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

DescribeContactFlowAlias

Returns information about a specific flow alias, including the version that it points to.

Request Syntax


GET /contact-flows/InstanceId/ContactFlowId/alias/AliasId HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

AliasId

The identifier of the alias.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 500.

Required: Yes

ContactFlowId

The identifier of the flow.

Required: Yes

InstanceId

The identifier of the Connect Customer instance. You can find the instance ID in the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the instance.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 250.

Pattern: ^(arn:(aws|aws-us-gov):connect:[a-z]{2}-[a-z]+-[0-9]{1}:[0-9]{1,20}:instance/)?[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}$

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "ContactFlowAlias": { 
      "AliasId": "string",
      "ContactFlowArn": "string",
      "ContactFlowId": "string",
      "Description": "string",
      "LastModifiedRegion": "string",
      "LastModifiedTime": number,
      "Name": "string",
      "Version": number
   }
}

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.

ContactFlowAlias

Information about the flow alias.

Type: ContactFlowAliasInfo object

Errors

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

AccessDeniedException

You do not have sufficient permissions to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 403

InternalServiceException

Request processing failed because of an error or failure with the service.

Message: The message.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidParameterException

One or more of the specified parameters are not valid.

Message: The message about the parameters.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidRequestException

The request is not valid.

Message: The message about the request.
Reason: Reason why the request was invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified resource was not found.

Message: The message about the resource.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ThrottlingException

The throttling limit has been exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 429

Examples

Sample Response

This example illustrates one usage of DescribeContactFlowAlias.


{
  "ContactFlowAlias": {
    "ContactFlowId": "abcdefgh-1234-5678-9012-abcdefghijkl",
    "ContactFlowArn": "arn:aws:connect:us-west-2:123456789012:instance/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012/contact-flow/abcdefgh-1234-5678-9012-abcdefghijkl",
    "AliasId": "87654321-4321-4321-4321-210987654321",
    "Version": 2,
    "Name": "production",
    "Description": "Production version of the customer service flow",
    "LastModifiedRegion": "us-west-2",
    "LastModifiedTime": "2026-09-15T10:30:00.000Z"
  }
}