name : describe-thing-group.rst **To get information about a thing group** The following ``describe-thing-group`` example gets information about the thing group named ``HalogenBulbs``. :: aws iot describe-thing-group \ --thing-group-name HalogenBulbs Output:: { "thingGroupName": "HalogenBulbs", "thingGroupId": "f4ec6b84-b42b-499d-9ce1-4dbd4d4f6f6e", "thingGroupArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:thinggroup/HalogenBulbs", "version": 1, "thingGroupProperties": {}, "thingGroupMetadata": { "parentGroupName": "LightBulbs", "rootToParentThingGroups": [ { "groupName": "LightBulbs", "groupArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:thinggroup/LightBulbs" } ], "creationDate": 1559927609.897 } } For more information, see `Thing Groups <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/thing-groups.html>`__ in the *AWS IoT Developers Guide*.