Use DescribeAttachment with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS Support

Use DescribeAttachment with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeAttachment.

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.NET
AWS SDK for .NET
Note

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

/// <summary> /// Get description of a specific attachment. /// </summary> /// <param name="attachmentId">Id of the attachment, usually fetched by describing the communications of a case.</param> /// <returns>The attachment object.</returns> public async Task<Attachment> DescribeAttachment(string attachmentId) { var response = await _amazonSupport.DescribeAttachmentAsync( new DescribeAttachmentRequest() { AttachmentId = attachmentId }); return response.Attachment; }
CLI
AWS CLI

To describe an attachment

The following describe-attachment example returns information about the attachment with the specified ID.

aws support describe-attachment \ --attachment-id "attachment-KBnjRNrePd9D6Jx0-Mm00xZuDEaL2JAj_0-gJv9qqDooTipsz3V1Nb19rCfkZneeQeDPgp8X1iVJyHH7UuhZDdNeqGoduZsPrAhyMakqlc60-iJjL5HqyYGiT1FG8EXAMPLE"

Output:

{ "attachment": { "fileName": "troubleshoot-screenshot.png", "data": "base64-blob" } }

For more information, see Case management in the AWS Support User Guide.

Java
SDK for Java 2.x
Note

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

public static void describeAttachment(SupportClient supportClient, String attachId) { try { DescribeAttachmentRequest attachmentRequest = DescribeAttachmentRequest.builder() .attachmentId(attachId) .build(); DescribeAttachmentResponse response = supportClient.describeAttachment(attachmentRequest); System.out.println("The name of the file is " + response.attachment().fileName()); } catch (SupportException e) { System.out.println(e.getLocalizedMessage()); System.exit(1); } }
JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
Note

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

import { DescribeAttachmentCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-support"; import { client } from "../libs/client.js"; export const main = async () => { try { // Get the metadata and content of an attachment. const response = await client.send( new DescribeAttachmentCommand({ // Set value to an existing attachment id. // Use DescribeCommunications or DescribeCases to find an attachment id. attachmentId: "ATTACHMENT_ID", }), ); console.log(response.attachment?.fileName); return response; } catch (err) { console.error(err); } };
Kotlin
SDK for Kotlin
Note

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

suspend fun describeAttachment(attachId: String?) { val attachmentRequest = DescribeAttachmentRequest { attachmentId = attachId } SupportClient { region = "us-west-2" }.use { supportClient -> val response = supportClient.describeAttachment(attachmentRequest) println("The name of the file is ${response.attachment?.fileName}") } }
Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
Note

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

class SupportWrapper: """Encapsulates Support actions.""" def __init__(self, support_client): """ :param support_client: A Boto3 Support client. """ self.support_client = support_client @classmethod def from_client(cls): """ Instantiates this class from a Boto3 client. """ support_client = boto3.client("support") return cls(support_client) def describe_attachment(self, attachment_id): """ Get information about an attachment by its attachmentID. :param attachment_id: The ID of the attachment. :return: The name of the attached file. """ try: response = self.support_client.describe_attachment( attachmentId=attachment_id ) attached_file = response["attachment"]["fileName"] except ClientError as err: if err.response["Error"]["Code"] == "SubscriptionRequiredException": logger.info( "You must have a Business, Enterprise On-Ramp, or Enterprise Support " "plan to use the AWS Support API. \n\tPlease upgrade your subscription to run these " "examples." ) else: logger.error( "Couldn't get attachment description. Here's why: %s: %s", err.response["Error"]["Code"], err.response["Error"]["Message"], ) raise else: return attached_file

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