# DescribeConfigurationRecorders
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Returns details for the configuration recorder you specify.

If a configuration recorder is not specified, this operation returns details for the customer managed configuration recorder configured for the account, if applicable.

**Note**  
When making a request to this operation, you can only specify one configuration recorder.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "Arn": "string",
   "ConfigurationRecorderNames": [ "string" ],
   "ServicePrincipal": "string"
}
```

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

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [Arn](#API_DescribeConfigurationRecorders_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="config-DescribeConfigurationRecorders-request-Arn"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the configuration recorder that you want to specify.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1000.  
Required: No

 ** [ConfigurationRecorderNames](#API_DescribeConfigurationRecorders_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="config-DescribeConfigurationRecorders-request-ConfigurationRecorderNames"></a>
A list of names of the configuration recorders that you want to specify.  
Type: Array of strings  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.  
Required: No

 ** [ServicePrincipal](#API_DescribeConfigurationRecorders_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="config-DescribeConfigurationRecorders-request-ServicePrincipal"></a>
For service-linked configuration recorders, you can use the service principal of the linked AWS service to specify the configuration recorder.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `[\w+=,.@-]+`   
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "ConfigurationRecorders": [ 
      { 
         "arn": "string",
         "name": "string",
         "recordingGroup": { 
            "allSupported": boolean,
            "exclusionByResourceTypes": { 
               "resourceTypes": [ "string" ]
            },
            "includeGlobalResourceTypes": boolean,
            "recordingStrategy": { 
               "useOnly": "string"
            },
            "resourceTypes": [ "string" ]
         },
         "recordingMode": { 
            "recordingFrequency": "string",
            "recordingModeOverrides": [ 
               { 
                  "description": "string",
                  "recordingFrequency": "string",
                  "resourceTypes": [ "string" ]
               }
            ]
         },
         "recordingScope": "string",
         "roleARN": "string",
         "servicePrincipal": "string"
      }
   ]
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [ConfigurationRecorders](#API_DescribeConfigurationRecorders_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="config-DescribeConfigurationRecorders-response-ConfigurationRecorders"></a>
A list that contains the descriptions of the specified configuration recorders.  
Type: Array of [ConfigurationRecorder](API_ConfigurationRecorder.md) objects

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

 ** InvalidConfigurationRecorderNameException **   
The configuration recorder name is not valid. The prefix "`AWSConfigurationRecorderFor`" is reserved for service-linked configuration recorders.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** NoSuchConfigurationRecorderException **   
You have specified a configuration recorder that does not exist.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ValidationException **   
The requested operation is not valid. You will see this exception if there are missing required fields or if the input value fails the validation.  
For [PutStoredQuery](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_PutStoredQuery.html), one of the following errors:  
+ There are missing required fields.
+ The input value fails the validation.
+ You are trying to create more than 300 queries.
For [DescribeConfigurationRecorders](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeConfigurationRecorders.html) and [DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus.html), one of the following errors:  
+ You have specified more than one configuration recorder.
+ You have provided a service principal for service-linked configuration recorder that is not valid.
For [AssociateResourceTypes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_AssociateResourceTypes.html) and [DisassociateResourceTypes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_DisassociateResourceTypes.html), one of the following errors:  
+ Your configuraiton recorder has a recording strategy that does not allow the association or disassociation of resource types.
+ One or more of the specified resource types are already associated or disassociated with the configuration recorder.
+ For service-linked configuration recorders, the configuration recorder does not record one or more of the specified resource types.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## 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/config-2014-11-12/DescribeConfigurationRecorders) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/config-2014-11-12/DescribeConfigurationRecorders) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/config-2014-11-12/DescribeConfigurationRecorders) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/config-2014-11-12/DescribeConfigurationRecorders) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/config-2014-11-12/DescribeConfigurationRecorders) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/config-2014-11-12/DescribeConfigurationRecorders) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/config-2014-11-12/DescribeConfigurationRecorders) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/config-2014-11-12/DescribeConfigurationRecorders) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/config-2014-11-12/DescribeConfigurationRecorders) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/config-2014-11-12/DescribeConfigurationRecorders)