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ListThingsInThingGroup - AWS IoT

ListThingsInThingGroup

Lists the things in the specified group.

Requires permission to access the ListThingsInThingGroup action.

Request Syntax

GET /thing-groups/thingGroupName/things?maxResults=maxResults&nextToken=nextToken&recursive=recursive HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

maxResults

The maximum number of results to return at one time.

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 250.

nextToken

To retrieve the next set of results, the nextToken value from a previous response; otherwise null to receive the first set of results.

recursive

When true, list things in this thing group and in all child groups as well.

thingGroupName

The thing group name.

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 { "nextToken": "string", "things": [ "string" ] }

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.

nextToken

The token to use to get the next set of results, or null if there are no additional results.

Type: String

things

The things in the specified thing group.

Type: Array of strings

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+

Errors

InternalFailureException

An unexpected error has occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

The request is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified resource does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ThrottlingException

The rate exceeds the limit.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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