get_thing_shadow

IoTDataPlane.Client.get_thing_shadow(**kwargs)

Gets the shadow for the specified thing.

Requires permission to access the GetThingShadow action.

For more information, see GetThingShadow in the IoT Developer Guide.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.get_thing_shadow(
    thingName='string',
    shadowName='string'
)

Parameters

• thingName (string) --

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of the thing.

• shadowName (string) -- The name of the shadow.

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'payload': StreamingBody()
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  The output from the GetThingShadow operation.

  • payload (StreamingBody) --

    The state information, in JSON format.

Exceptions

• IoTDataPlane.Client.exceptions.InvalidRequestException
• IoTDataPlane.Client.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException
• IoTDataPlane.Client.exceptions.ThrottlingException
• IoTDataPlane.Client.exceptions.UnauthorizedException
• IoTDataPlane.Client.exceptions.ServiceUnavailableException
• IoTDataPlane.Client.exceptions.InternalFailureException
• IoTDataPlane.Client.exceptions.MethodNotAllowedException
• IoTDataPlane.Client.exceptions.UnsupportedDocumentEncodingException