Use GetUserPolicy with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use GetUserPolicy.

CLI

AWS CLI

To list policy details for an IAM user

The following get-user-policy command lists the details of the specified policy that is attached to the IAM user named Bob.

aws iam get-user-policy \
    --user-name Bob \
    --policy-name ExamplePolicy

Output:

{
    "UserName": "Bob",
    "PolicyName": "ExamplePolicy",
    "PolicyDocument": {
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement": [
            {
                "Action": "*",
                "Resource": "*",
                "Effect": "Allow"
            }
        ]
    }
}

To get a list of policies for an IAM user, use the list-user-policies command.

For more information, see Policies and permissions in IAM in the AWS IAM User Guide.

• For API details, see GetUserPolicy in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example retrieves the details of the inline policy named Davids_IAM_Admin_Policy that is embedded in the IAM user named David. The policy document is URL encoded.

$results = Get-IAMUserPolicy -PolicyName Davids_IAM_Admin_Policy -UserName David
$results

Output:

PolicyDocument                                            PolicyName                    UserName
--------------                                            ----------                    --------
%7B%0A%20%20%22Version%22%3A%20%222012-10-17%22%2C%...    Davids_IAM_Admin_Policy       David

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Web.HttpUtility")
[System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlDecode($results.PolicyDocument)
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:*"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

• For API details, see GetUserPolicy in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using this service with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.