There are more AWS SDK examples available in the [AWS Doc SDK Examples](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples) GitHub repo.

# Use `UpdateThingShadow` with an AWS SDK or CLI
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The following code examples show how to use `UpdateThingShadow`.

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#### [ .NET ]

**SDK for .NET (v4)**  
 There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the [AWS Code Examples Repository](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/dotnetv4/IoT#code-examples). 

```
    /// <summary>
    /// Updates the Thing's shadow with new state information.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="thingName">The name of the Thing.</param>
    /// <param name="shadowPayload">The shadow payload in JSON format.</param>
    /// <returns>True if successful, false otherwise.</returns>
    public async Task<bool> UpdateThingShadowAsync(string thingName, string shadowPayload)
    {
        try
        {
            var request = new UpdateThingShadowRequest
            {
                ThingName = thingName,
                Payload = new MemoryStream(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(shadowPayload))
            };

            await _amazonIotData.UpdateThingShadowAsync(request);
            _logger.LogInformation($"Updated shadow for Thing {thingName}");
            return true;
        }
        catch (Amazon.IotData.Model.ResourceNotFoundException ex)
        {
            _logger.LogError($"Cannot update Thing shadow - resource not found: {ex.Message}");
            return false;
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            _logger.LogError($"Couldn't update Thing shadow. Here's why: {ex.Message}");
            return false;
        }
    }
```
+  For API details, see [UpdateThingShadow](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/iot-data-2015-05-28/UpdateThingShadow) in *AWS SDK for .NET API Reference*. 

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#### [ C\$1\$1 ]

**SDK for C\$1\$1**  
 There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the [AWS Code Examples Repository](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/cpp/example_code/iot#code-examples). 

```
//! Update the shadow of an AWS IoT thing.
/*!
  \param thingName: The name for the thing.
  \param document: The state information, in JSON format.
  \param clientConfiguration: AWS client configuration.
  \return bool: Function succeeded.
 */
bool AwsDoc::IoT::updateThingShadow(const Aws::String &thingName,
                                    const Aws::String &document,
                                    const Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration &clientConfiguration) {
    Aws::IoTDataPlane::IoTDataPlaneClient iotDataPlaneClient(clientConfiguration);
    Aws::IoTDataPlane::Model::UpdateThingShadowRequest updateThingShadowRequest;
    updateThingShadowRequest.SetThingName(thingName);
    std::shared_ptr<std::stringstream> streamBuf = std::make_shared<std::stringstream>(
            document);
    updateThingShadowRequest.SetBody(streamBuf);
    Aws::IoTDataPlane::Model::UpdateThingShadowOutcome outcome = iotDataPlaneClient.UpdateThingShadow(
            updateThingShadowRequest);
    if (outcome.IsSuccess()) {
        std::cout << "Successfully updated thing shadow." << std::endl;
    }
    else {
        std::cerr << "Error while updating thing shadow."
                  << outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl;
    }

    return outcome.IsSuccess();
}
```
+  For API details, see [UpdateThingShadow](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iot-data-2015-05-28/UpdateThingShadow) in *AWS SDK for C\$1\$1 API Reference*. 

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#### [ CLI ]

**AWS CLI**  
**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 \
    --thing-name MyRPi \
    --payload "{"state":{"reported":{"moisture":"okay"}}}" \
    "output.txt"
```
The command produces no output on the display, but the following shows the 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](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/device-shadow-data-flow.html) in the *AWS IoT Developers Guide*.  
+  For API details, see [UpdateThingShadow](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/iot-data/update-thing-shadow.html) in *AWS CLI Command Reference*. 

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#### [ Java ]

**SDK for Java 2.x**  
 There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the [AWS Code Examples Repository](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/javav2/example_code/iot#code-examples). 

```
    /**
     * Updates the shadow of an IoT Thing asynchronously.
     *
     * @param thingName The name of the IoT Thing.
     *
     * This method initiates an asynchronous request to update the shadow of an IoT Thing.
     * If the request is successful, it prints a confirmation message.
     * If an exception occurs, it prints the error message.
     */
    public void updateShadowThing(String thingName) {
        // Create Thing Shadow State Document.
        String stateDocument = "{\"state\":{\"reported\":{\"temperature\":25, \"humidity\":50}}}";
        SdkBytes data = SdkBytes.fromString(stateDocument, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
        UpdateThingShadowRequest updateThingShadowRequest = UpdateThingShadowRequest.builder()
            .thingName(thingName)
            .payload(data)
            .build();

        CompletableFuture<UpdateThingShadowResponse> future = getAsyncDataPlaneClient().updateThingShadow(updateThingShadowRequest);
        future.whenComplete((updateResponse, ex) -> {
            if (updateResponse != null) {
                System.out.println("Thing Shadow updated successfully.");
            } else {
                Throwable cause = ex != null ? ex.getCause() : null;
                if (cause instanceof IotException) {
                    System.err.println(((IotException) cause).awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
                } else if (cause != null) {
                    System.err.println("Unexpected error: " + cause.getMessage());
                } else {
                    System.err.println("Failed to update Thing Shadow.");
                }
            }
        });

        future.join();
    }
```
+  For API details, see [UpdateThingShadow](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iot-data-2015-05-28/UpdateThingShadow) in *AWS SDK for Java 2.x API Reference*. 

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#### [ Kotlin ]

**SDK for Kotlin**  
 There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the [AWS Code Examples Repository](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/kotlin/services/iot#code-examples). 

```
suspend fun updateShawdowThing(thingNameVal: String?) {
    // Create the thing shadow state document.
    val stateDocument = "{\"state\":{\"reported\":{\"temperature\":25, \"humidity\":50}}}"
    val byteStream: ByteStream = ByteStream.fromString(stateDocument)
    val byteArray: ByteArray = byteStream.toByteArray()

    val updateThingShadowRequest =
        UpdateThingShadowRequest {
            thingName = thingNameVal
            payload = byteArray
        }

    IotDataPlaneClient.fromEnvironment { region = "us-east-1" }.use { iotPlaneClient ->
        iotPlaneClient.updateThingShadow(updateThingShadowRequest)
        println("The thing shadow was updated successfully.")
    }
}
```
+  For API details, see [UpdateThingShadow](https://sdk.amazonaws.com/kotlin/api/latest/index.html) in *AWS SDK for Kotlin API reference*. 

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#### [ Python ]

**SDK for Python (Boto3)**  
 There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the [AWS Code Examples Repository](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/python/example_code/iot#code-examples). 

```
class IoTWrapper:
    """Encapsulates AWS IoT actions."""

    def __init__(self, iot_client, iot_data_client=None):
        """
        :param iot_client: A Boto3 AWS IoT client.
        :param iot_data_client: A Boto3 AWS IoT Data Plane client.
        """
        self.iot_client = iot_client
        self.iot_data_client = iot_data_client

    @classmethod
    def from_client(cls):
        iot_client = boto3.client("iot")
        iot_data_client = boto3.client("iot-data")
        return cls(iot_client, iot_data_client)

    def update_thing_shadow(self, thing_name, shadow_state):
        """
        Updates the shadow for an AWS IoT thing.

        :param thing_name: The name of the thing.
        :param shadow_state: The shadow state as a dictionary.
        """
        import json
        try:
            self.iot_data_client.update_thing_shadow(
                thingName=thing_name, payload=json.dumps(shadow_state)
            )
            logger.info("Updated shadow for thing %s.", thing_name)
        except ClientError as err:
            if err.response["Error"]["Code"] == "ResourceNotFoundException":
                logger.error("Cannot update thing shadow. Resource not found.")
                return
            logger.error(
                "Couldn't update thing shadow. Here's why: %s: %s",
                err.response["Error"]["Code"],
                err.response["Error"]["Message"],
            )
            raise
```
+  For API details, see [UpdateThingShadow](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/iot-data-2015-05-28/UpdateThingShadow) in *AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference*. 

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#### [ SAP ABAP ]

**SDK for SAP ABAP**  
 There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the [AWS Code Examples Repository](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/sap-abap/services/iop#code-examples). 

```
    TRY.
        " Convert JSON string to xstring for payload
        DATA(lv_payload) = /aws1/cl_rt_util=>string_to_xstring( iv_shadow_state ).

        lo_iop->updatethingshadow(
          iv_thingname = iv_thing_name
          iv_payload = lv_payload ).
        MESSAGE 'Thing shadow updated successfully.' TYPE 'I'.
      CATCH /aws1/cx_iopresourcenotfoundex.
        MESSAGE 'Thing not found.' TYPE 'E'.
      CATCH /aws1/cx_rt_generic INTO DATA(lo_exception).
        DATA(lv_error) = |{ lo_exception->get_text( ) }|.
        MESSAGE lv_error TYPE 'E'.
    ENDTRY.
```
+  For API details, see [UpdateThingShadow](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-sap-abap/v1/api/latest/index.html) in *AWS SDK for SAP ABAP API reference*. 

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