Iot Hub Resource - Import Devices

Import, update, or delete device identities in the IoT hub identity registry from a blob. For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-devguide-identity-registry#import-and-export-device-identities.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs/{resourceName}/importDevices?api-version=2023-06-30

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
resourceGroupName
path True

string

The name of the resource group that contains the IoT hub.

resourceName
path True

string

The name of the IoT hub.

subscriptionId
path True

string

The subscription identifier.

api-version
query True

string

The version of the API.

Request Body

Name Required Type Description
inputBlobContainerUri True

string

The input blob container URI.

outputBlobContainerUri True

string

The output blob container URI.

authenticationType

AuthenticationType

Specifies authentication type being used for connecting to the storage account.

configurationsBlobName

string

The blob name to be used when importing configurations from the provided input blob container.

identity

ManagedIdentity

Managed identity properties of storage endpoint for import devices.

includeConfigurations

boolean

The value indicating whether configurations should be imported.

inputBlobName

string

The blob name to be used when importing from the provided input blob container.

outputBlobName

string

The blob name to use for storing the status of the import job.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

JobResponse

OK

Other Status Codes

ErrorDetails

DefaultErrorResponse

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

IotHubResource_ImportDevices

Sample request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/91d12660-3dec-467a-be2a-213b5544ddc0/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs/testHub/importDevices?api-version=2023-06-30

{
  "inputBlobContainerUri": "testBlob",
  "outputBlobContainerUri": "testBlob"
}

Sample response

{
  "jobId": "test",
  "startTimeUtc": "Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:20:58 GMT",
  "endTimeUtc": "Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:20:58 GMT",
  "type": "unknown",
  "status": "unknown"
}

Definitions

Name Description
AuthenticationType

Specifies authentication type being used for connecting to the storage account.

ErrorDetails

Error details.

ImportDevicesRequest

Use to provide parameters when requesting an import of all devices in the hub.

JobResponse

The properties of the Job Response object.

JobStatus

The status of the job.

JobType

The type of the job.

ManagedIdentity

The properties of the Managed identity.

AuthenticationType

Specifies authentication type being used for connecting to the storage account.

Name Type Description
identityBased

string

keyBased

string

ErrorDetails

Error details.

Name Type Description
code

string

The error code.

details

string

The error details.

httpStatusCode

string

The HTTP status code.

message

string

The error message.

ImportDevicesRequest

Use to provide parameters when requesting an import of all devices in the hub.

Name Type Description
authenticationType

AuthenticationType

Specifies authentication type being used for connecting to the storage account.

configurationsBlobName

string

The blob name to be used when importing configurations from the provided input blob container.

identity

ManagedIdentity

Managed identity properties of storage endpoint for import devices.

includeConfigurations

boolean

The value indicating whether configurations should be imported.

inputBlobContainerUri

string

The input blob container URI.

inputBlobName

string

The blob name to be used when importing from the provided input blob container.

outputBlobContainerUri

string

The output blob container URI.

outputBlobName

string

The blob name to use for storing the status of the import job.

JobResponse

The properties of the Job Response object.

Name Type Description
endTimeUtc

string

The time the job stopped processing.

failureReason

string

If status == failed, this string containing the reason for the failure.

jobId

string

The job identifier.

parentJobId

string

The job identifier of the parent job, if any.

startTimeUtc

string

The start time of the job.

status

JobStatus

The status of the job.

statusMessage

string

The status message for the job.

type

JobType

The type of the job.

JobStatus

The status of the job.

Name Type Description
cancelled

string

completed

string

enqueued

string

failed

string

running

string

unknown

string

JobType

The type of the job.

Name Type Description
backup

string

export

string

factoryResetDevice

string

firmwareUpdate

string

import

string

readDeviceProperties

string

rebootDevice

string

unknown

string

updateDeviceConfiguration

string

writeDeviceProperties

string

ManagedIdentity

The properties of the Managed identity.

Name Type Description
userAssignedIdentity

string

The user assigned identity.