Registers multiple devices under a product. The DeviceNames of these devices are randomly generated.

Usage notes

You can use one of the following methods to register multiple devices:

  • If you want to generate random DeviceNames, call the BatchRegisterDevice operation.

    Perform the following steps to register devices and view the result:

    1. Call the BatchRegisterDevice operation to register multiple devices. A successful response indicates that the registration request is submitted. The actual registration process is asynchronously implemented and takes some minutes.

    2. Call the QueryBatchRegisterDeviceStatus operation to query the device registration result.

    3. Call the QueryPageByApplyId operation to view the details of registered devices. The details include the DeviceName, DeviceSecret, and IotId parameters.

  • If you want to specify custom DeviceNames, call the BatchRegisterDeviceWithApplyId operation. For more information, see BatchRegisterDeviceWithApplyId.

Limits

  • You can create a maximum of 10,000 devices in a single call.
  • Each Alibaba Cloud account can run a maximum of 10 queries per second (QPS).
    Note RAM users of an Alibaba Cloud account share the quota of the account.

Debugging

Alibaba Cloud provides OpenAPI Explorer to simplify API usage. 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 BatchRegisterDevice

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to BatchRegisterDevice.

Count Integer Yes 100

The number of devices to be registered.

Note You can register up to 10,000 devices in a single call.
ProductKey String Yes a1BwAGV****

The ProductKey of the product to which the devices belong.

IotInstanceId String No iot_instc_pu****_c*-v64********

The ID of the instance. You can view the instance ID on the Overview page in the IoT Platform console.

Notice
  • If your instance has an ID, you must configure this parameter. If you do not set this parameter, the call fails.
  • If your instance has no Overview page or ID, you do not need to set this parameter.

For more information, see Overview.

In addition to the preceding operation-specific request parameters, you must specify common request parameters when you call this operation. For more information, see Common request parameters.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
Code String iot.system.SystemException

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

Data Struct

The data returned if the call is successful.

ApplyId Long 1295006

The application ID (ApplyId) returned for the request if the call is successful.

ErrorMessage String A system exception occurred.

The error message returned if the call fails.

RequestId String E55E50B7-40EE-4B6B-8BBE-D3ED55CCF565

The ID of the request.

Success Boolean true

Indicates whether the call was successful.

  • true: The call was successful.
  • false: The call failed.

Examples

Sample requests

https://iot.cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com/?Action=BatchRegisterDevice
&ProductKey=a1BwAGV****
&Count=10
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format

<BatchRegisterDeviceResponse>
  <Data>
        <ApplyId>12345678</ApplyId>
  </Data>
  <RequestId>92C67DC1-41B5-45F8-9AFD-1FB42448D405</RequestId>
  <Success>true</Success>
</BatchRegisterDeviceResponse>

JSON format

{
    "Data": {
        "ApplyId": 12345678
    },
    "RequestId": "92C67DC1-41B5-45F8-9AFD-1FB42448D405",
    "Success": true
}

Error codes

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