DeleteThingType
Deletes the specified thing type. You cannot delete a thing type if it has things associated with it. To delete a thing type, first mark it as deprecated by calling DeprecateThingType, then remove any associated things by calling UpdateThing to change the thing type on any associated thing, and finally use DeleteThingType to delete the thing type.
Requires permission to access the DeleteThingType action.
Request Syntax
DELETE /thing-types/thingTypeName HTTP/1.1
URI Request Parameters
The request uses the following URI parameters.
- thingTypeName
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The name of the thing type.
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Pattern:
[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+Required: Yes
Request Body
The request does not have a request body.
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 200
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.
Errors
- InternalFailureException
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An unexpected error has occurred.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- InvalidRequestException
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The request is not valid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ResourceNotFoundException
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The specified resource does not exist.
HTTP Status Code: 404
- ServiceUnavailableException
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The service is temporarily unavailable.
HTTP Status Code: 503
- ThrottlingException
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The rate exceeds the limit.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- UnauthorizedException
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You are not authorized to perform this operation.
HTTP Status Code: 401
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
