POST

/asset-models

http://iotsitewise.{region}.amazonaws.com/asset-models

Creates an asset model from specified property and hierarchy definitions. You create assets from asset models. With asset models, you can easily create assets of the same type that have standardized definitions. Each asset created from a model inherits the asset model's property and hierarchy definitions. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-sitewise/latest/userguide/define-models.html">Defining asset models</a> in the IoT SiteWise User Guide.

Access Token Required: API Key

Body Params

tagsobject

A list of key-value pairs that contain metadata for the asset model. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-sitewise/latest/userguide/tag-resources.html">Tagging your IoT SiteWise resources</a> in the IoT SiteWise User Guide.

clientTokenstring

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.

assetModelNamestringrequired

A unique, friendly name for the asset model.

assetModelPropertiesarray

The property definitions of the asset model. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-sitewise/latest/userguide/asset-properties.html">Asset properties</a> in the IoT SiteWise User Guide. You can specify up to 200 properties per asset model. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-sitewise/latest/userguide/quotas.html">Quotas</a> in the IoT SiteWise User Guide.

assetModelDescriptionstring

A description for the asset model.

assetModelHierarchiesarray

The hierarchy definitions of the asset model. Each hierarchy specifies an asset model whose assets can be children of any other assets created from this asset model. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-sitewise/latest/userguide/asset-hierarchies.html">Asset hierarchies</a> in the IoT SiteWise User Guide. You can specify up to 10 hierarchies per asset model. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot-sitewise/latest/userguide/quotas.html">Quotas</a> in the IoT SiteWise User Guide.

assetModelCompositeModelsarray

The composite asset models that are part of this asset model. Composite asset models are asset models that contain specific properties. Each composite model has a type that defines the properties that the composite model supports. Use composite asset models to define alarms on this asset model.

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

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cURL Request

1curl --request POST \
2     --url 'http://iotsitewise.{region}.amazonaws.com/asset-models' \
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}