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

DescribeStream

Returns the most current information about the specified stream. You must specify either the StreamName or the StreamARN.

Request Syntax


POST /describeStream HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "StreamARN": "string",
   "StreamName": "string"
}

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

StreamARN

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the stream.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Pattern: arn:[a-z\d-]+:kinesisvideo:[a-z0-9-]+:[0-9]+:[a-z]+/[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+/[0-9]+

Required: No

StreamName

The name of the stream.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+

Required: No

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "StreamInfo": { 
      "CreationTime": number,
      "DataRetentionInHours": number,
      "DeviceName": "string",
      "KmsKeyId": "string",
      "MediaType": "string",
      "Status": "string",
      "StreamARN": "string",
      "StreamName": "string",
      "Version": "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.

StreamInfo

An object that describes the stream.

Type: StreamInfo object

Errors

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

ClientLimitExceededException

Kinesis Video Streams has throttled the request because you have exceeded the limit of allowed client calls. Try making the call later.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidArgumentException

The value for this input parameter is invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotAuthorizedException

The caller is not authorized to perform this operation.

HTTP Status Code: 401

ResourceNotFoundException

Amazon Kinesis Video Streams can't find the stream that you specified.

HTTP Status Code: 404