IoT / Client / create_thing_group

create_thing_group#

IoT.Client.create_thing_group(**kwargs)#

Create a thing group.

Note

This is a control plane operation. See Authorization for information about authorizing control plane actions.

If the ThingGroup that you create has the exact same attributes as an existing ThingGroup, you will get a 200 success response.

Requires permission to access the CreateThingGroup action.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.create_thing_group(
    thingGroupName='string',
    parentGroupName='string',
    thingGroupProperties={
        'thingGroupDescription': 'string',
        'attributePayload': {
            'attributes': {
                'string': 'string'
            },
            'merge': True|False
        }
    },
    tags=[
        {
            'Key': 'string',
            'Value': 'string'
        },
    ]
)
Parameters:

  • thingGroupName (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The thing group name to create.

  • parentGroupName (string) – The name of the parent thing group.

  • thingGroupProperties (dict) –

    The thing group properties.

    • thingGroupDescription (string) –

      The thing group description.

    • attributePayload (dict) –

      The thing group attributes in JSON format.

      • attributes (dict) –

        A JSON string containing up to three key-value pair in JSON format. For example:

        {\"attributes\":{\"string1\":\"string2\"}}

        • (string) –

          • (string) –

      • merge (boolean) –

        Specifies whether the list of attributes provided in the AttributePayload is merged with the attributes stored in the registry, instead of overwriting them.

        To remove an attribute, call UpdateThing with an empty attribute value.

        Note

        The merge attribute is only valid when calling UpdateThing or UpdateThingGroup.

  • tags (list) –

    Metadata which can be used to manage the thing group.

    • (dict) –

      A set of key/value pairs that are used to manage the resource.

      • Key (string) – [REQUIRED]

        The tag’s key.

      • Value (string) –

        The tag’s value.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'thingGroupName': 'string',
    'thingGroupArn': 'string',
    'thingGroupId': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) –

    • thingGroupName (string) –

      The thing group name.

    • thingGroupArn (string) –

      The thing group ARN.

    • thingGroupId (string) –

      The thing group ID.

Exceptions