DeviceReference
A DeviceReference is an API abstraction that lets you supply a device argument to a method using one of the following identifier types:
- A numeric API resource ID.
- Real-world hardware IDs, such as IMEI number, belonging to the manufactured device.
Methods that operate on devices take a DeviceReference as a parameter type because it's more flexible for the caller. To learn more about device identifiers, read Identifiers.
| JSON representation |
{
// Union field device can be only one of the following:
"deviceId": string,
"deviceIdentifier": {
object (DeviceIdentifier)
}
// End of list of possible types for union field device.
} |
| Fields |
Union field device. Required. The unique identifier for the device. device can be only one of the following: |
deviceId |
string (int64 format)
The ID of the device.
|
deviceIdentifier |
object (DeviceIdentifier)
The hardware IDs of the device.
|
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Last updated 2024-08-07 UTC.
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