Use ListStacks with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use ListStacks.

CLI

AWS CLI

To list AWS CloudFormation stacks

The following list-stacks command shows a summary of all stacks that have a status of CREATE_COMPLETE:

aws cloudformation list-stacks --stack-status-filter CREATE_COMPLETE

Output:

[
    {
        "StackId": "arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:123456789012:stack/myteststack/466df9e0-0dff-08e3-8e2f-5088487c4896",
        "TemplateDescription": "AWS CloudFormation Sample Template S3_Bucket: Sample template showing how to create a publicly accessible S3 bucket. **WARNING** This template creates an S3 bucket. You will be billed for the AWS resources used if you create a stack from this template.",
        "StackStatusReason": null,
        "CreationTime": "2013-08-26T03:27:10.190Z",
        "StackName": "myteststack",
        "StackStatus": "CREATE_COMPLETE"
    }
]

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

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: Returns summary information for all stacks.

Get-CFNStackSummary

Example 2: Returns summary information for all stacks that are currently being created.

Get-CFNStackSummary -StackStatusFilter "CREATE_IN_PROGRESS"

Example 3: Returns summary information for all stacks that are currently being created or updated.

Get-CFNStackSummary -StackStatusFilter @("CREATE_IN_PROGRESS", "UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS")

Example 4: Returns summary information for all stacks that are currently being created or updated using manual paging of the results. The starting token for the next page is retrieved after every call with $null indicating no more details remain to be retrieved.

$nextToken = $null
do {
  Get-CFNStackSummary -StackStatusFilter @("CREATE_IN_PROGRESS", "UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS") -NextToken $nextToken
  $nextToken = $AWSHistory.LastServiceResponse.NextToken
} while ($nextToken -ne $null)

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