# GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment
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**Important**  
 AWS Audit Manager is no longer open to new customers. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Audit Manager availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/audit-manager/latest/userguide/audit-manager-availability-change.html).

 Gets the evidence folders from a specified assessment in AWS Audit Manager. 

## Request Syntax
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```
GET /assessments/{{assessmentId}}/evidenceFolders?maxResults={{maxResults}}&nextToken={{nextToken}} HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [assessmentId](#API_GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="auditmanager-GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment-request-uri-assessmentId"></a>
 The unique identifier for the assessment.   
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 36.  
Pattern: `^[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}$`   
Required: Yes

 ** [maxResults](#API_GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="auditmanager-GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment-request-uri-maxResults"></a>
 Represents the maximum number of results on a page or for an API request call.   
Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 1000.

 ** [nextToken](#API_GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="auditmanager-GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment-request-uri-nextToken"></a>
 The pagination token that's used to fetch the next set of results.   
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1000.  
Pattern: `^[A-Za-z0-9+\/=]*$` 

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "evidenceFolders": [ 
      { 
         "assessmentId": "string",
         "assessmentReportSelectionCount": number,
         "author": "string",
         "controlId": "string",
         "controlName": "string",
         "controlSetId": "string",
         "dataSource": "string",
         "date": number,
         "evidenceAwsServiceSourceCount": number,
         "evidenceByTypeComplianceCheckCount": number,
         "evidenceByTypeComplianceCheckIssuesCount": number,
         "evidenceByTypeConfigurationDataCount": number,
         "evidenceByTypeManualCount": number,
         "evidenceByTypeUserActivityCount": number,
         "evidenceResourcesIncludedCount": number,
         "id": "string",
         "name": "string",
         "totalEvidence": number
      }
   ],
   "nextToken": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [evidenceFolders](#API_GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="auditmanager-GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment-response-evidenceFolders"></a>
 The list of evidence folders that the `GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment` API returned.   
Type: Array of [AssessmentEvidenceFolder](API_AssessmentEvidenceFolder.md) objects

 ** [nextToken](#API_GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="auditmanager-GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment-response-nextToken"></a>
 The pagination token that's used to fetch the next set of results.   
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1000.  
Pattern: `^[A-Za-z0-9+\/=]*$` 

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
 Your account isn't registered with AWS Audit Manager. Check the delegated administrator setup on the Audit Manager settings page, and try again.   
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** InternalServerException **   
 An internal service error occurred during the processing of your request. Try again later.   
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
 The resource that's specified in the request can't be found.     
 ** resourceId **   
 The unique identifier for the resource.   
 ** resourceType **   
 The type of resource that's affected by the error. 
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ValidationException **   
 The request has invalid or missing parameters.     
 ** fields **   
 The fields that caused the error, if applicable.   
 ** reason **   
 The reason the request failed validation. 
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFoldersByAssessment)