Request Syntax URI Request Parameters Request Body Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

DescribeDatastore

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Retrieves information about a data store.

Request Syntax


GET /datastores/datastoreName?includeStatistics=includeStatistics HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

datastoreName

The name of the data store

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: (^(?!_{2}))(^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$)

Required: Yes

includeStatistics

If true, additional statistical information about the data store is included in the response. This feature can't be used with a data store whose S3 storage is customer-managed.

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "datastore": { 
      "arn": "string",
      "creationTime": number,
      "datastorePartitions": { 
         "partitions": [ 
            { 
               "attributePartition": { 
                  "attributeName": "string"
               },
               "timestampPartition": { 
                  "attributeName": "string",
                  "timestampFormat": "string"
               }
            }
         ]
      },
      "fileFormatConfiguration": { 
         "jsonConfiguration": { 
         },
         "parquetConfiguration": { 
            "schemaDefinition": { 
               "columns": [ 
                  { 
                     "name": "string",
                     "type": "string"
                  }
               ]
            }
         }
      },
      "lastMessageArrivalTime": number,
      "lastUpdateTime": number,
      "name": "string",
      "retentionPeriod": { 
         "numberOfDays": number,
         "unlimited": boolean
      },
      "status": "string",
      "storage": { 
         "customerManagedS3": { 
            "bucket": "string",
            "keyPrefix": "string",
            "roleArn": "string"
         },
         "iotSiteWiseMultiLayerStorage": { 
            "customerManagedS3Storage": { 
               "bucket": "string",
               "keyPrefix": "string"
            }
         },
         "serviceManagedS3": { 
         }
      }
   },
   "statistics": { 
      "size": { 
         "estimatedOn": number,
         "estimatedSizeInBytes": 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.

datastore

Information about the data store.

Type: Datastore object

statistics

Additional statistical information about the data store. Included if the includeStatistics parameter is set to true in the request.

Type: DatastoreStatistics object

Errors

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

InternalFailureException

There was an internal failure.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

The request was not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

A resource with the specified name could not be found.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceUnavailableException

The service is temporarily unavailable.

HTTP Status Code: 503

ThrottlingException

The request was denied due to request throttling.

HTTP Status Code: 400