Describe things

You can use the DescribeThing command to display more detailed information about a thing:

$ aws iot describe-thing --thing-name "MyLightBulb"
{
    "version": 3,
    "thingName": "MyLightBulb",
    "thingArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:123456789012:thing/MyLightBulb",
    "thingId": "12345678abcdefgh12345678ijklmnop12345678",
    "defaultClientId": "MyLightBulb",
    "thingTypeName": "StopLight",
    "attributes": {
        "model": "123",
        "wattage": "75"
    }
}

You can also access this API within the rules engine using the inline function get_registry_data(). You can use this function to dynamically access and utilize thing registry information (including attributes, thing types, and group memberships) by calling DescribeThing and ListThingGroupsForThing APIs directly within AWS IoT rules, enabling real-time message processing and routing based on your device registry data. For more information, see get_registry_data.

For more information, see describe-thing from the AWS CLI Command Reference.