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aws iot describe-thing

Gets information about the specified thing. AWS CLI reference

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Examples

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To display detailed information about a thing

The following describe-thing example display information about a thing (device) that is defined in the AWS IoT registry for your AWS account.

aws iot describe-thing --thing-name "MyLightBulb"Identify
--thing-nameThe name of the thing.
Its output
{
    "defaultClientId": "MyLightBulb",
    "thingName": "MyLightBulb",
    "thingId": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111",
    "thingArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:thing/MyLightBulb",
    "thingTypeName": "LightBulb",
    "attributes": {
        "model": "123",
        "wattage": "75"
    },
    "version": 1
}

For more information, see How to Manage Things with the Registry in the AWS IoT Developers Guide.

Options

1 in the AWS CLI reference
--thing-nameThe name of the thing.