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Freeze a Device

Function

This API is used by an application to freeze a device. After a device is frozen, it cannot connect to the platform. You can use the API "Unfreezing a Device" to unfreeze the device. Currently, only devices that are directly connected to the platform can be frozen. This API can be used to freeze a single device. For details about how to freeze devices in batches, see Creating a Batch Task.

Debugging

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in API Explorer or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

URI

POST /v5/iot/{project_id}/devices/{device_id}/freeze

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Parameter description: project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

device_id

Yes

String

Parameter description: device ID, which uniquely identifies a device. The value of this parameter is specified during device registration or allocated by the platform.

Value: The value can contain a maximum of 128 characters. Only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-) are allowed.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

No

String

Parameter description: user token. You can obtain the token by calling the IAM API Obtaining a User Token Through Password Authentication. X-Subject-Token in the response header returned by the API is the desired user token. For details about how to obtain the token, see Token Authentication.

Instance-Id

No

String

Parameter description: instance ID. Unique identifier of each instance in the physical multi-tenant scenario. Mandatory for professional editions and recommended in other cases. Log in to the IoTDA console and choose Overview in the navigation pane to view the instance ID. For details, see Viewing Instance Details.

Response Parameters

None

Example Requests

Freezes a specified device.

POST https://{endpoint}/v5/iot/{project_id}/devices/{device_id}/freeze

Example Responses

None

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

204

No Content

400

Bad Request

401

Unauthorized

403

Forbidden

404

Not Found

500

Internal Server Error

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Device Management