# DescribeTags
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Describes the tags associated with the specified load balancers.

## Request Parameters
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 For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 **LoadBalancerNames.member.N**   
The names of the load balancers.  
Type: Array of strings  
Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 20 items.  
Required: Yes

## Response Elements
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The following element is returned by the service.

 **TagDescriptions.member.N**   
Information about the tags.  
Type: Array of [TagDescription](API_TagDescription.md) objects

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** LoadBalancerNotFound **   
The specified load balancer does not exist.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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### Describe load balancer tags
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This example describes the tags assigned to the specified load balancer.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com/?Action=DescribeTags
&LoadBalancerNames.member.1=my-loadbalancer
&Version=2012-06-01
&AUTHPARAMS
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<DescribeTagsResponse xmlns="http://elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com/doc/2012-06-01/">
  <DescribeTagsResult>
    <TagDescriptions>
      <member>
        <Tags>
          <member>
            <Value>lima</Value>
            <Key>project</Key>
          </member>
          <member>
            <Value>digital-media</Value>
            <Key>department</Key>
          </member>
        </Tags>
        <LoadBalancerName>my-loadbalancer</LoadBalancerName>
      </member>
    </TagDescriptions>
  </DescribeTagsResult>
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>07b1ecbc-1100-11e3-acaf-dd7edEXAMPLE</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeTagsResponse>
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/elasticloadbalancing-2012-06-01/DescribeTags) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/elasticloadbalancing-2012-06-01/DescribeTags) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/elasticloadbalancing-2012-06-01/DescribeTags) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/elasticloadbalancing-2012-06-01/DescribeTags) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/elasticloadbalancing-2012-06-01/DescribeTags) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/elasticloadbalancing-2012-06-01/DescribeTags) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/elasticloadbalancing-2012-06-01/DescribeTags) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/elasticloadbalancing-2012-06-01/DescribeTags) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/elasticloadbalancing-2012-06-01/DescribeTags) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/elasticloadbalancing-2012-06-01/DescribeTags)