Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

DescribeResourceServer

Describes a resource server. For more information about resource servers, see Access control with resource servers.

Request Syntax


{
   "Identifier": "string",
   "UserPoolId": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Identifier

A unique resource server identifier for the resource server. The identifier can be an API friendly name like solar-system-data. You can also set an API URL like https://solar-system-data-api.example.com as your identifier.

Amazon Cognito represents scopes in the access token in the format $resource-server-identifier/$scope. Longer scope-identifier strings increase the size of your access tokens.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [\x21\x23-\x5B\x5D-\x7E]+

Required: Yes

UserPoolId

The ID of the user pool that hosts the resource server.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 55.

Pattern: [\w-]+_[0-9a-zA-Z]+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "ResourceServer": { 
      "Identifier": "string",
      "Name": "string",
      "Scopes": [ 
         { 
            "ScopeDescription": "string",
            "ScopeName": "string"
         }
      ],
      "UserPoolId": "string"
   }
}

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.

ResourceServer

The details of the requested resource server.

Type: ResourceServerType object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InternalErrorException

This exception is thrown when Amazon Cognito encounters an internal error.

message: The message returned when Amazon Cognito throws an internal error exception.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidParameterException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service encounters an invalid parameter.

message: The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service throws an invalid parameter exception.
reasonCode: The reason code of the exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotAuthorizedException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't authorized.

message: The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service returns a not authorized exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service can't find the requested resource.

message: The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service returns a resource not found exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyRequestsException

This exception is thrown when the user has made too many requests for a given operation.

message: The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service returns a too many requests exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

The following example request returns details about the resource server myapi.example.com in user pool us-west-2_EXAMPLE.

Sample Request


POST HTTP/1.1
Host: cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
X-Amz-Date: 20230613T200059Z
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
X-Amz-Target: AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.DescribeResourceServer
User-Agent: <UserAgentString>
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<Credential>, SignedHeaders=<Headers>, Signature=<Signature>
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
{
   "Identifier": "myapi.example.com",
   "UserPoolId": "us-west-2_EXAMPLE"
}

Sample Response


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:00:59 GMT
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
x-amzn-requestid: a1b2c3d4-e5f6-a1b2-c3d4-EXAMPLE11111
Connection: keep-alive
{
	"ResourceServer": {
		"Identifier": "myapi.example.com",
		"Name": "Example API with custom access control scopes",
		"Scopes": [
			{
				"ScopeDescription": "International customers",
				"ScopeName": "international.read"
			},
			{
				"ScopeDescription": "Domestic customers",
				"ScopeName": "domestic.read"
			}
		],
		"UserPoolId": "us-west-2_EXAMPLE"
	}
}