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GetLayerVersionByArn - AWS Lambda

GetLayerVersionByArn

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

Request Syntax

GET /2018-10-31/layers?find=LayerVersion&Arn=Arn HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

Arn

The ARN of the layer version.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 140.

Pattern: arn:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+:lambda:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+:\d{12}:layer:[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+:[0-9]+

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "CompatibleArchitectures": [ "string" ], "CompatibleRuntimes": [ "string" ], "Content": { "CodeSha256": "string", "CodeSize": number, "Location": "string", "SigningJobArn": "string", "SigningProfileVersionArn": "string" }, "CreatedDate": "string", "Description": "string", "LayerArn": "string", "LayerVersionArn": "string", "LicenseInfo": "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.

CompatibleArchitectures

A list of compatible instruction set architectures.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Maximum number of 2 items.

Valid Values: x86_64 | arm64

CompatibleRuntimes

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.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Maximum number of 15 items.

Valid Values: 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

Content

Details about the layer version.

Type: LayerVersionContentOutput object

CreatedDate

The date that the layer version was created, in ISO-8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD).

Type: String

Description

The description of the version.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.

LayerArn

The ARN of the layer.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 140.

Pattern: arn:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+:lambda:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+:\d{12}:layer:[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+

LayerVersionArn

The ARN of the layer version.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 140.

Pattern: arn:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+:lambda:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+:\d{12}:layer:[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+:[0-9]+

LicenseInfo

The layer's software license.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 512.

Version

The version number.

Type: Long

Errors

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

InvalidParameterValueException

One of the parameters in the request is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The resource specified in the request does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceException

The AWS Lambda service encountered an internal error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

TooManyRequestsException

The request throughput limit was exceeded. For more information, see Lambda quotas.

HTTP Status Code: 429

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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