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DescribeConsumableResource - AWS Batch

DescribeConsumableResource

Returns a description of the specified consumable resource.

Request Syntax

POST /v1/describeconsumableresource HTTP/1.1 Content-type: application/json { "consumableResource": "string" }

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

consumableResource

The name or ARN of the consumable resource whose description will be returned.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "availableQuantity": number, "consumableResourceArn": "string", "consumableResourceName": "string", "createdAt": number, "inUseQuantity": number, "resourceType": "string", "tags": { "string" : "string" }, "totalQuantity": number }

Response Elements

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

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

availableQuantity

The amount of the consumable resource that is currently available to use.

Type: Long

consumableResourceArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the consumable resource.

Type: String

consumableResourceName

The name of the consumable resource.

Type: String

createdAt

The Unix timestamp (in milliseconds) for when the consumable resource was created.

Type: Long

inUseQuantity

The amount of the consumable resource that is currently in use.

Type: Long

resourceType

Indicates whether the resource is available to be re-used after a job completes. Can be one of:

  • REPLENISHABLE

  • NON_REPLENISHABLE

Type: String

tags

The tags that you apply to the consumable resource to help you categorize and organize your resources. Each tag consists of a key and an optional value. For more information, see Tagging your AWS Batch resources.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Maximum number of 50 items.

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Value Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

totalQuantity

The total amount of the consumable resource that is available.

Type: Long

Errors

ClientException

These errors are usually caused by a client action. One example cause is using an action or resource on behalf of a user that doesn't have permissions to use the action or resource. Another cause is specifying an identifier that's not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServerException

These errors are usually caused by a server issue.

HTTP Status Code: 500

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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