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Delete a device

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Delete a device.

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Code sample

C#

public static object DeleteDevice(string projectId, string cloudRegion, string registryId, string deviceId)
{
    var cloudIot = CreateAuthorizedClient();
    // The resource name of the location associated with the key rings.
    var name = $"projects/{projectId}/locations/{cloudRegion}/registries/{registryId}/devices/{deviceId}";

    try
    {
        var res = cloudIot.Projects.Locations.Registries.Devices.Delete(name).Execute();
        Console.WriteLine($"Removed device: {deviceId}");
    }
    catch (Google.GoogleApiException e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
        if (e.Error != null) return e.Error.Code;
        return -1;
    }
    return 0;
}

Go


// deleteDevice deletes a device from a registry.
func deleteDevice(w io.Writer, projectID string, region string, registryID string, deviceID string) (*cloudiot.Empty, error) {
	// Authorize the client using Application Default Credentials.
	// See https://g.co/dv/identity/protocols/application-default-credentials
	ctx := context.Background()
	httpClient, err := google.DefaultClient(ctx, cloudiot.CloudPlatformScope)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	client, err := cloudiot.New(httpClient)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	path := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/registries/%s/devices/%s", projectID, region, registryID, deviceID)
	response, err := client.Projects.Locations.Registries.Devices.Delete(path).Do()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Deleted device: %s\n", deviceID)

	return response, nil
}

Java

/** Delete the given device from the registry. */
protected static void deleteDevice(
    String deviceId, String projectId, String cloudRegion, String registryName)
    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 devicePath =
      String.format(
          "projects/%s/locations/%s/registries/%s/devices/%s",
          projectId, cloudRegion, registryName, deviceId);

  System.out.println("Deleting device " + devicePath);
  service.projects().locations().registries().devices().delete(devicePath).execute();
}

Node.js

// const cloudRegion = 'us-central1';
// const projectId = 'adjective-noun-123';
// const registryId = 'my-registry';
const iot = require('@google-cloud/iot');

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

async function deleteDevice() {
  // Construct request
  const devPath = iotClient.devicePath(
    projectId,
    cloudRegion,
    registryId,
    deviceId
  );

  const [responses] = await iotClient.deleteDevice({name: devPath});
  console.log('Successfully deleted device', responses);
}

deleteDevice();

PHP

use Google\Cloud\Iot\V1\DeviceManagerClient;

/**
 * Delete the device with the given id.
 *
 * @param string $registryId IOT Device Registry ID
 * @param string $deviceId IOT Device ID
 * @param string $projectId Google Cloud project ID
 * @param string $location (Optional) Google Cloud region
 */
function delete_device(
    $registryId,
    $deviceId,
    $projectId,
    $location = 'us-central1'
) {
    print('Deleting Device' . PHP_EOL);

    // Instantiate a client.
    $deviceManager = new DeviceManagerClient();
    $deviceName = $deviceManager->deviceName($projectId, $location, $registryId, $deviceId);

    $response = $deviceManager->deleteDevice($deviceName);

    printf('Deleted %s' . PHP_EOL, $deviceName);
}

Python

# project_id = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID'
# cloud_region = 'us-central1'
# registry_id = 'your-registry-id'
# device_id = 'your-device-id'
print("Delete device")
client = iot_v1.DeviceManagerClient()

device_path = client.device_path(project_id, cloud_region, registry_id, device_id)

return client.delete_device(request={"name": device_path})

Ruby

# project_id  = "Your Google Cloud project ID"
# location_id = "The Cloud region the registry is located in"
# registry_id = "The registry to create a device in"
# device_id   = "The identifier of the device to delete"

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 resource name of the location associated with the project
parent = "projects/#{project_id}/locations/#{location_id}"
device_path = "#{parent}/registries/#{registry_id}/devices/#{device_id}"

# Delete the device
result = iot_client.delete_project_location_registry_device(
  device_path
)

puts "Deleted device."

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