To get information about a thing type

The following describe-thing-type example display information about the specified thing type defined in your AWS account.

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

Output:

{
    "thingTypeName": "LightBulb",
    "thingTypeId": "ce3573b0-0a3c-45a7-ac93-4e0ce14cd190",
    "thingTypeArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:thingtype/LightBulb",
    "thingTypeProperties": {
        "thingTypeDescription": "light bulb type",
        "searchableAttributes": [
            "model",
            "wattage"
        ]
    },
    "thingTypeMetadata": {
        "deprecated": false,
        "creationDate": 1559772562.498
    }
}

For more information, see Thing Types in the AWS IoT Developers Guide.