DigitalTwinsClient.UpdateAsync Method

Definition

Updates a digital twin.

public virtual System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Microsoft.Azure.Devices.DigitalTwinUpdateResponse> UpdateAsync (string digitalTwinId, string jsonPatch, Microsoft.Azure.Devices.UpdateDigitalTwinOptions requestOptions = default, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
abstract member UpdateAsync : string * string * Microsoft.Azure.Devices.UpdateDigitalTwinOptions * System.Threading.CancellationToken -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Microsoft.Azure.Devices.DigitalTwinUpdateResponse>
override this.UpdateAsync : string * string * Microsoft.Azure.Devices.UpdateDigitalTwinOptions * System.Threading.CancellationToken -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Microsoft.Azure.Devices.DigitalTwinUpdateResponse>
Public Overridable Function UpdateAsync (digitalTwinId As String, jsonPatch As String, Optional requestOptions As UpdateDigitalTwinOptions = Nothing, Optional cancellationToken As CancellationToken = Nothing) As Task(Of DigitalTwinUpdateResponse)

Parameters

digitalTwinId
String

The Id of the digital twin.

jsonPatch
String

The application/json-patch+json operations to be performed on the specified digital twin. This patch can be constructed using JsonPatchDocument. See the example code for more details.

requestOptions
UpdateDigitalTwinOptions

The optional settings for this request.

cancellationToken
CancellationToken

The cancellationToken.

Returns

The new ETag for the digital twin and the URI location of the digital twin.

Exceptions

When the provided digitalTwinId or jsonPatch is null.

When the provided digitalTwinId or jsonPatch is empty or whitespace.

Thrown if IoT hub responded to the request with a non-successful status code. For example, if the provided request was throttled, IotHubServiceException with ThrottlingException is thrown. For a complete list of possible error cases, see IotHubServiceErrorCode.

If the HTTP request fails due to an underlying issue such as network connectivity, DNS failure, or server certificate validation.

If the provided cancellationToken has requested cancellation.

Examples

string propertyName = "targetTemperature"; int propertyValue = 12; var propertyValues = new Dictionary<string, object> { { propertyName, propertyValue } }; var patchDocument = new JsonPatchDocument(); patchDocument.AppendAdd("/myComponentName", propertyValues); string jsonPatch = patchDocument.ToString(); DigitalTwinUpdateResponse updateResponse = await serviceClient.DigitalTwins.UpdateAsync(deviceId, jsonPatch);

Remarks

For further information on how to create the json-patch, see https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/iot-pnp/howto-manage-digital-twin.

Applies to