# AssociateTargetsWithJob
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Associates a group with a continuous job. The following criteria must be met: 
+ The job must have been created with the `targetSelection` field set to "CONTINUOUS".
+ The job status must currently be "IN\$1PROGRESS".
+ The total number of targets associated with a job must not exceed 100.

Requires permission to access the [AssociateTargetsWithJob](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions) action.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /jobs/jobId/targets?namespaceId=namespaceId HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "comment": "string",
   "targets": [ "string" ]
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [jobId](#API_AssociateTargetsWithJob_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-AssociateTargetsWithJob-request-uri-jobId"></a>
The unique identifier you assigned to this job when it was created.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+`   
Required: Yes

 ** [namespaceId](#API_AssociateTargetsWithJob_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-AssociateTargetsWithJob-request-uri-namespaceId"></a>
The namespace used to indicate that a job is a customer-managed job.  
When you specify a value for this parameter, AWS IoT Core sends jobs notifications to MQTT topics that contain the value in the following format.  
 `$aws/things/THING_NAME/jobs/JOB_ID/notify-namespace-NAMESPACE_ID/`   
The `namespaceId` feature is only supported by AWS IoT Greengrass at this time. For more information, see [Setting up AWS IoT Greengrass core devices.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/greengrass/v2/developerguide/setting-up.html) 
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+` 

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [comment](#API_AssociateTargetsWithJob_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-AssociateTargetsWithJob-request-comment"></a>
An optional comment string describing why the job was associated with the targets.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 2028.  
Pattern: `[^\p{C}]+`   
Required: No

 ** [targets](#API_AssociateTargetsWithJob_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-AssociateTargetsWithJob-request-targets"></a>
A list of thing group ARNs that define the targets of the job.  
Type: Array of strings  
Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item.  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 2048.  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "description": "string",
   "jobArn": "string",
   "jobId": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [description](#API_AssociateTargetsWithJob_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="iot-AssociateTargetsWithJob-response-description"></a>
A short text description of the job.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 2028.  
Pattern: `[^\p{C}]+` 

 ** [jobArn](#API_AssociateTargetsWithJob_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="iot-AssociateTargetsWithJob-response-jobArn"></a>
An ARN identifying the job.  
Type: String

 ** [jobId](#API_AssociateTargetsWithJob_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="iot-AssociateTargetsWithJob-response-jobId"></a>
The unique identifier you assigned to this job when it was created.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+` 

## Errors
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 ** InvalidRequestException **   
The request is not valid.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** LimitExceededException **   
A limit has been exceeded.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 410

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The specified resource does not exist.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ServiceUnavailableException **   
The service is temporarily unavailable.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 503

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The rate exceeds the limit.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/iot-2015-05-28/AssociateTargetsWithJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/iot-2015-05-28/AssociateTargetsWithJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iot-2015-05-28/AssociateTargetsWithJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/iot-2015-05-28/AssociateTargetsWithJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iot-2015-05-28/AssociateTargetsWithJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/iot-2015-05-28/AssociateTargetsWithJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/iot-2015-05-28/AssociateTargetsWithJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/iot-2015-05-28/AssociateTargetsWithJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/iot-2015-05-28/AssociateTargetsWithJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iot-2015-05-28/AssociateTargetsWithJob)