AWS SDK Version 3 for .NET
API Reference

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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:

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.

Note:

This is an asynchronous operation using the standard naming convention for .NET 4.5 or higher. For .NET 3.5 the operation is implemented as a pair of methods using the standard naming convention of BeginDescribeStateMachine and EndDescribeStateMachine.

Namespace: Amazon.StepFunctions
Assembly: AWSSDK.StepFunctions.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

C#
public abstract Task<DescribeStateMachineResponse> DescribeStateMachineAsync(
         DescribeStateMachineRequest request,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken
)

Parameters

request
Type: Amazon.StepFunctions.Model.DescribeStateMachineRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the DescribeStateMachine service method.

cancellationToken
Type: System.Threading.CancellationToken

A cancellation token that can be used by other objects or threads to receive notice of cancellation.

Return Value


The response from the DescribeStateMachine service method, as returned by StepFunctions.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
InvalidArnException The provided Amazon Resource Name (ARN) is not valid.
KmsAccessDeniedException Either your KMS key policy or API caller does not have the required permissions.
KmsInvalidStateException The KMS key is not in valid state, for example: Disabled or Deleted.
KmsThrottlingException Received when KMS returns ThrottlingException for a KMS call that Step Functions makes on behalf of the caller.
StateMachineDoesNotExistException The specified state machine does not exist.

Version Information

.NET:
Supported in: 8.0 and newer, Core 3.1

.NET Standard:
Supported in: 2.0

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5 and newer

See Also