Describe a thing type - Amazon IoT Core
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Describe a thing type

You can use the DescribeThingType command to get information about a thing type:

$ aws iot describe-thing-type --thing-type-name "LightBulb"

The DescribeThingType command returns information about the specified type:

{
    "thingTypeProperties": {
        "searchableAttributes": [
            "model", 
            "wattage"
        ], 
        "thingTypeDescription": "light bulb type"
    }, 
    "thingTypeId": "df9c2d8c-894d-46a9-8192-9068d01b2886", 
    "thingTypeArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:thingtype/LightBulb", 
    "thingTypeName": "LightBulb", 
    "thingTypeMetadata": {
        "deprecated": false, 
        "creationDate": 1544466338.399
    }
}