**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*.