Mainflux.mainflux/api/things.yml

openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Mainflux things service
  description: HTTP API for managing platform things and channels.
  version: "1.0.0"

paths:
  /things:
    post:
      summary: Adds new thing
      description: |
        Adds new thing to the list of things owned by user identified using
        the provided access token.
      tags:
        - things
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
      requestBody:
        $ref: "#/components/requestBodies/ThingCreateReq"
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/CreateThingRes"
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed JSON.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '409':
          description: Entity already exist.
        '415':
          description: Missing or invalid content type.
        '422':
          description: Database can't process request.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
    get:
      summary: Retrieves things
      description: |
        Retrieves a list of things. Due to performance concerns, data
        is retrieved in subsets. The API things must ensure that the entire
        dataset is consumed either by making subsequent requests, or by
        increasing the subset size of the initial request.
      tags:
        - things
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Limit"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Offset"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Name"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Order"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Direction"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Metadata"
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ThingsPageRes"
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed query parameters.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: A non-existent entity request.
        '422':
          description: Database can't process request.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /things/search:
    post:
      summary: Search and retrieves things
      description: |
        Retrieves a list of things with name and metadata filtering.
        Due to performance concerns, data is retrieved in subsets.
        The API things must ensure that the entire
        dataset is consumed either by making subsequent requests, or by
        increasing the subset size of the initial request.
      tags:
        - things
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
      requestBody:
        $ref: "#/components/requestBodies/ThingsSearchReq"
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ThingsPageRes"
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed query parameters.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: A non-existent entity request.
        '422':
          description: Unprocessable Entity
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /things/bulk:
    post:
      summary: Bulk provisions new things
      description: |
        Adds new things to the list of things owned by user identified using
        the provided access token.
      tags:
        - things
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
      requestBody:
        $ref: "#/components/requestBodies/ThingsCreateReq"
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Things registered.
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed JSON.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '415':
          description: Missing or invalid content type.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /things/{thingId}:
    get:
      summary: Retrieves thing info
      tags:
        - things
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ThingId"
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ThingRes"
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: Thing does not exist.
        '422':
          description: Database can't process request.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
    put:
      summary: Updates thing info
      description: |
        Update is performed by replacing the current resource data with values
        provided in a request payload. Note that the thing's type and ID
        cannot be changed.
      tags:
        - things
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ThingId"
      requestBody:
        $ref: "#/components/requestBodies/ThingUpdateReq"
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Thing updated.
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed JSON.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: Thing does not exist.
        '415':
          description: Missing or invalid content type.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
    delete:
      summary: Removes a thing
      description: |
        Removes a thing. The service will ensure that the removed thing is
        disconnected from all of the existing channels.
      tags:
        - things
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ThingId"
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Thing removed.
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed thing's ID.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /things/{thingId}/key:
    patch:
      summary: Updates thing key
      description: |
        Update is performed by replacing current key with a new one.
      tags:
        - things
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ThingId"
      requestBody:
        $ref: "#/components/requestBodies/KeyUpdateReq"
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Thing key updated.
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed JSON.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: Thing does not exist.
        '409':
          description: Specified key already exists.
        '415':
          description: Missing or invalid content type.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /channels:
    post:
      summary: Creates new channel
      description: |
        Creates new channel. User identified by the provided access token will
        be the channel's owner.
      tags:
        - channels
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
      requestBody:
        $ref: "#/components/requestBodies/ChannelCreateReq"
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ChannelCreateRes"
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed JSON.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '409':
          description: Entity already exist.
        '415':
          description: Missing or invalid content type.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
    get:
      summary: Retrieves channels
      description: |
        Retrieves a list of channels. Due to performance concerns, data
        is retrieved in subsets. The API things must ensure that the entire
        dataset is consumed either by making subsequent requests, or by
        increasing the subset size of the initial request.
      tags:
        - channels
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Limit"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Offset"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Name"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Order"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Direction"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Metadata"
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ChannelsPageRes"
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed query parameters.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '422':
          description: Database can't process request.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /channels/bulk:
    post:
      summary: Bulk provisions new channels
      description: |
        Adds new channels to the list of channels owned by user identified using
        the provided access token.
      tags:
        - channels
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
      requestBody:
        $ref: "#/components/requestBodies/ChannelsCreateReq"
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Channels registered.
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed JSON.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '409':
          description: Entity already exist.
        '415':
          description: Missing or invalid content type.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /channels/{chanId}:
    get:
      summary: Retrieves channel info
      tags:
        - channels
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ChanId"
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ChannelRes"
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed channel's ID.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: Channel does not exist.
        '422':
          description: Database can't process request.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
    put:
      summary: Updates channel info
      description: |
        Update is performed by replacing the current resource data with values
        provided in a request payload. Note that the channel's ID will not be
        affected.
      tags:
        - channels
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ChanId"
      requestBody:
        $ref: "#/components/requestBodies/ChannelCreateReq"
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Channel updated.
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed JSON.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: Channel does not exist.
        '415':
          description: Missing or invalid content type.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
    delete:
      summary: Removes a channel
      description: |
        Removes a channel. The service will ensure that the subscribed apps and
        things are unsubscribed from the removed channel.
      tags:
        - channels
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ChanId"
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Channel removed.
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed channel's ID.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /connect:
    post:
      summary: Connects thing and channel.
      description: |
        Connect things specified by IDs to channels specified by IDs.
        Channel and thing are owned by user identified using the provided access token.
      tags:
        - things
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
      requestBody:
        $ref: "#/components/requestBodies/ConnCreateReq"
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ConnCreateRes"
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed JSON.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: A non-existent entity request.
        '409':
          description: Entity already exist.
        '415':
          description: Missing or invalid content type.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /disconnect:
    put:
      summary: Disconnect things and channels using lists of IDs.
      description: |
        Disconnect things from channels specified by lists of IDs.
        Channels and things are owned by user identified using the provided access token.
      tags:
      - things
      parameters:
      - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
      requestBody:
        $ref: "#/components/requestBodies/DisconnReq"
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/DisconnRes"
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed JSON.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: A non-existent entity request.
        '415':
          description: Missing or invalid content type.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /things/{thingId}/channels:
    get:
      summary: List of channels connected to specified thing
      description: |
        Retrieves list of channels connected to specified thing with pagination
        metadata.
      tags:
        - channels
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ThingId"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Offset"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Limit"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Connected"
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ChannelsPageRes"
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed query parameters.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: Thing does not exist.
        '422':
          description: Database can't process request.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /channels/{chanId}/things:
    get:
      summary: List of things connected to specified channel
      description: |
        Retrieves list of things connected to specified channel with pagination
        metadata.
      tags:
        - things
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ChanId"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Offset"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Limit"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Connected"
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ThingsPageRes"
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed query parameters.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: A non-existent entity request.
        '422':
          description: Database can't process request.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /channels/{chanId}/things/{thingId}:
    put:
      summary: Connects the thing to the channel
      description: |
        Creates connection between a thing and a channel. Once connected to
        the channel, things are allowed to exchange messages through it.
      tags:
        - channels
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ChanId"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ThingId"
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Thing connected.
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed query parameters.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: Channel or thing does not exist.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
    delete:
      summary: Disconnects the thing from the channel
      description: |
        Removes connection between a thing and a channel. Once connection is
        removed, thing can no longer exchange messages through the channel.
      tags:
        - channels
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ChanId"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ThingId"
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Thing disconnected.
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed query parameters.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: Channel or thing does not exist.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /identify/channels/{chanId}/access-by-key:
    post:
      summary: Checks if thing has access to a channel.
      description: |
        Checks if a thing with a specified key has an access to a specified
        channel and if it has, it returns that things id.
      tags:
        - access
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ChanId"
      requestBody:
        $ref: "#/components/requestBodies/IdentityReq"
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/AccessGrantedRes"
        '401':
          description: |
            Thing and channel are not connected, or thing with specified key doesn't
            exist.
        '415':
          description: Missing or invalid content type.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /identify/channels/{chanId}/access-by-id:
    post:
      summary: Checks if thing has access to a channel.
      description: |
        Checks if a thing with a specified ID has an access to a specified
        channel.
      tags:
        - access
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/ChanId"
      requestBody:
        $ref: "#/components/requestBodies/AccessByIDReq"
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Thing has access to the specified channel.
        '401':
          description: |
            Thing and channel are not connected, or thing with specified ID doesn't
            exist.
        '415':
          description: Missing or invalid content type.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /identify:
    post:
      summary: Validates thing's key and returns it's ID if key is valid.
      description: |
        Validates thing's key and returns it's ID if specified key exists
        and is valid.
      tags:
        - identity
      requestBody:
        $ref: "#/components/requestBodies/IdentityReq"
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/IdentityRes"
        '401':
          description: Thing with specified key doesn't exist.
        '415':
          description: Missing or invalid content type.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
  /groups/{groupId}:
    get:
      summary: Retrieves things
      description: |
        Retrieves a list of things that belong to a group. Due to performance concerns, data
        is retrieved in subsets. The API things must ensure that the entire
        dataset is consumed either by making subsequent requests, or by
        increasing the subset size of the initial request.
      tags:
        - things
      parameters:
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Authorization"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/GroupId"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Limit"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Offset"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Order"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Direction"
        - $ref: "#/components/parameters/Metadata"
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ThingsPageRes"
        '400':
          description: Failed due to malformed query parameters.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid access token provided.
        '404':
          description: A non-existent entity request.
        '422':
          description: Database can't process request.
        '500':
          $ref: "#/components/responses/ServiceError"
components:
  schemas:
    Key:
      type: string
      format: uuid
      description: |
        Thing key that is used for thing auth. If there is
        not one provided service will generate one in UUID
        format.
    Identity:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Thing unique identifier
    ThingReqSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        key:
          $ref: "#/components/schemas/Key"
        name:
          type: string
          description: Free-form thing name.
        metadata:
          type: object
          description: Arbitrary, object-encoded thing's data.
    ThingsReqSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name filter. Filtering is performed as a case-insensitive partial match.
        metadata:
          type: object
          description: Metadata filter. Filtering is performed matching the parameter with metadata on top level. Parameter is json.
        total:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of items.
        offset:
          type: integer
          description: Number of items to skip during retrieval.
          default: 0
          minimum: 0
        limit:
          type: integer
          description: Size of the subset to retrieve.
          default: 10
          maximum: 100
          minimum: 1
        order:
          type: string
          description: Order type.
          default: id
          enum:
            - name
            - id
        dir:
          type: string
          description: Order direction.
          default: desc
          enum:
            - asc
            - desc
    ThingResSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Unique thing identifier generated by the service.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Free-form thing name.
        key:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: Auto-generated access key.
        metadata:
          type: object
          description: Arbitrary, object-encoded thing's data.
      required:
        - id
        - type
        - key
    ThingsPage:
      type: object
      properties:
        things:
          type: array
          minItems: 0
          uniqueItems: true
          items:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/ThingResSchema"
        total:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of items.
        offset:
          type: integer
          description: Number of items to skip during retrieval.
        limit:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum number of items to return in one page.
      required:
        - things
    ChannelReqSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Free-form channel name.
        metadata:
          type: object
          description: Arbitrary, object-encoded channel's data.
    ChannelResSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique channel identifier generated by the service.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Free-form channel name.
        metadata:
          type: object
          description: Arbitrary, object-encoded channel's data.
      required:
        - id
    ChannelsPage:
      type: object
      properties:
        channels:
          type: array
          minItems: 0
          uniqueItems: true
          items:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/ChannelResSchema"
        total:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of items.
        offset:
          type: integer
          description: Number of items to skip during retrieval.
        limit:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum number of items to return in one page.
      required:
        - channels
    ConnectionReqSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        channel_ids:
          type: array
          description: Channel IDs.
          items:
            type: string
        thing_ids:
          type: array
          description: Thing IDs
          items:
            type: string

  parameters:
    Authorization:
      name: Authorization
      description: User's access token.
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
        format: jwt
      required: true
    ChanId:
      name: chanId
      description: Unique channel identifier.
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
      required: true
    ThingId:
      name: thingId
      description: Unique thing identifier.
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
      required: true
    GroupId:
      name: groupId
      description: Unique group identifier.
      in: path
      schema:
        type: string
        format: ulid
      required: true
    Limit:
      name: limit
      description: Size of the subset to retrieve.
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 10
        maximum: 100
        minimum: 1
      required: false
    Offset:
      name: offset
      description: Number of items to skip during retrieval.
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 0
        minimum: 0
      required: false
    Connected:
      name: connected
      description: Connection state of the subset to retrieve.
      in: query
      schema:
        type: boolean
        default: true
      required: false
    Name:
      name: name
      description: Name filter. Filtering is performed as a case-insensitive partial match.
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    Order:
      name: order
      description: Order type.
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
        default: id
        enum:
          - name
          - id
      required: false
    Direction:
      name: dir
      description: Order direction.
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
        default: desc
        enum:
          - asc
          - desc
      required: false
    Metadata:
      name: metadata
      description: Metadata filter. Filtering is performed matching the parameter with metadata on top level. Parameter is json.
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: object
        additionalProperties: {}

  requestBodies:
    ThingCreateReq:
      description: JSON-formatted document describing the new thing.
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
           $ref: "#/components/schemas/ThingReqSchema"
    ThingsCreateReq:
      description: JSON-formatted document describing the new things.
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              key:
                $ref: "#/components/schemas/Key"
              things:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: "#/components/schemas/ThingReqSchema"
    ThingUpdateReq:
      description: Arbitrary, object-encoded thing's data.
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
                description: Free-form thing name.
              metadata:
                type: object
    ThingsSearchReq:
      description: JSON-formatted document describing search parameters.
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
           $ref: "#/components/schemas/ThingsReqSchema"
    KeyUpdateReq:
      required: true
      description: JSON containing thing.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              key:
                type: string
                format: uuid
                description: Thing key that is used for thing auth.
    ChannelCreateReq:
      description: JSON-formatted document describing the updated channel.
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/ChannelReqSchema"
    ChannelsCreateReq:
      description: JSON-formatted document describing the new channels.
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              key:
                $ref: "#/components/schemas/Key"
              things:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: "#/components/schemas/ChannelReqSchema"
    ConnCreateReq:
      description: JSON-formatted document describing the new connection.
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
           $ref: "#/components/schemas/ConnectionReqSchema"
    DisconnReq:
      description: JSON-formatted document describing the entities for disconnection.
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/ConnectionReqSchema"
    IdentityReq:
      description: JSON-formatted document that contains thing key.
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              token:
                type: string
                format: uuid
                description: Thing key that is used for thing auth.
            required:
              - token
    AccessByIDReq:
      description: JSON-formatted document that contains thing key.
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              thing_id:
                type: string
                format: uuid
                description: Thing ID by which thing is uniquely identified.

  responses:
    CreateThingRes:
      description: Thing registered.
      headers:
        Location:
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: Created thing's relative URL.
                example: /things/{thingId}
    ThingRes:
      description: Data retrieved.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/ThingResSchema"
    ThingsPageRes:
      description: Data retrieved.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/ThingsPage"
    ChannelCreateRes:
      description: Channel created.
      headers:
        Location:
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: Created channel's relative URL (i.e. /channels/{chanId}).
    ChannelRes:
      description: Data retrieved.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/ChannelResSchema"
    ChannelsPageRes:
      description: Data retrieved.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/ChannelsPage"
    ConnCreateRes:
      description: Thing registered.
      headers:
        Location:
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: Created thing's relative URL.
                example: /things/{thingId}
    DisconnRes:
      description: Things disconnected.
    AccessGrantedRes:
      description: |
        Thing has access to the specified channel and the thing ID is returned.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/Identity"
    IdentityRes:
      description: Thing ID returned.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: "#/components/schemas/Identity"
    ServiceError:
      description: Unexpected server-side error occurred.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: string
            format: byte