Resets a specified device, resets the unique-certificate-per-product authentication status of the device that is directly connected to IoT Platform, and deletes the current topology of the device.

Usage instructions

You cannot use dynamic registration to retrieve the device certificate information after a device that is directly connected to IoT Platform is activated. In this case, you can call the ResetThing operation to reset the device. Then, use dynamic registration to retrieve the new certificate information. The device certificate information includes ProductKey, DeviceName, and DeviceSecret.

Debugging

OpenAPI Explorer automatically calculates the signature value. For your convenience, we recommend that you call this operation in OpenAPI Explorer. OpenAPI Explorer dynamically generates the sample code of the operation for different SDKs.

Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes ResetThing

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to ResetThing.
IotInstanceId String No iot_instc_pu****_c*-v64********

The ID of the instance. This parameter is not required for public instances. However, the parameter is required for the instances that you have purchased.

ProductKey String No al12345****

The key of the product to which the device belongs.

Note If you specify this parameter, you must also specify the DeviceName parameter.
DeviceName String No device1

The name of the device to be reset.

Note If you specify this parameter, you must also specify the ProductKey parameter.
IotId String No SR8FiTu1R9tlUR2V1bmi0010a5****

The ID of the device.

Note If you specify this parameter, you do not need to specify the ProductKey or DeviceName parameter. The IotId parameter is a globally unique identifier (GUID), and corresponds to a combination of the ProductKey and DeviceName parameters. If you specify the IotId parameter and the combination of the ProductKey and DeviceName parameters at the same time, the IotId parameter takes precedence.

In addition to the preceding exclusive request parameters, you must specify common request parameters when calling this API operation. For more information about common request parameters, see Common parameters.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
Code String iot.system.SystemException

The error code returned if the call failed. For more information about error codes, see Error codes.

ErrorMessage String A system exception occurred.

The error message returned if the call failed.
RequestId String 57b144cf-09fc-4916-a272-a62902d5b207

The globally unique ID that is generated by Alibaba Cloud for the request.
Success Boolean true

Indicates whether the call was successful. true indicates that the call was successful. false indicates that the call failed.

Examples

Sample requests

https://iot.cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com/?Action=ResetThing
&IotId=MpEKNuEUJzIORNANAWJX0010929900*****
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format 

<ResetThingResponse>
      <RequestId>57b144cf-09fc-4916-a272-a62902d5b207</RequestId>
      <Success>true</Success>
</ResetThingResponse>

JSON format 

{
  "RequestId":"57b144cf-09fc-4916-a272-a62902d5b207",
  "Success": true
}

Error codes

For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.