# UpdateThingGroupsForThing
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Updates the groups to which the thing belongs.

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

## Request Syntax
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```
PUT /thing-groups/updateThingGroupsForThing HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "overrideDynamicGroups": boolean,
   "thingGroupsToAdd": [ "string" ],
   "thingGroupsToRemove": [ "string" ],
   "thingName": "string"
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

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

 ** [overrideDynamicGroups](#API_UpdateThingGroupsForThing_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-UpdateThingGroupsForThing-request-overrideDynamicGroups"></a>
Override dynamic thing groups with static thing groups when 10-group limit is reached. If a thing belongs to 10 thing groups, and one or more of those groups are dynamic thing groups, adding a thing to a static group removes the thing from the last dynamic group.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** [thingGroupsToAdd](#API_UpdateThingGroupsForThing_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-UpdateThingGroupsForThing-request-thingGroupsToAdd"></a>
The groups to which the thing will be added.  
Type: Array of strings  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+`   
Required: No

 ** [thingGroupsToRemove](#API_UpdateThingGroupsForThing_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-UpdateThingGroupsForThing-request-thingGroupsToRemove"></a>
The groups from which the thing will be removed.  
Type: Array of strings  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+`   
Required: No

 ** [thingName](#API_UpdateThingGroupsForThing_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-UpdateThingGroupsForThing-request-thingName"></a>
The thing whose group memberships will be updated.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+`   
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
```

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

## Errors
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 ** 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
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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/UpdateThingGroupsForThing) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/iot-2015-05-28/UpdateThingGroupsForThing) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iot-2015-05-28/UpdateThingGroupsForThing) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/iot-2015-05-28/UpdateThingGroupsForThing) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iot-2015-05-28/UpdateThingGroupsForThing) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/iot-2015-05-28/UpdateThingGroupsForThing) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/iot-2015-05-28/UpdateThingGroupsForThing) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/iot-2015-05-28/UpdateThingGroupsForThing) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/iot-2015-05-28/UpdateThingGroupsForThing) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iot-2015-05-28/UpdateThingGroupsForThing)