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Create a device registry

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Create a device registry associated with a Pub/Sub topic.

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Code sample

Go

For more information, see the Cloud IoT Core Go API reference documentation.


// createRegistry creates a IoT Core device registry associated with a PubSub topic
func createRegistry(w io.Writer, projectID string, region string, registryID string, topicName string) (*cloudiot.DeviceRegistry, error) {
	client, err := getClient()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	registry := cloudiot.DeviceRegistry{
		Id: registryID,
		EventNotificationConfigs: []*cloudiot.EventNotificationConfig{
			{
				PubsubTopicName: topicName,
			},
		},
	}

	parent := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s", projectID, region)
	response, err := client.Projects.Locations.Registries.Create(parent, &registry).Do()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Created registry:")
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tID: %s\n", response.Id)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tHTTP: %s\n", response.HttpConfig.HttpEnabledState)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tMQTT: %s\n", response.MqttConfig.MqttEnabledState)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tName: %s\n", response.Name)

	return response, nil
}

Java

For more information, see the Cloud IoT Core Java API reference documentation.

/** Create a registry for Cloud IoT. */
protected static void createRegistry(
    String cloudRegion, String projectId, String registryName, String pubsubTopicPath)
    throws GeneralSecurityException, IOException {
  GoogleCredentials credential =
      GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault().createScoped(CloudIotScopes.all());
  JsonFactory jsonFactory = JacksonFactory.getDefaultInstance();
  HttpRequestInitializer init = new HttpCredentialsAdapter(credential);
  final CloudIot service =
      new CloudIot.Builder(GoogleNetHttpTransport.newTrustedTransport(), jsonFactory, init)
          .setApplicationName(APP_NAME)
          .build();

  final String projectPath = "projects/" + projectId + "/locations/" + cloudRegion;
  final String fullPubsubPath = "projects/" + projectId + "/topics/" + pubsubTopicPath;

  DeviceRegistry registry = new DeviceRegistry();
  EventNotificationConfig notificationConfig = new EventNotificationConfig();
  notificationConfig.setPubsubTopicName(fullPubsubPath);
  List<EventNotificationConfig> notificationConfigs = new ArrayList<EventNotificationConfig>();
  notificationConfigs.add(notificationConfig);
  registry.setEventNotificationConfigs(notificationConfigs);
  registry.setId(registryName);

  DeviceRegistry reg =
      service.projects().locations().registries().create(projectPath, registry).execute();
  System.out.println("Created registry: " + reg.getName());
}

Node.js

For more information, see the Cloud IoT Core Node.js API reference documentation.

// Client retrieved in callback
// const cloudRegion = 'us-central1';
// const projectId = 'adjective-noun-123';
// const registryId = 'my-registry';
// function errCb = lookupRegistry; // Lookup registry if already exists.
const iot = require('@google-cloud/iot');

// Lookup the pubsub topic
const topicPath = `projects/${projectId}/topics/${pubsubTopicId}`;

const iotClient = new iot.v1.DeviceManagerClient({
  // optional auth parameters.
});

async function createDeviceRegistry() {
  // Construct request
  const newParent = iotClient.locationPath(projectId, cloudRegion);
  const deviceRegistry = {
    eventNotificationConfigs: [
      {
        pubsubTopicName: topicPath,
      },
    ],
    id: registryId,
  };
  const request = {
    parent: newParent,
    deviceRegistry: deviceRegistry,
  };

  const [response] = await iotClient.createDeviceRegistry(request);

  console.log('Successfully created registry');
  console.log(response);
}

createDeviceRegistry();

PHP

For more information, see the Cloud IoT Core PHP API reference documentation.

use Google\Cloud\Iot\V1\DeviceManagerClient;
use Google\Cloud\Iot\V1\DeviceRegistry;
use Google\Cloud\Iot\V1\EventNotificationConfig;

/**
 * Creates a registry if it doesn't exist and prints the result.
 *
 * @param string $registryId IOT Device Registry ID
 * @param string $pubsubTopic PubSub topic name for the new registry's event change notification.
 * @param string $projectId Google Cloud project ID
 * @param string $location (Optional) Google Cloud region
 */
function create_registry(
    $registryId,
    $pubsubTopic,
    $projectId,
    $location = 'us-central1'
) {
    print('Creating Registry' . PHP_EOL);

    // The Google Cloud Client Library automatically checks the environment
    // variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS for the Service Account
    // credentials, and defaults scopes to [
    //    'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform',
    //    'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloudiot'
    // ].
    $deviceManager = new DeviceManagerClient();
    $locationName = $deviceManager->locationName($projectId, $location);

    $pubsubTopicPath = sprintf('projects/%s/topics/%s', $projectId, $pubsubTopic);
    $eventNotificationConfig = (new EventNotificationConfig)
        ->setPubsubTopicName($pubsubTopicPath);

    $registry = (new DeviceRegistry)
        ->setId($registryId)
        ->setEventNotificationConfigs([$eventNotificationConfig]);

    $registry = $deviceManager->createDeviceRegistry($locationName, $registry);

    printf('Id: %s, Name: %s' . PHP_EOL,
        $registry->getId(),
        $registry->getName());
}

Python

For more information, see the Cloud IoT Core Python API reference documentation.

# project_id = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID'
# cloud_region = 'us-central1'
# pubsub_topic = 'your-pubsub-topic'
# registry_id = 'your-registry-id'
client = iot_v1.DeviceManagerClient()
parent = f"projects/{project_id}/locations/{cloud_region}"

if not pubsub_topic.startswith("projects/"):
    pubsub_topic = "projects/{}/topics/{}".format(project_id, pubsub_topic)

body = {
    "event_notification_configs": [{"pubsub_topic_name": pubsub_topic}],
    "id": registry_id,
}

try:
    response = client.create_device_registry(
        request={"parent": parent, "device_registry": body}
    )
    print("Created registry")
    return response
except HttpError:
    print("Error, registry not created")
    raise
except AlreadyExists:
    print("Error, registry already exists")
    raise

Ruby

For more information, see the Cloud IoT Core Ruby API reference documentation.

# project_id   = "Your Google Cloud project ID"
# location_id  = "The Cloud region that you created the registry in"
# registry_id  = "The Google Cloud IoT Core device registry identifier"
# pubsub_topic = "The Google Cloud PubSub topic to use for this registry"

require "google/apis/cloudiot_v1"

# Initialize the client and authenticate with the specified scope
Cloudiot   = Google::Apis::CloudiotV1
iot_client = Cloudiot::CloudIotService.new
iot_client.authorization = Google::Auth.get_application_default(
  "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"
)

# The project / location where the registry is created.
parent = "projects/#{project_id}/locations/#{location_id}"

registry = Cloudiot::DeviceRegistry.new
registry.id = registry_id
registry.event_notification_configs = [Cloudiot::EventNotificationConfig.new]
registry.event_notification_configs[0].pubsub_topic_name = pubsub_topic

registry = iot_client.create_project_location_registry(
  parent, registry
)

puts "Created registry: #{registry.name}"

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