**To list the policies that effect a thing**
The following ``get-effective-policies`` example lists the policies that effect the specified thing, including policies attached to any groups to which it belongs. ::
aws iot get-effective-policies \
--thing-name TemperatureSensor-001 \
--principal arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:cert/488b6a7f2acdeb00a77384e63c4e40b18b1b3caaae57b7272ba44c45e3448142
Output::
{
"effectivePolicies": [
{
"policyName": "TemperatureSensorPolicy",
"policyArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:policy/TemperatureSensorPolicy",
"policyDocument": "{
\"Version\": \"2012-10-17\",
\"Statement\": [
{
\"Effect\": \"Allow\",
\"Action\": [
\"iot:Publish\",
\"iot:Receive\"
],
\"Resource\": [
\"arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:topic/topic_1\",
\"arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:topic/topic_2\"
]
},
{
\"Effect\": \"Allow\",
\"Action\": [
\"iot:Subscribe\"
],
\"Resource\": [
\"arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:topicfilter/topic_1\",
\"arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:topicfilter/topic_2\"
]
},
{
\"Effect\": \"Allow\",
\"Action\": [
\"iot:Connect\"
],
\"Resource\": [
\"arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:123456789012:client/basicPubSub\"
]
}
]
}"
}
]
}
For more information, see `Get Effective Policies for a Thing <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/thing-groups.html#group-get-effective-policies>`__ in the *AWS IoT Developers Guide*.