GetContactMethods - Amazon Lightsail

GetContactMethods

Returns information about the configured contact methods. Specify a protocol in your request to return information about a specific contact method.

A contact method is used to send you notifications about your Amazon Lightsail resources. You can add one email address and one mobile phone number contact method in each AWS Region. However, SMS text messaging is not supported in some AWS Regions, and SMS text messages cannot be sent to some countries/regions. For more information, see Notifications in Amazon Lightsail.

Request Syntax

{ "protocols": [ "string" ] }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

protocols

The protocols used to send notifications, such as Email, or SMS (text messaging).

Specify a protocol in your request to return information about a specific contact method protocol.

Type: Array of strings

Valid Values: Email | SMS

Required: No

Response Syntax

{ "contactMethods": [ { "arn": "string", "contactEndpoint": "string", "createdAt": number, "location": { "availabilityZone": "string", "regionName": "string" }, "name": "string", "protocol": "string", "resourceType": "string", "status": "string", "supportCode": "string" } ] }

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.

contactMethods

An array of objects that describe the contact methods.

Type: Array of ContactMethod objects

Errors

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

AccessDeniedException

Lightsail throws this exception when the user cannot be authenticated or uses invalid credentials to access a resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidInputException

Lightsail throws this exception when user input does not conform to the validation rules of an input field.

Note

Domain and distribution APIs are only available in the N. Virginia (us-east-1) AWS Region. Please set your AWS Region configuration to us-east-1 to create, view, or edit these resources.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotFoundException

Lightsail throws this exception when it cannot find a resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OperationFailureException

Lightsail throws this exception when an operation fails to execute.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceException

A general service exception.

HTTP Status Code: 500

UnauthenticatedException

Lightsail throws this exception when the user has not been authenticated.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

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