IoT / Client / delete_thing_type

delete_thing_type

IoT.Client.delete_thing_type(**kwargs)

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.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.delete_thing_type(
    thingTypeName='string'
)

Parameters:

thingTypeName (string) –

[REQUIRED]

The name of the thing type.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{}

Response Structure

• (dict) –

  The output for the DeleteThingType operation.

Exceptions

• IoT.Client.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException

• IoT.Client.exceptions.InvalidRequestException

• IoT.Client.exceptions.ThrottlingException

• IoT.Client.exceptions.UnauthorizedException

• IoT.Client.exceptions.ServiceUnavailableException

• IoT.Client.exceptions.InternalFailureException