Use GetUserPolicy with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use GetUserPolicy.

CLI

AWS CLI

To list policy details for an IAM user

The following get-user-policy command lists the details of the specified policy that is attached to the IAM user named Bob.

aws iam get-user-policy \
    --user-name Bob \
    --policy-name ExamplePolicy

Output:

{
    "UserName": "Bob",
    "PolicyName": "ExamplePolicy",
    "PolicyDocument": {
        "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
        "Statement": [
            {
                "Action": "*",
                "Resource": "*",
                "Effect": "Allow"
            }
        ]
    }
}

To get a list of policies for an IAM user, use the list-user-policies command.

For more information, see Policies and permissions in IAM in the AWS IAM User Guide.

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

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example retrieves the details of the inline policy named Davids_IAM_Admin_Policy that is embedded in the IAM user named David. The policy document is URL encoded.

$results = Get-IAMUserPolicy -PolicyName Davids_IAM_Admin_Policy -UserName David
$results

Output:

PolicyDocument                                            PolicyName                    UserName
--------------                                            ----------                    --------
%7B%0A%20%20%22Version%22%3A%20%222012-10-17%22%2C%...    Davids_IAM_Admin_Policy       David

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Web.HttpUtility")
[System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlDecode($results.PolicyDocument)
{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:GetUser",
        "iam:ListUsers"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

• For API details, see GetUserPolicy in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V4).

Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example retrieves the details of the inline policy named Davids_IAM_Admin_Policy that is embedded in the IAM user named David. The policy document is URL encoded.

$results = Get-IAMUserPolicy -PolicyName Davids_IAM_Admin_Policy -UserName David
$results

Output:

PolicyDocument                                            PolicyName                    UserName
--------------                                            ----------                    --------
%7B%0A%20%20%22Version%22%3A%20%222012-10-17%22%2C%...    Davids_IAM_Admin_Policy       David

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Web.HttpUtility")
[System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlDecode($results.PolicyDocument)
{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "iam:GetUser",
        "iam:ListUsers"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

• For API details, see GetUserPolicy in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5).