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# aws_iotevents_input{% #aws_iotevents_input %}

## `account_id`{% #account_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `input_configuration`{% #input_configuration %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `inputConfiguration`**Description**: Information about the configuration of an input.

- `creation_time`**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `creationTime`**Description**: The time the input was created.
- `input_arn`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `inputArn`**Description**: The ARN of the input.
- `input_description`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `inputDescription`**Description**: A brief description of the input.
- `input_name`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `inputName`**Description**: The name of the input.
- `last_update_time`**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `lastUpdateTime`**Description**: The last time the input was updated.
- `status`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `status`**Description**: The status of the input.

## `input_definition`{% #input_definition %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `inputDefinition`**Description**: The definition of the input.

- `attributes`**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRUCT`**Provider name**: `attributes`**Description**: The attributes from the JSON payload that are made available by the input. Inputs are derived from messages sent to the AWS IoT Events system using `BatchPutMessage`. Each such message contains a JSON payload, and those attributes (and their paired values) specified here are available for use in the `condition` expressions used by detectors that monitor this input.
  - `json_path`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `jsonPath`**Description**: An expression that specifies an attribute-value pair in a JSON structure. Use this to specify an attribute from the JSON payload that is made available by the input. Inputs are derived from messages sent to AWS IoT Events (`BatchPutMessage`). Each such message contains a JSON payload. The attribute (and its paired value) specified here are available for use in the `condition` expressions used by detectors. Syntax: `<field-name>.<field-name>…`

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`