aws iot-data update-thing-shadow

Updates the shadow for the specified thing. AWS CLI reference

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Examples

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To update a thing shadow

The following update-thing-shadow example modifies the current state of the device shadow for the specified thing and saves it to the file output.txt.

aws iot-data update-thing-shadow "output.txt" --cli-binary-format raw-in-base64-out --thing-name MyRPi --payload '{"state":{"reported":{"moisture":"okay"}}}'

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--cli-binary-formatThe formatting style to be used for binary blobs.

--thing-nameThe name of the thing.

--payloadThe state information, in JSON format.

This command produces no output. The response payload is saved to output.txt.

Contents of output.txt:

{
    "state": {
        "reported": {
            "moisture": "okay"
        }
    },
    "metadata": {
        "reported": {
            "moisture": {
                "timestamp": 1560270036
            }
        }
    },
    "version": 2,
    "timestamp": 1560270036
}

For more information, see Device Shadow Service Data Flow in the AWS IoT Developers Guide.

Options

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--payloadThe state information, in JSON format.

--shadow-nameThe name of the shadow.

--thing-nameThe name of the thing.