POST

/thing-groups/{thingGroupName}

http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com/thing-groups/{thingGroupName}

Create a thing group. <note> This is a control plane operation. See <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/iot-authorization.html">Authorization</a> for information about authorizing control plane actions. </note> Requires permission to access the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions">CreateThingGroup</a> action.

Access Token Required: API Key

Path Parameters

thingGroupNamestringrequired

The thing group name to create.

Body Params

tagsarray

Metadata which can be used to manage the thing group.

parentGroupNamestring

The name of the parent thing group.

thingGroupPropertiesobject

Thing group properties.

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request POST \
2     --url 'http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com/thing-groups/{thingGroupName}' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}