DescribeThingGroup
Describe a thing group.
Requires permission to access the DescribeThingGroup action.
Request Syntax
GET /thing-groups/thingGroupName HTTP/1.1
URI Request Parameters
The request uses the following URI parameters.
- thingGroupName
- 
               The name of the thing group. Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128. Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+Required: Yes 
Request Body
The request does not have a request body.
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json
{
   "indexName": "string",
   "queryString": "string",
   "queryVersion": "string",
   "status": "string",
   "thingGroupArn": "string",
   "thingGroupId": "string",
   "thingGroupMetadata": { 
      "creationDate": number,
      "parentGroupName": "string",
      "rootToParentThingGroups": [ 
         { 
            "groupArn": "string",
            "groupName": "string"
         }
      ]
   },
   "thingGroupName": "string",
   "thingGroupProperties": { 
      "attributePayload": { 
         "attributes": { 
            "string" : "string" 
         },
         "merge": boolean
      },
      "thingGroupDescription": "string"
   },
   "version": number
}Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.
The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.
- indexName
- 
               The dynamic thing group index name. Type: String Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128. Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+
- queryString
- 
               The dynamic thing group search query string. Type: String Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. 
- queryVersion
- 
               The dynamic thing group query version. Type: String 
- status
- 
               The dynamic thing group status. Type: String Valid Values: ACTIVE | BUILDING | REBUILDING
- thingGroupArn
- 
               The thing group ARN. Type: String 
- thingGroupId
- 
               The thing group ID. Type: String Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128. Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9\-]+
- thingGroupMetadata
- 
               Thing group metadata. Type: ThingGroupMetadata object 
- thingGroupName
- 
               The name of the thing group. Type: String Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128. Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+
- thingGroupProperties
- 
               The thing group properties. Type: ThingGroupProperties object 
- version
- 
               The version of the thing group. Type: Long 
Errors
- InternalFailureException
- 
               An unexpected error has occurred. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 500 
- InvalidRequestException
- 
               The request is not valid. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 400 
- ResourceNotFoundException
- 
               The specified resource does not exist. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 404 
- ThrottlingException
- 
               The rate exceeds the limit. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 400 
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: