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Synopsis

Calls the AWS Step Functions DescribeStateMachine API operation.

Syntax

Get-SFNStateMachine
-StateMachineArn <String>
-IncludedData <IncludedData>
-Select <String>
-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
-ClientConfig <AmazonStepFunctionsConfig>

Description

Provides information about a state machine's definition, its IAM role Amazon Resource Name (ARN), and configuration. A qualified state machine ARN can either refer to a Distributed Map state defined within a state machine, a version ARN, or an alias ARN. The following are some examples of qualified and unqualified state machine ARNs:
  • The following qualified state machine ARN refers to a Distributed Map state with a label mapStateLabel in a state machine named myStateMachine. arn:partition:states:region:account-id:stateMachine:myStateMachine/mapStateLabel If you provide a qualified state machine ARN that refers to a Distributed Map state, the request fails with ValidationException.
  • The following qualified state machine ARN refers to an alias named PROD. arn:<partition>:states:<region>:<account-id>:stateMachine:<myStateMachine:PROD> If you provide a qualified state machine ARN that refers to a version ARN or an alias ARN, the request starts execution for that version or alias.
  • The following unqualified state machine ARN refers to a state machine named myStateMachine. arn:<partition>:states:<region>:<account-id>:stateMachine:<myStateMachine>
This API action returns the details for a state machine version if the stateMachineArn you specify is a state machine version ARN. This operation is eventually consistent. The results are best effort and may not reflect very recent updates and changes.

Parameters

-ClientConfig <AmazonStepFunctionsConfig>
Amazon.PowerShell.Cmdlets.SFN.AmazonStepFunctionsClientCmdlet.ClientConfig
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-IncludedData <IncludedData>
If your state machine definition is encrypted with a KMS key, callers must have kms:Decrypt permission to decrypt the definition. Alternatively, you can call the API with includedData = METADATA_ONLY to get a successful response without the encrypted definition. When calling a labelled ARN for an encrypted state machine, the includedData = METADATA_ONLY parameter will not apply because Step Functions needs to decrypt the entire state machine definition to get the Distributed Map state’s definition. In this case, the API caller needs to have kms:Decrypt permission.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
Changes the cmdlet behavior to return the value passed to the StateMachineArn parameter. The -PassThru parameter is deprecated, use -Select '^StateMachineArn' instead. This parameter will be removed in a future version.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Select <String>
Use the -Select parameter to control the cmdlet output. The default value is '*'. Specifying -Select '*' will result in the cmdlet returning the whole service response (Amazon.StepFunctions.Model.DescribeStateMachineResponse). Specifying the name of a property of type Amazon.StepFunctions.Model.DescribeStateMachineResponse will result in that property being returned. Specifying -Select '^ParameterName' will result in the cmdlet returning the selected cmdlet parameter value.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-StateMachineArn <String>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the state machine for which you want the information.If you specify a state machine version ARN, this API returns details about that version. The version ARN is a combination of state machine ARN and the version number separated by a colon (:). For example, stateMachineARN:1.
Required?True
Position?1
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)

Common Credential and Region Parameters

-AccessKey <String>
The AWS access key for the user account. This can be a temporary access key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAK
-Credential <AWSCredentials>
An AWSCredentials object instance containing access and secret key information, and optionally a token for session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-EndpointUrl <String>
The endpoint to make the call against.Note: This parameter is primarily for internal AWS use and is not required/should not be specified for normal usage. The cmdlets normally determine which endpoint to call based on the region specified to the -Region parameter or set as default in the shell (via Set-DefaultAWSRegion). Only specify this parameter if you must direct the call to a specific custom endpoint.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-NetworkCredential <PSCredential>
Used with SAML-based authentication when ProfileName references a SAML role profile. Contains the network credentials to be supplied during authentication with the configured identity provider's endpoint. This parameter is not required if the user's default network identity can or should be used during authentication.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-ProfileLocation <String>
Used to specify the name and location of the ini-format credential file (shared with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs)If this optional parameter is omitted this cmdlet will search the encrypted credential file used by the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio first. If the profile is not found then the cmdlet will search in the ini-format credential file at the default location: (user's home directory)\.aws\credentials.If this parameter is specified then this cmdlet will only search the ini-format credential file at the location given.As the current folder can vary in a shell or during script execution it is advised that you use specify a fully qualified path instead of a relative path.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAWSProfilesLocation, ProfilesLocation
-ProfileName <String>
The user-defined name of an AWS credentials or SAML-based role profile containing credential information. The profile is expected to be found in the secure credential file shared with the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio. You can also specify the name of a profile stored in the .ini-format credential file used with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesStoredCredentials, AWSProfileName
-Region <Object>
The system name of an AWS region or an AWSRegion instance. This governs the endpoint that will be used when calling service operations. Note that the AWS resources referenced in a call are usually region-specific.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesRegionToCall
-SecretKey <String>
The AWS secret key for the user account. This can be a temporary secret key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesSK, SecretAccessKey
-SessionToken <String>
The session token if the access and secret keys are temporary session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesST

Outputs

Amazon.StepFunctions.Model.DescribeStateMachineResponse
This cmdlet returns an Amazon.StepFunctions.Model.DescribeStateMachineResponse object containing multiple properties.
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Supported Version

AWS Tools for PowerShell: 2.x.y.z