# DescribeImport
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 Represents the properties of the import. 

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "ImportArn": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

**Note**  
In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

 ** [ImportArn](#API_DescribeImport_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DDB-DescribeImport-request-ImportArn"></a>
 The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) associated with the table you're importing to.   
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 37. Maximum length of 1024.  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "ImportTableDescription": { 
      "ClientToken": "string",
      "CloudWatchLogGroupArn": "string",
      "EndTime": number,
      "ErrorCount": number,
      "FailureCode": "string",
      "FailureMessage": "string",
      "ImportArn": "string",
      "ImportedItemCount": number,
      "ImportStatus": "string",
      "InputCompressionType": "string",
      "InputFormat": "string",
      "InputFormatOptions": { 
         "Csv": { 
            "Delimiter": "string",
            "HeaderList": [ "string" ]
         }
      },
      "ProcessedItemCount": number,
      "ProcessedSizeBytes": number,
      "S3BucketSource": { 
         "S3Bucket": "string",
         "S3BucketOwner": "string",
         "S3KeyPrefix": "string"
      },
      "StartTime": number,
      "TableArn": "string",
      "TableCreationParameters": { 
         "AttributeDefinitions": [ 
            { 
               "AttributeName": "string",
               "AttributeType": "string"
            }
         ],
         "BillingMode": "string",
         "GlobalSecondaryIndexes": [ 
            { 
               "IndexName": "string",
               "KeySchema": [ 
                  { 
                     "AttributeName": "string",
                     "KeyType": "string"
                  }
               ],
               "OnDemandThroughput": { 
                  "MaxReadRequestUnits": number,
                  "MaxWriteRequestUnits": number
               },
               "Projection": { 
                  "NonKeyAttributes": [ "string" ],
                  "ProjectionType": "string"
               },
               "ProvisionedThroughput": { 
                  "ReadCapacityUnits": number,
                  "WriteCapacityUnits": number
               },
               "WarmThroughput": { 
                  "ReadUnitsPerSecond": number,
                  "WriteUnitsPerSecond": number
               }
            }
         ],
         "KeySchema": [ 
            { 
               "AttributeName": "string",
               "KeyType": "string"
            }
         ],
         "OnDemandThroughput": { 
            "MaxReadRequestUnits": number,
            "MaxWriteRequestUnits": number
         },
         "ProvisionedThroughput": { 
            "ReadCapacityUnits": number,
            "WriteCapacityUnits": number
         },
         "SSESpecification": { 
            "Enabled": boolean,
            "KMSMasterKeyId": "string",
            "SSEType": "string"
         },
         "TableName": "string"
      },
      "TableId": "string"
   }
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [ImportTableDescription](#API_DescribeImport_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="DDB-DescribeImport-response-ImportTableDescription"></a>
 Represents the properties of the table created for the import, and parameters of the import. The import parameters include import status, how many items were processed, and how many errors were encountered.   
Type: [ImportTableDescription](API_ImportTableDescription.md) object

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** ImportNotFoundException **   
 The specified import was not found.   
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following:
+  [Amazon Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/cli2/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeImport) 
+  [Amazon SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/DotNetSDKV4/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeImport) 
+  [Amazon SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForCpp/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeImport) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Go v2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForGoV2/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeImport) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Java V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaV2/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeImport) 
+  [Amazon SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeImport) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForKotlin/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeImport) 
+  [Amazon SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForPHPV3/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeImport) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Python](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/boto3/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeImport) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForRubyV3/dynamodb-2012-08-10/DescribeImport)