# GetApprovalRuleTemplate
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Returns information about a specified approval rule template.

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

## Request Parameters
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For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [approvalRuleTemplateName](#API_GetApprovalRuleTemplate_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="CodeCommit-GetApprovalRuleTemplate-request-approvalRuleTemplateName"></a>
The name of the approval rule template for which you want to get information.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "approvalRuleTemplate": { 
      "approvalRuleTemplateContent": "string",
      "approvalRuleTemplateDescription": "string",
      "approvalRuleTemplateId": "string",
      "approvalRuleTemplateName": "string",
      "creationDate": number,
      "lastModifiedDate": number,
      "lastModifiedUser": "string",
      "ruleContentSha256": "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.

 ** [approvalRuleTemplate](#API_GetApprovalRuleTemplate_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="CodeCommit-GetApprovalRuleTemplate-response-approvalRuleTemplate"></a>
The content and structure of the approval rule template.  
Type: [ApprovalRuleTemplate](API_ApprovalRuleTemplate.md) object

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

 ** ApprovalRuleTemplateDoesNotExistException **   
The specified approval rule template does not exist. Verify that the name is correct and that you are signed in to the Amazon Web Services Region where the template was created, and then try again.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ApprovalRuleTemplateNameRequiredException **   
An approval rule template name is required, but was not specified.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidApprovalRuleTemplateNameException **   
The name of the approval rule template is not valid. Template names must be between 1 and 100 valid characters in length. For more information about limits in Amazon CodeCommit, see [Quotas](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/codecommit/latest/userguide/limits.html) in the * Amazon CodeCommit User Guide*.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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### Example
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This example illustrates one usage of GetApprovalRuleTemplate.

#### Sample Request
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```
POST / HTTP/1.1
    Host: codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
    Accept-Encoding: identity
    Content-Length: 124
    X-Amz-Target: CodeCommit_20150413.GetApprovalRuleTemplate
    X-Amz-Date: 20191021T223055Z
    User-Agent: aws-cli/1.15.9 Python/2.7.11 Darwin/16.7.0 botocore/1.10.9
    Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
    Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAEXAMPLE/20180914/us-east-1/codecommit/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=content-type;host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature==8d9b5998EXAMPLE
{
   "approvalRuleTemplateName": "1-approver-rule-for-all-pull-requests"
}
```

#### Sample Response
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```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    x-amzn-RequestId: d8ad1d21-EXAMPLE
    Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
    Content-Length: 2267
    Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 22:30:56 GMT
    Connection: keep-alive
     
{
    "approvalRuleTemplate": {
        "approvalRuleTemplateContent": "{\"Version\": \"2018-11-08\",\"DestinationReferences\": [\"refs/heads/main\"],\"Statements\": [{\"Type\": \"Approvers\",\"NumberOfApprovalsNeeded\": 2,\"ApprovalPoolMembers\": [\"arn:aws:sts::123456789012:assumed-role/CodeCommitReview/*\"]}]}",
        "ruleContentSha256": "621181bbEXAMPLE",
        "lastModifiedDate": 1571356106.936,
        "creationDate": 1571356106.936,
        "approvalRuleTemplateName": "1-approver-rule-for-all-pull-requests",
        "lastModifiedUser": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Li_Juan",
        "approvalRuleTemplateId": "a29abb15-EXAMPLE",
        "approvalRuleTemplateDescription": "All pull requests must be approved by one developer on the team."
    }
}
```

## 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/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetApprovalRuleTemplate) 
+  [Amazon SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/DotNetSDKV4/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetApprovalRuleTemplate) 
+  [Amazon SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForCpp/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetApprovalRuleTemplate) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Go v2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForGoV2/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetApprovalRuleTemplate) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Java V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaV2/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetApprovalRuleTemplate) 
+  [Amazon SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetApprovalRuleTemplate) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForKotlin/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetApprovalRuleTemplate) 
+  [Amazon SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForPHPV3/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetApprovalRuleTemplate) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Python](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/boto3/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetApprovalRuleTemplate) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForRubyV3/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetApprovalRuleTemplate)