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GetLayerVersionCommand

Returns information about a version of an Lambda layer , with a link to download the layer archive that's valid for 10 minutes.

Example Syntax

Use a bare-bones client and the command you need to make an API call.

import { LambdaClient, GetLayerVersionCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-lambda"; // ES Modules import
// const { LambdaClient, GetLayerVersionCommand } = require("@aws-sdk/client-lambda"); // CommonJS import
const client = new LambdaClient(config);
const input = { // GetLayerVersionRequest
  LayerName: "STRING_VALUE", // required
  VersionNumber: Number("long"), // required
};
const command = new GetLayerVersionCommand(input);
const response = await client.send(command);
// { // GetLayerVersionResponse
//   Content: { // LayerVersionContentOutput
//     Location: "STRING_VALUE",
//     CodeSha256: "STRING_VALUE",
//     CodeSize: Number("long"),
//     SigningProfileVersionArn: "STRING_VALUE",
//     SigningJobArn: "STRING_VALUE",
//   },
//   LayerArn: "STRING_VALUE",
//   LayerVersionArn: "STRING_VALUE",
//   Description: "STRING_VALUE",
//   CreatedDate: "STRING_VALUE",
//   Version: Number("long"),
//   CompatibleRuntimes: [ // CompatibleRuntimes
//     "nodejs" || "nodejs4.3" || "nodejs6.10" || "nodejs8.10" || "nodejs10.x" || "nodejs12.x" || "nodejs14.x" || "nodejs16.x" || "java8" || "java8.al2" || "java11" || "python2.7" || "python3.6" || "python3.7" || "python3.8" || "python3.9" || "dotnetcore1.0" || "dotnetcore2.0" || "dotnetcore2.1" || "dotnetcore3.1" || "dotnet6" || "dotnet8" || "nodejs4.3-edge" || "go1.x" || "ruby2.5" || "ruby2.7" || "provided" || "provided.al2" || "nodejs18.x" || "python3.10" || "java17" || "ruby3.2" || "ruby3.3" || "python3.11" || "nodejs20.x" || "provided.al2023" || "python3.12" || "java21" || "python3.13" || "nodejs22.x",
//   ],
//   LicenseInfo: "STRING_VALUE",
//   CompatibleArchitectures: [ // CompatibleArchitectures
//     "x86_64" || "arm64",
//   ],
// };

Example Usage

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GetLayerVersionCommand Input

See GetLayerVersionCommandInput for more details

Parameter	Type	Description
`LayerName` Required	`string \| undefined`	The name or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the layer.
`VersionNumber` Required	`number \| undefined`	The version number.

GetLayerVersionCommand Output

See GetLayerVersionCommandOutput for details

Parameter	Type	Description
`$metadata` Required	`ResponseMetadata`	Metadata pertaining to this request.
`CompatibleArchitectures`	`Architecture[] \| undefined`	A list of compatible instruction set architectures .
`CompatibleRuntimes`	`Runtime[] \| undefined`	The layer's compatible runtimes. The following list includes deprecated runtimes. For more information, see Runtime use after deprecation . For a list of all currently supported runtimes, see Supported runtimes .
`Content`	`LayerVersionContentOutput \| undefined`	Details about the layer version.
`CreatedDate`	`string \| undefined`	The date that the layer version was created, in ISO-8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD).
`Description`	`string \| undefined`	The description of the version.
`LayerArn`	`string \| undefined`	The ARN of the layer.
`LayerVersionArn`	`string \| undefined`	The ARN of the layer version.
`LicenseInfo`	`string \| undefined`	The layer's software license.
`Version`	`number \| undefined`	The version number.

Throws

Name	Fault	Details
InvalidParameterValueException	client	One of the parameters in the request is not valid.
ResourceNotFoundException	client	The resource specified in the request does not exist.
ServiceException	server	The Lambda service encountered an internal error.
TooManyRequestsException	client	The request throughput limit was exceeded. For more information, see Lambda quotas .
LambdaServiceException		Base exception class for all service exceptions from Lambda service.

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