list_thing_types

IoT.Client.list_thing_types(**kwargs)

Lists the existing thing types.

Requires permission to access the ListThingTypes action.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.list_thing_types(
    nextToken='string',
    maxResults=123,
    thingTypeName='string'
)

Parameters

• nextToken (string) -- To retrieve the next set of results, the nextToken value from a previous response; otherwise null to receive the first set of results.
• maxResults (integer) -- The maximum number of results to return in this operation.
• thingTypeName (string) -- The name of the thing type.

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'thingTypes': [
        {
            'thingTypeName': 'string',
            'thingTypeArn': 'string',
            'thingTypeProperties': {
                'thingTypeDescription': 'string',
                'searchableAttributes': [
                    'string',
                ]
            },
            'thingTypeMetadata': {
                'deprecated': True|False,
                'deprecationDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
                'creationDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1)
            }
        },
    ],
    'nextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  The output for the ListThingTypes operation.

  • thingTypes (list) --

    The thing types.

    • (dict) --

      The definition of the thing type, including thing type name and description.

      • thingTypeName (string) --

        The name of the thing type.

      • thingTypeArn (string) --

        The thing type ARN.

      • thingTypeProperties (dict) --

        The ThingTypeProperties for the thing type.

        • thingTypeDescription (string) --

          The description of the thing type.

        • searchableAttributes (list) --

          A list of searchable thing attribute names.

          • (string) --

      • thingTypeMetadata (dict) --

        The ThingTypeMetadata contains additional information about the thing type including: creation date and time, a value indicating whether the thing type is deprecated, and a date and time when it was deprecated.

        • deprecated (boolean) --

          Whether the thing type is deprecated. If true , no new things could be associated with this type.

        • deprecationDate (datetime) --

          The date and time when the thing type was deprecated.

        • creationDate (datetime) --

          The date and time when the thing type was created.

  • nextToken (string) --

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

Exceptions

• IoT.Client.exceptions.InvalidRequestException
• IoT.Client.exceptions.ThrottlingException
• IoT.Client.exceptions.UnauthorizedException
• IoT.Client.exceptions.ServiceUnavailableException
• IoT.Client.exceptions.InternalFailureException