AWS IoT

2021/03/31 - AWS IoT - 1 updated api methods

Changes  Added ability to prefix search on attribute value for ListThings API.

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Changes (request)
{'usePrefixAttributeValue': 'boolean'}

Lists your things. Use the attributeName and attributeValue parameters to filter your things. For example, calling ListThings with attributeName=Color and attributeValue=Red retrieves all things in the registry that contain an attribute Color with the value Red.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.list_things(
    nextToken='string',
    maxResults=123,
    attributeName='string',
    attributeValue='string',
    thingTypeName='string',
    usePrefixAttributeValue=True|False
)
type nextToken:

string

param nextToken:

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

type maxResults:

integer

param maxResults:

The maximum number of results to return in this operation.

type attributeName:

string

param attributeName:

The attribute name used to search for things.

type attributeValue:

string

param attributeValue:

The attribute value used to search for things.

type thingTypeName:

string

param thingTypeName:

The name of the thing type used to search for things.

type usePrefixAttributeValue:

boolean

param usePrefixAttributeValue:

When true, the action returns the thing resources with attribute values that start with the attributeValue provided.

When false, or not present, the action returns only the thing resources with attribute values that match the entire attributeValue provided.

rtype:

dict

returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'things': [
        {
            'thingName': 'string',
            'thingTypeName': 'string',
            'thingArn': 'string',
            'attributes': {
                'string': 'string'
            },
            'version': 123
        },
    ],
    'nextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    The output from the ListThings operation.

    • things (list) --

      The things.

      • (dict) --

        The properties of the thing, including thing name, thing type name, and a list of thing attributes.

        • thingName (string) --

          The name of the thing.

        • thingTypeName (string) --

          The name of the thing type, if the thing has been associated with a type.

        • thingArn (string) --

          The thing ARN.

        • attributes (dict) --

          A list of thing attributes which are name-value pairs.

          • (string) --

            • (string) --

        • version (integer) --

          The version of the thing record in the registry.

    • nextToken (string) --

      The token to use to get the next set of results. Will not be returned if operation has returned all results.