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DescribeParameterGroups - Amazon MemoryDB

DescribeParameterGroups

Returns a list of parameter group descriptions. If a parameter group name is specified, the list contains only the descriptions for that group.

Request Syntax

{ "MaxResults": number, "NextToken": "string", "ParameterGroupName": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

MaxResults

The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified MaxResults value, a token is included in the response so that the remaining results can be retrieved.

Type: Integer

Required: No

NextToken

An optional argument to pass in case the total number of records exceeds the value of MaxResults. If nextToken is returned, there are more results available. The value of nextToken is a unique pagination token for each page. Make the call again using the returned token to retrieve the next page. Keep all other arguments unchanged.

Type: String

Required: No

ParameterGroupName

The name of a specific parameter group to return details for.

Type: String

Required: No

Response Syntax

{ "NextToken": "string", "ParameterGroups": [ { "ARN": "string", "Description": "string", "Family": "string", "Name": "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.

NextToken

An optional argument to pass in case the total number of records exceeds the value of MaxResults. If nextToken is returned, there are more results available. The value of nextToken is a unique pagination token for each page. Make the call again using the returned token to retrieve the next page. Keep all other arguments unchanged.

Type: String

ParameterGroups

A list of parameter groups. Each element in the list contains detailed information about one parameter group.

Type: Array of ParameterGroup objects

Errors

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

InvalidParameterCombinationException

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidParameterValueException

HTTP Status Code: 400

ParameterGroupNotFoundFault

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceLinkedRoleNotFoundFault

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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