AWS IoT Device Management has rolled out a powerful new tool: the high-throughput connectivity status query API. This innovation empowers developers to effortlessly monitor and manage the real-time connectivity of IoT devices. The service, a fully managed cloud solution, streamlines essential tasks like registering, organizing, and remotely overseeing large-scale IoT ecosystems.
With this API, developers gain the ability to query device connectivity status at impressive speeds, handling more than 350 requests per second. The API doesn’t just provide basic connectivity details—it also delivers timestamps for the latest connection or disconnection events and even explains why a device disconnected. These insights are invaluable for troubleshooting and maintaining operational efficiency. This feature is available to AWS IoT Device Management customers leveraging Fleet Indexing.
Fleet Indexing itself is a robust feature that enables users to search and group devices based on metadata, device states stored in the thing registry, IoT device shadow, and connectivity data sources. While fleet-level queries have traditionally been the focus, this new API shifts gears, honing in on single-device connectivity queries. It reduces latency, ensuring faster updates on connectivity changes. As a result, developers can create applications with enhanced, precise monitoring and management tools. Imagine an automotive developer checking if a vehicle is online before sending remote commands—this API makes that seamless.
The connectivity status API is now available to all AWS IoT Device Management Fleet Indexing users, in every region where the service is supported. To explore this game-changing feature further, dive into the developer guide and API documentation.