Modules - Get Identity

Gets a module identity on the device.

GET https://fully-qualified-iothubname.azure-devices.net/devices/{id}/modules/{mid}?api-version=2021-04-12

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
id
path True

string

The unique identifier of the device.

mid
path True

string

The unique identifier of the module.

api-version
query True

string

Version of the Api.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

Module

OK.

Definitions

Name Description
AuthenticationMechanism
Module

The module identity on a device.

SymmetricKey
X509Thumbprint

AuthenticationMechanism

Name Type Description
symmetricKey

SymmetricKey

The primary and secondary keys used for SAS based authentication.

type enum:
  • certificateAuthority
  • none
  • sas
  • selfSigned

The type of authentication used to connect to the service.

x509Thumbprint

X509Thumbprint

The primary and secondary x509 thumbprints used for x509 based authentication.

Module

The module identity on a device.

Name Type Description
authentication

AuthenticationMechanism

The authentication mechanism used by the module when connecting to the service and edge hub.

cloudToDeviceMessageCount

integer

The number of cloud-to-module messages currently queued to be sent to the module.

connectionState enum:
  • Connected
  • Disconnected

The connection state of the device.

connectionStateUpdatedTime

string

The date and time the connection state was last updated.

deviceId

string

The unique identifier of the device.

etag

string

The string representing a weak ETag for the module identity, as per RFC7232.

generationId

string

The IoT Hub generated, case-sensitive string up to 128 characters long. This value is used to distinguish modules with the same moduleId, when they have been deleted and re-created.

lastActivityTime

string

The date and time the device last connected, received, or sent a message.

managedBy

string

Identifies who manages this module. For instance, this value is "IotEdge" if the edge runtime owns this module.

moduleId

string

The unique identifier of the module.

SymmetricKey

Name Type Description
primaryKey

string

The base64 encoded primary key of the device.

secondaryKey

string

The base64 encoded secondary key of the device.

X509Thumbprint

Name Type Description
primaryThumbprint

string

The X509 client certificate primary thumbprint.

secondaryThumbprint

string

The X509 client certificate secondary thumbprint.