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

DeleteThing

Deletes the specified thing. Returns successfully with no error if the deletion is successful or you specify a thing that doesn't exist.

Requires permission to access the DeleteThing action.

Request Syntax


DELETE /things/thingName?expectedVersion=expectedVersion HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

expectedVersion

The expected version of the thing record in the registry. If the version of the record in the registry does not match the expected version specified in the request, the DeleteThing request is rejected with a VersionConflictException.

thingName

The name of the thing to delete.

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

An unexpected error has occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

The request is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified resource does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceUnavailableException

The service is temporarily unavailable.

HTTP Status Code: 503

ThrottlingException

The rate exceeds the limit.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnauthorizedException

You are not authorized to perform this operation.

HTTP Status Code: 401

VersionConflictException

An exception thrown when the version of an entity specified with the expectedVersion parameter does not match the latest version in the system.

HTTP Status Code: 409