DELETE

/thing-types/{thingTypeName}

http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com/thing-types/{thingTypeName}

<p>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 <a>DeprecateThingType</a>, then remove any associated things by calling <a>UpdateThing</a> to change the thing type on any associated thing, and finally use <a>DeleteThingType</a> to delete the thing type.</p> <p>Requires permission to access the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions">DeleteThingType</a> action.</p>

Access Token Required: API Key

Path Parameters

thingTypeNamestringrequired

The name of the thing type.

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request DELETE \
2     --url 'http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com/thing-types/{thingTypeName}' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}