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Delete a device

Delete a device.

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Go

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

To authenticate to Cloud IoT Core, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 


// 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

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

To authenticate to Cloud IoT Core, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

/** 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 = GsonFactory.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

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

To authenticate to Cloud IoT Core, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

// 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

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

To authenticate to Cloud IoT Core, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

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

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

To authenticate to Cloud IoT Core, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

# 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

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

To authenticate to Cloud IoT Core, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

# 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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