Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Example See Also

GetTopicAttributes

Returns all of the properties of a topic. Topic properties returned might differ based on the authorization of the user.

Request Parameters

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

TopicArn

The ARN of the topic whose properties you want to get.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

Attributes

Attributes.entry.N.key (key)

Attributes.entry.N.value (value)

A map of the topic's attributes. Attributes in this map include the following:

DeliveryPolicy – The JSON serialization of the topic's delivery policy.
DisplayName – The human-readable name used in the From field for notifications to email and email-json endpoints.
Owner – The AWS account ID of the topic's owner.
Policy – The JSON serialization of the topic's access control policy.
SubscriptionsConfirmed – The number of confirmed subscriptions for the topic.
SubscriptionsDeleted – The number of deleted subscriptions for the topic.
SubscriptionsPending – The number of subscriptions pending confirmation for the topic.
TopicArn – The topic's ARN.
EffectiveDeliveryPolicy – The JSON serialization of the effective delivery policy, taking system defaults into account.

The following attribute applies only to server-side-encryption:

KmsMasterKeyId - The ID of an AWS-managed customer master key (CMK) for Amazon SNS or a custom CMK. For more information, see Key Terms. For more examples, see KeyId in the AWS Key Management Service API Reference.

Type: String to string map

Errors

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

AuthorizationError

Indicates that the user has been denied access to the requested resource.

HTTP Status Code: 403

InternalError

Indicates an internal service error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidParameter

Indicates that a request parameter does not comply with the associated constraints.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidSecurity

The credential signature isn't valid. You must use an HTTPS endpoint and sign your request using Signature Version 4.

HTTP Status Code: 403

NotFound

Indicates that the requested resource does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

Example

The structure of AUTHPARAMS depends on the signature of the API request. For more information, see Examples of Signed Signature Version 4 Requests in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.

Example

Sample Request


https://sns.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/?Action=GetTopicAttributes
&TopicArn=arn%3Aaws%3Asns%3Aus-east-2%3A123456789012%3AMy-Topic
&Version=2010-03-31
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response


<GetTopicAttributesResponse xmlns="https://sns.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-03-31/">
    <GetTopicAttributesResult>
        <Attributes>
            <entry>
                <key>Owner</key>
                <value>123456789012</value>
            </entry>
            <entry>
                <key>Policy</key>
                <value>{&quot;Version&quot;:&quot;2008-10-17&quot;,&quot;Id&quot;:&quot;us-east-2/698519295917/test__default_policy_ID&quot;,&quot;Statement&quot;:[{&quot;Effect&quot;:&quot;Allow&quot;,&quot;Sid&quot;:&quot;us-east-2/698519295917/test__default_statement_ID&quot;,&quot;Principal&quot;:{&quot;AWS&quot;:&quot;*&quot;},&quot;Action&quot;:[&quot;SNS:GetTopicAttributes&quot;,&quot;SNS:SetTopicAttributes&quot;,&quot;SNS:AddPermission&quot;,&quot;SNS:RemovePermission&quot;,&quot;SNS:DeleteTopic&quot;,&quot;SNS:Subscribe&quot;,&quot;SNS:ListSubscriptionsByTopic&quot;,&quot;SNS:Publish&quot;,&quot;SNS:Receive&quot;],&quot;Resource&quot;:&quot;arn:aws:sns:us-east-2:698519295917:test&quot;,&quot;Condition&quot;:{&quot;StringLike&quot;:{&quot;AWS:SourceArn&quot;:&quot;arn:aws:*:*:698519295917:*&quot;}}}]}</value>
            </entry>
            <entry>
                <key>TopicArn</key>
                <value>arn:aws:sns:us-east-2:123456789012:My-Topic</value>
            </entry>
        </Attributes>
    </GetTopicAttributesResult>
    <ResponseMetadata>
        <RequestId>057f074c-33a7-11df-9540-99d0768312d3</RequestId>
    </ResponseMetadata>
</GetTopicAttributesResponse>