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Use GetUserPolicy
with an Amazon SDK or CLI
The following code examples show how to use GetUserPolicy
.
- CLI
-
- Amazon CLI
-
To list policy details for an IAM user
The following get-user-policy
command lists the details of the specified policy that is attached to the IAM user named Bob
.
aws iam get-user-policy \
--user-name Bob \
--policy-name ExamplePolicy
Output:
{
"UserName": "Bob",
"PolicyName": "ExamplePolicy",
"PolicyDocument": {
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Action": "*",
"Resource": "*",
"Effect": "Allow"
}
]
}
}
To get a list of policies for an IAM user, use the list-user-policies
command.
For more information, see Policies and permissions in IAM in the Amazon IAM User Guide.
- PowerShell
-
- Tools for PowerShell
-
Example 1: This example retrieves the details of the inline policy named Davids_IAM_Admin_Policy
that is embedded in the IAM user named David
. The policy document is URL encoded.
$results = Get-IAMUserPolicy -PolicyName Davids_IAM_Admin_Policy -UserName David
$results
Output:
PolicyDocument PolicyName UserName
-------------- ---------- --------
%7B%0A%20%20%22Version%22%3A%20%222012-10-17%22%2C%... Davids_IAM_Admin_Policy David
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Web.HttpUtility")
[System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlDecode($results.PolicyDocument)
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"iam:*"
],
"Resource": [
"*"
]
}
]
}
For a complete list of Amazon SDK developer guides and code examples, see
Using IAM with an Amazon SDK.
This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.