Updated on 2025-03-26 GMT+08:00

Creating a Device

Function

Creating a Device

URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/link/instances/{instance_id}/devices

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. The default value is default for compatibility with 20.0.Project ID. For details about how to get the project ID, see "Appendix" > "Obtaining a Project ID" in this document.

instance_id

Yes

String

Instance ID. The default value is default for compatibility with 20.0.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

parent_device_id

No

Integer

Parent device ID. If there is no parent device, this parameter is left empty and the value is automatically rounded down.

product

Yes

ProductReferer object

Product.

password

No

String

Device password. The password must contain 8 to 32 characters, including at least one digit, one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, and one special character (~!@#$%^&*()-_=+|[{}];:<>/?).

user_name

No

String

Device user name, which is a string of 10 to 50 characters containing letters, hyphens (-), and digits.

device_name

Yes

String

Device name. The value is a string of 2 to 64 characters, which can contain letters, digits, and the following special characters: ()_,#.?''-@%&!,

node_id

Yes

String

Physical number of a device. The value is a string of 2 to 64 characters, which can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). Generally, the MAC address or IMEI is used.

app_id

Yes

String

Application ID.

status

No

Integer

Device status. The options are as follows: 0 (enabled) and 1 (disabled). If this parameter is left empty, the default value 0 is used.

description

No

String

Description.

tags

No

Array of strings

Tag.

groups

No

Array of integers

ID of the device group to which a device belongs.

fingerprint

No

String

Certificate thumbprint

Table 4 ProductReferer

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

product_id

No

Integer

Product ID. The product ID is mandatory if the manufacturer ID and model are not set.

product_name

No

String

Product name.

manufacturer_id

No

String

Manufacturer ID. If the product ID is not specified, the manufacturer ID and model are mandatory.

model

No

String

Model. If the product ID is not specified, the manufacturer ID and model are mandatory.

protocol_type

No

Integer

Protocol type of the product.

0: mqtt

1: CoAP

2: modbus

4: opcua

5: extended protocol

product_type

No

Integer

Product type. The options are as follows: 0: common; 1: gateway.

extend_protocol_name

No

String

Extended protocol name.

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

permissions

Array of strings

Permission.

id

Integer

Device ID.

device_id

Integer

Device ID (compatible with 20.0).

product

ProductReferer object

Product.

device_name

String

Device name. The value is a string of 2 to 64 characters, which can contain letters, digits, and the following special characters: ()_,#.?''-@%&!,

instance_id

String

Instance ID.

client_id

String

Client ID, which is the unique device ID generated by the ROMA platform.

node_id

String

Physical number of a device. The value is a string of 2 to 64 characters, which can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). Generally, the MAC address or IMEI is used.

app_name

String

Application name.

status

Integer

Device status. The options are as follows: 0: enabled; 1: disabled.

online_status

Integer

Connection status. The options are as follows: 0: disconnected; 1: online; 2: offline.

description

String

Description.

authentication

Authentication object

Authentication.

created_user

CreatedUser object

Name of the user who created the attribute.

last_updated_user

LastUpdatedUser object

User who performed the last update.

tags

Array of strings

Tag.

created_datetime

Long

Creation start time. The format is timestamp(ms) and the UTC time zone is used.

last_updated_datetime

Long

Last modification time (timestamp, in milliseconds). The UTC time zone is used.

connect_address

String

Device access address.

ssl_connect_address

String

Device access SSL address.

ipv6_connect_address

String

IPv6 address for device access. This parameter is valid only when IPv6 is enabled.

ipv6_ssl_connect_address

String

IPv6 SSL address for device access. This parameter is valid only when IPv6 is enabled.

node_type

Integer

Node type. The options are as follows: 0: direct connection; 1: gateway; 2: subdevice.

device_type

Integer

Device type:

  • 0: common device (no child device or parent device)

  • 1: gateway device (available for child devices)

  • 2: child device (subject to a gateway device)

app_id

String

Application ID.

groups

Array of integers

ID of the device group to which a device belongs.

group_names

Array of strings

Name of the device group to which the device belongs.

fingerprint

String

Certificate thumbprint

Table 6 ProductReferer

Parameter

Type

Description

product_id

Integer

Product ID. The product ID is mandatory if the manufacturer ID and model are not set.

product_name

String

Product name.

manufacturer_id

String

Manufacturer ID. If the product ID is not specified, the manufacturer ID and model are mandatory.

model

String

Model. If the product ID is not specified, the manufacturer ID and model are mandatory.

protocol_type

Integer

Protocol type of the product.

0: mqtt

1: CoAP

2: modbus

4: opcua

5: extended protocol

product_type

Integer

Product type. The options are as follows: 0: common; 1: gateway.

extend_protocol_name

String

Extended protocol name.

Table 7 Authentication

Parameter

Type

Description

user_name

String

One-model-one-secret or one-device-one-secret username.

password

String

One-model-one-secret or one-device-one-secret password. The password must contain 8 to 32 characters, including at least one digit, one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, and one special character (~!@#$%^&*()-_=+|[{}];:<>/?).

Table 8 CreatedUser

Parameter

Type

Description

user_id

String

User ID (reserved).

user_name

String

Username.

Table 9 LastUpdatedUser

Parameter

Type

Description

user_id

String

User ID (reserved).

user_name

String

Username.

Status code: 400

Table 10 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

System error code, which is the detailed error code of HTTP error codes 4xx and 5xx.

error_msg

String

Error description.

request_id

String

Message ID.

Status code: 404

Table 11 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

System error code, which is the detailed error code of HTTP error codes 4xx and 5xx.

error_msg

String

Error description.

request_id

String

Message ID.

Status code: 500

Table 12 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

System error code, which is the detailed error code of HTTP error codes 4xx and 5xx.

error_msg

String

Error description.

request_id

String

Message ID.

Example Requests

Create a device with protocol type as MQTT, product type as common, and device status as enabled.

{
  "parent_device_id" : 10001,
  "product" : {
    "product_id" : 10001,
    "product_name" : "testproduct",
    "manufacturer_id" : "test",
    "model" : "mate30pro",
    "protocol_type" : 0,
    "product_type" : 0
  },
  "password" : "**********",
  "device_name" : "device",
  "node_id" : "D32145A100FF",
  "app_id" : "ef3845be-091a-4ab5-869a-9de0025e2165",
  "status" : 0,
  "description" : "device",
  "tags" : [ "tag1", "tag2" ]
}

Example Responses

Status code: 201

Created

{
  "permissions" : [ "read", "access", "delete", "modify" ],
  "id" : 711537,
  "device_id" : 711537,
  "parent_device_id" : 711536,
  "parent_device_name" : "parent-device",
  "product" : {
    "product_id" : 116303,
    "product_name" : "p1",
    "manufacturer_id" : "p1",
    "model" : "p1",
    "product_type" : 0,
    "protocol_type" : 0
  },
  "device_name" : "device",
  "instance_id" : "8993a690-cf61-46af-880d-587d823d14e5",
  "client_id" : "D116303711537sGDtK",
  "node_id" : "string",
  "app_name" : "app",
  "status" : 0,
  "online_status" : 2,
  "description" : "device",
  "authentication" : {
    "user_name" : "F01A8D25FE6E4CF5A286B711B31888AE",
    "password" : "************************"
  },
  "created_user" : {
    "user_id" : "",
    "user_name" : "user"
  },
  "last_updated_user" : {
    "user_id" : "",
    "user_name" : "user"
  },
  "tags" : [ ],
  "created_datetime" : 1607408244841,
  "last_updated_datetime" : 1607422571094,
  "connect_address" : "xx.xx.xx.xx",
  "ssl_connect_address" : "xx.xx.xx.xx",
  "ipv6_connect_address" : "xx.xx.xx.xx",
  "ipv6_ssl_connect_address" : "xx.xx.xx.xx",
  "node_type" : 0,
  "device_type" : 0,
  "app_id" : "cb4b3ec0-8f7f-432f-b05e-fc149d05da5d"
}

Status code: 400

Bad Request

{
  "error_code" : "SCB.00000000",
  "error_msg" : "Parameter is not valid for operation [romalink.link-device.save]. Parameter is [parent_device_id]. Processor is [body].",
  "request_id" : "cb39e78a-afd3-4e04-901d-70468b1c23dc-1619602712496-cnnorth7a-P-romalink-service01"
}

Status code: 404

Not Found

{
  "error_code" : "ROMA.00110006",
  "error_msg" : "The resource does not exist. Check whether the resource ID ff38023c-0854-4779-847d-72528e1f5da1 is correct.",
  "request_id" : "624c8be1-39b6-47b7-941d-c159aced368a-1619602544650-cnnorth7a-P-romalink-service01"
}

Status code: 500

Internal Server Error

{
  "error_code" : "ROMA.00110002",
  "error_msg" : "The instance does not exist. project_id: 397cd10b30544c588b2f4a56d83856c4, instance_id: f3bb386a-23ec-47aa-9943-4c60ac658611",
  "request_id" : "c8c06d0a-be92-4fdf-9d10-bc20131ab158-1619593104919-cnnorth7a-P-romalink-service01"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

201

Created

400

Bad Request

404

Not Found

500

Internal Server Error

Error Codes

See Error Codes.