

The ID of the tunnel to close.

Type: String

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9_\-+=:]{1,128}

Required: Yes

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

ResourceNotFoundException

Thrown when an operation is attempted on a resource that does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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