Use GetGroup with an Amazon SDK or command line tool - Amazon Identity and Access Management
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Use GetGroup with an Amazon SDK or command line tool

The following code examples show how to use GetGroup.

CLI
Amazon CLI

To get an IAM group

This example returns details about the IAM group Admins.

aws iam get-group \ --group-name Admins

Output:

{ "Group": { "Path": "/", "CreateDate": "2015-06-16T19:41:48Z", "GroupId": "AIDGPMS9RO4H3FEXAMPLE", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:group/Admins", "GroupName": "Admins" }, "Users": [] }

For more information, see IAM Identities (users, user groups, and roles) in the Amazon IAM User Guide.

  • For API details, see GetGroup in Amazon CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example returns details about the IAM group Testers, including a collection of all the IAM users that belong to the group.

$results = Get-IAMGroup -GroupName "Testers" $results

Output:

Group IsTruncated Marker Users ----- ----------- ------ ----- Amazon.IdentityManagement.Model.Group False {Theresa, David}
$results.Group

Output:

Arn : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:group/Testers CreateDate : 12/10/2014 3:39:11 PM GroupId : 3RHNZZGQJ7QHMAEXAMPLE1 GroupName : Testers Path : /
$results.Users

Output:

Arn : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Theresa CreateDate : 12/10/2014 3:39:27 PM PasswordLastUsed : 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM Path : / UserId : 4OSVDDJJTF4XEEXAMPLE2 UserName : Theresa Arn : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/David CreateDate : 12/10/2014 3:39:27 PM PasswordLastUsed : 3/19/2015 8:44:04 AM Path : / UserId : Y4FKWQCXTA52QEXAMPLE3 UserName : David
  • For API details, see GetGroup in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

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.