Tutorial: List stored geofences - Amazon Location Service

Tutorial: List stored geofences

You can list geofences stored in a specified geofence collection using the Amazon Location console, the AWS CLI, or the Amazon Location APIs.

Console

To view a list of geofences using the Amazon Location console

  1. Open the Amazon Location console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/location/.

  2. Choose Geofence collections from the left navigation pane.

  3. Under My geofence collection, select the name link of the target geofence collection.

  4. View geofences in the geofence collection under Geofences

API

Use the ListGeofences operation from the Amazon Location Geofences APIs.

The following example is an API request to get a list of geofences stored in the geofence collection ExampleCollection. 

POST /geofencing/v0/collections/ExampleCollection/list-geofences

The following is an example response for ListGeofences:

{
   "Entries": [ 
      { 
         "CreateTime": 2020-09-30T22:59:34.142Z,
         "GeofenceId": "geofence-1",
         "Geometry": { 
             "Polygon": [            
                 [-5.716667, -15.933333,
                 [-14.416667, -7.933333],
                 [-12.316667, -37.066667],
                 [-5.716667, -15.933333]
             ]
         },
         "Status": "ACTIVE",
         "UpdateTime": 2020-09-30T23:59:34.142Z
      }
   ],
   "NextToken": "1234-5678-9012"
}
CLI

Use the list-geofences command.

The following example is an AWS CLI to get a list of geofences stored in the geofence collection ExampleCollection. 

aws location list-geofences \
    --collection-name "ExampleCollection"