GetPolicy

Returns the resource-based IAM policy for a function, version, or alias.

Request Syntax


GET /2015-03-31/functions/FunctionName/policy?Qualifier=Qualifier HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request requires the following URI parameters.

FunctionName

The name of the Lambda function, version, or alias.

Name formats

Function name - my-function (name-only), my-function:v1 (with alias).
Function ARN - arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:123456789012:function:my-function.
Partial ARN - 123456789012:function:my-function.

You can append a version number or alias to any of the formats. The length constraint applies only to the full ARN. If you specify only the function name, it is limited to 64 characters in length.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 170.

Pattern: (arn:(aws[a-zA-Z-]*)?:lambda:)?([a-z]{2}(-gov)?-[a-z]+-\d{1}:)?(\d{12}:)?(function:)?([a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]+)(:(\$LATEST|[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+))?

Qualifier

Specify a version or alias to get the policy for that resource.

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

Pattern: (|[a-zA-Z0-9$_-]+)

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "Policy": "string",
   "RevisionId": "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.

Policy

The resource-based policy.

Type: String

RevisionId

A unique identifier for the current revision of the policy.

Type: String

Errors

InvalidParameterValueException

One of the parameters in the request is invalid. For example, if you provided an IAM role for AWS Lambda to assume in the CreateFunction or the UpdateFunctionConfiguration API, that AWS Lambda is unable to assume you will get this exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The resource (for example, a Lambda function or access policy statement) specified in the request does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceException

The AWS Lambda service encountered an internal error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

TooManyRequestsException

Request throughput limit exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 429