Use UpdateThing with an AWS SDK or CLI

    /// <summary>
    /// Updates an IoT Thing with attributes.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="thingName">The name of the Thing to update.</param>
    /// <param name="attributes">Dictionary of attributes to add.</param>
    /// <returns>True if successful, false otherwise.</returns>
    public async Task<bool> UpdateThingAsync(string thingName, Dictionary<string, string> attributes)
    {
        try
        {
            var request = new UpdateThingRequest
            {
                ThingName = thingName,
                AttributePayload = new AttributePayload
                {
                    Attributes = attributes,
                    Merge = true
                }
            };

            await _amazonIoT.UpdateThingAsync(request);
            _logger.LogInformation($"Updated Thing {thingName} with attributes");
            return true;
        }
        catch (Amazon.IoT.Model.ResourceNotFoundException ex)
        {
            _logger.LogError($"Cannot update Thing - resource not found: {ex.Message}");
            return false;
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            _logger.LogError($"Couldn't update Thing attributes. Here's why: {ex.Message}");
            return false;
        }
    }

//! Update an AWS IoT thing with attributes.
/*!
  \param thingName: The name for the thing.
  \param attributeMap: A map of key/value attributes/
  \param clientConfiguration: AWS client configuration.
  \return bool: Function succeeded.
 */
bool AwsDoc::IoT::updateThing(const Aws::String &thingName,
                              const std::map<Aws::String, Aws::String> &attributeMap,
                              const Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration &clientConfiguration) {
    Aws::IoT::IoTClient iotClient(clientConfiguration);
    Aws::IoT::Model::UpdateThingRequest request;
    request.SetThingName(thingName);
    Aws::IoT::Model::AttributePayload attributePayload;
    for (const auto &attribute: attributeMap) {
        attributePayload.AddAttributes(attribute.first, attribute.second);
    }
    request.SetAttributePayload(attributePayload);

    Aws::IoT::Model::UpdateThingOutcome outcome = iotClient.UpdateThing(request);
    if (outcome.IsSuccess()) {
        std::cout << "Successfully updated thing " << thingName << std::endl;
    }
    else {
        std::cerr << "Failed to update thing " << thingName << ":" <<
                  outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl;
    }

    return outcome.IsSuccess();
}

To associate a thing with a thing type

The following update-thing example associates a thing in the AWS IoT registry with a thing type. When you make the association, you provide values for the attributes defined by the thing type.

aws iot update-thing \
    --thing-name "MyOtherLightBulb" \
    --thing-type-name "LightBulb" \
    --attribute-payload "{"attributes": {"wattage":"75", "model":"123"}}"

This command does not produce output. Use the describe-thing command to see the result.

For more information, see Thing Types in the AWS IoT Developers Guide.

suspend fun updateThing(thingNameVal: String?) {
    val newLocation = "Office"
    val newFirmwareVersion = "v2.0"
    val attMap: MutableMap<String, String> = HashMap()
    attMap["location"] = newLocation
    attMap["firmwareVersion"] = newFirmwareVersion

    val attributePayloadVal =
        AttributePayload {
            attributes = attMap
        }

    val updateThingRequest =
        UpdateThingRequest {
            thingName = thingNameVal
            attributePayload = attributePayloadVal
        }

    IotClient.fromEnvironment { region = "us-east-1" }.use { iotClient ->
        // Update the IoT thing attributes.
        iotClient.updateThing(updateThingRequest)
        println("$thingNameVal attributes updated successfully.")
    }
}