File: //lib/python3/dist-packages/awscli/examples/iotthingsgraph/search-entities.rst
**To search for entities**
The following ``search-entities`` example searches for all entities of type ``EVENT``. ::
aws iotthingsgraph search-entities \
--entity-types "EVENT"
Output::
{
"descriptions": [
{
"id": "urn:tdm:aws/examples:Event:MotionSensorEvent",
"type": "EVENT",
"definition": {
"language": "GRAPHQL",
"text": "##\n# Description of events emitted by motion sensor.\n##\ntype MotionSensorEvent @eventType(id: \"urn:tdm:aws/examples:event:MotionSensorEvent\",\n payload: \"urn:tdm:aws/examples:property:MotionSensorStateProperty\") {ignore:void}"
}
},
{
"id": "urn:tdm:us-west-2/123456789012/default:Event:CameraClickedEventV2",
"type": "EVENT",
"definition": {
"language": "GRAPHQL",
"text": "type CameraClickedEventV2 @eventType(id: \"urn:tdm:us-west-2/123456789012/default:event:CameraClickedEventV2\",\r\npayload: \"urn:tdm:aws:Property:Boolean\"){ignore:void}"
}
},
{
"id": "urn:tdm:us-west-2/123456789012/default:Event:MotionSensorEventV2",
"type": "EVENT",
"definition": {
"language": "GRAPHQL",
"text": "# Event emitted by the motion sensor.\r\ntype MotionSensorEventV2 @eventType(id: \"urn:tdm:us-west-2/123456789012/default:event:MotionSensorEventV2\",\r\npayload: \"urn:tdm:us-west-2/123456789012/default:property:MotionSensorStateProperty2\") {ignore:void}"
}
}
],
"nextToken": "urn:tdm:us-west-2/123456789012/default:Event:MotionSensorEventV2"
}
For more information, see `AWS IoT Things Graph Data Model Reference <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/thingsgraph/latest/ug/iot-tg-models.html>`__ in the *AWS IoT Things Graph User Guide*.