Use ListUserPolicies with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use ListUserPolicies.

CLI

AWS CLI

To list policies for an IAM user

The following list-user-policies command lists the policies that are attached to the IAM user named Bob.

aws iam list-user-policies \
    --user-name Bob

Output:

{
    "PolicyNames": [
        "ExamplePolicy",
        "TestPolicy"
    ]
}

For more information, see Creating an IAM user in your AWS account in the AWS IAM User Guide.

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

Go

SDK for Go V2

Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

// UserWrapper encapsulates user actions used in the examples.
// It contains an IAM service client that is used to perform user actions.
type UserWrapper struct {
	IamClient *iam.Client
}



// ListUserPolicies lists the inline policies for the specified user.
func (wrapper UserWrapper) ListUserPolicies(userName string) ([]string, error) {
	var policies []string
	result, err := wrapper.IamClient.ListUserPolicies(context.TODO(), &iam.ListUserPoliciesInput{
		UserName: aws.String(userName),
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("Couldn't list policies for user %v. Here's why: %v\n", userName, err)
	} else {
		policies = result.PolicyNames
	}
	return policies, err
}

• For API details, see ListUserPolicies in AWS SDK for Go API Reference.

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example retrieves the list of names of the inline policies that are embedded in the IAM user named David.

Get-IAMUserPolicyList -UserName David

Output:

Davids_IAM_Admin_Policy

• For API details, see ListUserPolicies 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.