AWS IoT Events

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AWS IoT Events monitors your equipment or device fleets for failures or changes in operation, and triggers actions when such events occur. You can use AWS IoT Events API operations to create, read, update, and delete inputs and detector models, and to list their versions.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET ListAlarmModels

Lists the alarm models that you created. The operation returns only the metadata associated with each alarm model.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/alarm-models?nextToken=example&maxResults=1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/alarm-models?nextToken=example&maxResults=1"

import requests
params = {
    "nextToken": "example",
    "maxResults": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/alarm-models",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/alarm-models');
url.searchParams.set('nextToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('maxResults', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/alarm-models")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("nextToken", "example")
	q.Set("maxResults", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/alarm-models")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "nextToken" => "example",
  "maxResults" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/alarm-models?" . http_build_query([
    "nextToken" => "example",
    "maxResults" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET ListDetectorModels

Lists the detector models you have created. Only the metadata associated with each detector model is returned.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/detector-models?nextToken=example&maxResults=1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/detector-models?nextToken=example&maxResults=1"

import requests
params = {
    "nextToken": "example",
    "maxResults": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/detector-models",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/detector-models');
url.searchParams.set('nextToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('maxResults', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/detector-models")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("nextToken", "example")
	q.Set("maxResults", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/detector-models")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "nextToken" => "example",
  "maxResults" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/detector-models?" . http_build_query([
    "nextToken" => "example",
    "maxResults" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET ListInputs

Lists the inputs you have created.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/inputs?nextToken=example&maxResults=1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/inputs?nextToken=example&maxResults=1"

import requests
params = {
    "nextToken": "example",
    "maxResults": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/inputs",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/inputs');
url.searchParams.set('nextToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('maxResults', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/inputs")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("nextToken", "example")
	q.Set("maxResults", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/inputs")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "nextToken" => "example",
  "maxResults" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/iotevents/2018-07-27/inputs?" . http_build_query([
    "nextToken" => "example",
    "maxResults" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with AWS IoT Events?

AWS IoT Events is a Cloud API. Developers commonly use cloud APIs for:

provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure
automating deployments and container orchestration
monitoring uptime and performance metrics
managing storage buckets and databases
setting up auto-scaling and load balancing

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. AWS IoT Events is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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