AWS CLI Command Reference

[ aws . iot-data ]

send-direct-message

Description

Sends an MQTT message directly to a specific client identified by its client ID.

SendDirectMessage targets a single client ID. The receiving client does not need to subscribe to the topic, but the receiver’s policy must allow iot:Receive on the specified topic.

Requires permission to access the SendDirectMessage action.

For more information about messaging costs, see Amazon Web Services IoT Core pricing .

See also: AWS API Documentation

Note

For production code it is strongly recommended to use the custom endpoint for your account (retrievable via the iot describe-endpoint command) to ensure best availability and reachability of the service. The default endpoints (intended for testing purposes only) can be found at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/iot-core.html#iot-core-data-plane-endpoints

Synopsis

  send-direct-message
--client-id <value>
--topic <value>
[--content-type <value>]
[--response-topic <value>]
[--confirmation | --no-confirmation]
[--timeout <value>]
[--payload <value>]
[--user-properties <value>]
[--payload-format-indicator <value>]
[--correlation-data <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]
[--cli-error-format <value>]

Options

--client-id (string) [required]

The unique identifier of the MQTT client to send the message to.

Client IDs must not exceed 128 characters and can’t start with a dollar sign ($). MQTT client IDs must be URL encoded (percent-encoded) when they contain characters that are not valid in HTTP requests, such as spaces, forward slashes (/), and UTF-8 characters. For more information, see Amazon Web Services IoT Core message broker and protocol limits and quotas .

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 128
  • pattern: ^[^$].*

--topic (string) [required]

The topic of the outbound MQTT Publish message to the receiving client. For more information, see Amazon Web Services IoT Core message broker and protocol limits and quotas .

--content-type (string)

The MQTT5 content type property forwarded to the receiving client (for example, application/json ).

--response-topic (string)

A UTF-8 encoded string that’s used as the topic name for a response message. The response topic describes the topic which the receiver should publish to as part of the request-response flow. The topic must not contain wildcard characters. For more information, see Amazon Web Services IoT Core message broker and protocol limits and quotas .

--confirmation | --no-confirmation (boolean)

A Boolean value that specifies whether to wait for delivery confirmation from the receiving client.

When set to true , the API delivers the message at QoS 1 and waits for the client to send a delivery confirmation (PUBACK) before returning a successful response. If delivery confirmation is not received within the specified timeout period, the API returns HTTP 504.

When set to false , the API delivers the message at QoS 0 and returns after Amazon Web Services IoT Core attempts to deliver the message.

Valid values: true | false

Default value: false

--timeout (integer)

An integer that represents the maximum time, in seconds, to wait for a delivery confirmation (PUBACK) from the receiving client after the message has been delivered. This parameter is only used when confirmation is set to true . If confirmation is false , this parameter is ignored.

The total API response time may be higher than this value due to internal processing. Set your HTTP client timeout to a value greater than this parameter.

Valid range: 1 to 15 seconds.

Default value: 5 seconds.

--payload (blob)

The message body. MQTT accepts text, binary, and empty (null) message payloads.

--user-properties (JSON)

A JSON string that contains an array of JSON objects. If you don’t use Amazon Web Services SDK or CLI, you must encode the JSON string to base64 format before adding it to the HTTP header. userProperties is an HTTP header value in the API.

For MQTT 3.1.1 clients, user properties are silently dropped.

The following example userProperties parameter is a JSON string which represents two User Properties. Note that it needs to be base64-encoded:

[{"deviceName": "alpha"}, {"deviceCnt": "45"}]

--payload-format-indicator (string)

An Enum string value that indicates whether the payload is formatted as UTF-8. payloadFormatIndicator is an HTTP header value in the API.

Possible values:

  • UNSPECIFIED_BYTES
  • UTF8_DATA

--correlation-data (string)

The base64-encoded binary data used by the sender of the request message to identify which request the response message is for when it’s received. correlationData is an HTTP header value in the API.

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command’s default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table
  • yaml
  • yaml-stream
  • off

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-binary-format (string)

The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.

  • base64
  • raw-in-base64-out

--no-cli-pager (boolean)

Disable cli pager for output.

--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--cli-error-format (string)

The formatting style for error output. By default, errors are displayed in enhanced format.

  • legacy
  • json
  • yaml
  • text
  • table
  • enhanced

Output

message -> (string)

The status message indicating the result of the operation.

traceId -> (string)

A unique identifier for the request. Include this value when contacting Amazon Web Services Support for troubleshooting.
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