GetPolicy
Gets information about the specified policy with the policy document of the default version.
Requires permission to access the GetPolicy action.
Request Syntax
GET /policies/policyName HTTP/1.1
URI Request Parameters
The request uses the following URI parameters.
- policyName
-
The name of the policy.
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Pattern:
[\w+=,.@-]+Required: Yes
Request Body
The request does not have a request body.
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json
{
"creationDate": number,
"defaultVersionId": "string",
"generationId": "string",
"lastModifiedDate": number,
"policyArn": "string",
"policyDocument": "string",
"policyName": "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.
- creationDate
-
The date the policy was created.
Type: Timestamp
- defaultVersionId
-
The default policy version ID.
Type: String
Pattern:
[0-9]+ - generationId
-
The generation ID of the policy.
Type: String
- lastModifiedDate
-
The date the policy was last modified.
Type: Timestamp
- policyArn
-
The policy ARN.
Type: String
- policyDocument
-
The JSON document that describes the policy.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 404600.
Pattern:
[\s\S]* - policyName
-
The policy name.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Pattern:
[\w+=,.@-]+
Errors
- InternalFailureException
-
An unexpected error has occurred.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- InvalidRequestException
-
The request is not valid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ResourceNotFoundException
-
The specified resource does not exist.
HTTP Status Code: 404
- ServiceUnavailableException
-
The service is temporarily unavailable.
HTTP Status Code: 503
- ThrottlingException
-
The rate exceeds the limit.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- UnauthorizedException
-
You are not authorized to perform this operation.
HTTP Status Code: 401
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
