Data retrieval APIs for AWS Organizations - AWS Online Register of Data Formats

Data retrieval APIs for AWS Organizations

AWS Organizations provides the following APIs for data retrieval.

Actions Description Access level
DescribeAccountRetrieve Organizations-related details about the specified accountRead
DescribeCreateAccountStatusRetrieve the current status of an asynchronous request to create an accountRead
DescribeEffectivePolicyRetrieve the effective policy for an accountRead
DescribeHandshakeRetrieve details about a previously requested handshakeRead
DescribeOrganizationRetrieve details about the organization that the calling credentials belong toRead
DescribeOrganizationalUnitRetrieve details about an organizational unit (OU)Read
DescribePolicyRetrieve details about a policyRead
DescribeResourcePolicyRetrieve information about a resource policyRead
ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganizationRetrieve the list of the AWS services for which you enabled integration with your organizationList
ListAccountsList all of the accounts in the organizationList
ListAccountsForParentList the accounts in an organization that are contained by a root or organizational unit (OU)List
ListAccountsWithInvalidEffectivePolicyList accounts that have invalid effective policies for a specified policy typeList
ListChildrenList all of the OUs or accounts that are contained in a parent OU or rootList
ListCreateAccountStatusList the asynchronous account creation requests that are currently being tracked for the organizationList
ListDelegatedAdministratorsList the AWS accounts that are designated as delegated administrators in this organizationList
ListDelegatedServicesForAccountList the AWS services for which the specified account is a delegated administrator in this organizationList
ListEffectivePolicyValidationErrorsList validation errors found in the effective policy for a specific account and policy typeList
ListHandshakesForAccountList all of the handshakes that are associated with an accountList
ListHandshakesForOrganizationList the handshakes that are associated with the organizationList
ListOrganizationalUnitsForParentList all of the organizational units (OUs) in a parent organizational unit or rootList
ListParentsList the root or organizational units (OUs) that serve as the immediate parent of a child OU or accountList
ListPoliciesList all of the policies in an organizationList
ListPoliciesForTargetList all of the policies that are directly attached to a root, organizational unit (OU), or accountList
ListRootsList all of the roots that are defined in the organizationList
ListTagsForResourceList all tags for the specified resourceList
ListTargetsForPolicyList all the roots, OUs, and accounts to which a policy is attachedList