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GetParameterHistory
Query a list of all parameters used by the AWS account.
Request Syntax
{ "MaxResults":number, "Name": "string", "NextToken": "string", "WithDecryption":boolean}
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 items to return for this call. The call also returns a token that you can specify in a subsequent call to get the next set of results.
Type: Integer
Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 50.
Required: No
- Name
-
The name of a parameter you want to query.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.
Required: Yes
- NextToken
-
The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)
Type: String
Required: No
- WithDecryption
-
Return decrypted values for secure string parameters. This flag is ignored for String and StringList parameter types.
Type: Boolean
Required: No
Response Syntax
{ "NextToken": "string", "Parameters": [ { "AllowedPattern": "string", "Description": "string", "KeyId": "string", "Labels": [ "string" ], "LastModifiedDate": number, "LastModifiedUser": "string", "Name": "string", "Policies": [ { "PolicyStatus": "string", "PolicyText": "string", "PolicyType": "string" } ], "Tier": "string", "Type": "string", "Value": "string", "Version": number } ] }
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
-
The token to use when requesting the next set of items. If there are no additional items to return, the string is empty.
Type: String
- Parameters
-
A list of parameters returned by the request.
Type: Array of ParameterHistory objects
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- InternalServerError
-
An error occurred on the server side.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- InvalidKeyId
-
The query key ID is not valid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidNextToken
-
The specified token is not valid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ParameterNotFound
-
The parameter could not be found. Verify the name and try again.
HTTP Status Code: 400
Example
Sample Request
POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: ssm.us-east-2.amazonaws.com Accept-Encoding: identity Content-Length: 29 X-Amz-Target: AmazonSSM.GetParameterHistory X-Amz-Date: 20180316T005206Z User-Agent: aws-cli/1.11.180 Python/2.7.9 Windows/8 botocore/1.7.38 Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE/20180316/us-east-2/ssm/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=content-type;host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=39c3b3042cd2aEXAMPLE { "Name": "EC2TestServerType" }
Sample Response
{ "Parameters": [ { "Description": "Instance type for Test servers", "LastModifiedDate": 1521158745.607, "LastModifiedUser": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/Mateo.Jackson", "Name": "EC2TestServerType", "Policies": [], "Type": "String", "Value": "t2.nano", "Version": 1 }, { "Description": "Instance type for Test servers", "LastModifiedDate": 1521158834.467, "LastModifiedUser": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/Mateo.Jackson", "Name": "EC2TestServerType", "Policies": [], "Type": "String", "Value": "t2.micro", "Version": 2 }, { "Description": "Instance type for Test servers", "LastModifiedDate": 1521158912.828, "LastModifiedUser": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/Jane.Roe", "Name": "EC2TestServerType", "Policies": [], "Type": "String", "Value": "t2.large", "Version": 3 } ] }
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
