Returns a list of cache parameter group descriptions. If a cache parameter group name is specified, the list contains only the descriptions for that group.
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
- CacheParameterGroupName
-
The name of a specific cache parameter group to return details for.
Type: String
Required: No
- Marker
-
An optional marker returned from a prior request. Use this marker for pagination of results from this operation. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by
MaxRecords.Type: String
Required: No
- MaxRecords
-
The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified
MaxRecordsvalue, a marker is included in the response so that the remaining results can be retrieved.Default: 100
Constraints: minimum 20; maximum 100.
Type: Integer
Required: No
Response Elements
The following elements are returned by the service.
- CacheParameterGroups.CacheParameterGroup.N
-
A list of cache parameter groups. Each element in the list contains detailed information about one cache parameter group.
Type: Array of CacheParameterGroup objects
- Marker
-
Provides an identifier to allow retrieval of paginated results.
Type: String
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- CacheParameterGroupNotFound
-
The requested cache parameter group name does not refer to an existing cache parameter group.
HTTP Status Code: 404
- InvalidParameterCombination
-
Two or more incompatible parameters were specified.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidParameterValue
-
The value for a parameter is invalid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
Examples
DescribeCacheParameterGroups
This example illustrates one usage of DescribeCacheParameterGroups.
Sample Request
https://elasticache.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
?Action=DescribeCacheParameterGroups
&MaxRecords=100
&Version=2015-02-02
&SignatureVersion=4
&SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
&Timestamp=20150202T192317Z
&X-Amz-Credential=<credential>Sample Response
<DescribeCacheParameterGroupsResponse xmlns="http://elasticache.amazonaws.com/doc/2015-02-02/">
<DescribeCacheParameterGroupsResult>
<CacheParameterGroups>
<CacheParameterGroup>
<CacheParameterGroupName>default.memcached1.4</CacheParameterGroupName>
<CacheParameterGroupFamily>memcached1.4</CacheParameterGroupFamily>
<Description>Default parameter group for memcached1.4</Description>
</CacheParameterGroup>
<CacheParameterGroup>
<CacheParameterGroupName>mycacheparametergroup</CacheParameterGroupName>
<CacheParameterGroupFamily>memcached1.4</CacheParameterGroupFamily>
<Description>My cache parameter group</Description>
</CacheParameterGroup>
<CacheParameterGroup>
<CacheParameterGroupName>mycacheparametergroup1</CacheParameterGroupName>
<CacheParameterGroupFamily>memcached1.4</CacheParameterGroupFamily>
<Description>My first cache parameter group</Description>
</CacheParameterGroup>
<CacheParameterGroup>
<CacheParameterGroupName>mycacheparametergroup3</CacheParameterGroupName>
<CacheParameterGroupFamily>memcached1.4</CacheParameterGroupFamily>
<Description>My first cache parameter group</Description>
</CacheParameterGroup>
</CacheParameterGroups>
</DescribeCacheParameterGroupsResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>7193fbb8-b7fc-11e0-9b0b-a9261be2b354</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeCacheParameterGroupsResponse>See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
