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Use GetUserPolicy with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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There are more AWS SDK examples available in the AWS Doc SDK Examples GitHub repo.

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

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:*" ], "Resource": [ "*" ] } ] }
  • For API details, see GetUserPolicy in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

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.

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