# GetInvestigation
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This API is currently available as a preview. This feature is available in the following Amazon Regions: US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Ireland), Europe (London), Europe (Paris), Europe (Stockholm), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo).

Retrieves the results and status of a specific GuardDuty investigation.

An administrator account can retrieve any investigation within the organization. Member accounts can only retrieve investigations that belong to them.

## Request Syntax
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```
GET /detector/{{DetectorId}}/investigation/{{InvestigationId}} HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [DetectorId](#API_GetInvestigation_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="guardduty-GetInvestigation-request-uri-DetectorId"></a>
The unique ID of the GuardDuty detector associated with the investigation.  
To find the `detectorId` in the current Region, see the Settings page in the GuardDuty console, or run the [ListDetectors](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/guardduty/latest/APIReference/API_ListDetectors.html) API.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 300.  
Required: Yes

 ** [InvestigationId](#API_GetInvestigation_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="guardduty-GetInvestigation-request-uri-InvestigationId"></a>
The unique identifier of the investigation to retrieve.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
Pattern: `[a-fA-F0-9\-]+`   
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "investigation": { 
      "cloud": { 
         "account": "string",
         "provider": "string",
         "region": "string"
      },
      "confidence": "string",
      "endTime": number,
      "error": "string",
      "investigationId": "string",
      "metadata": { 
         "product": { 
            "feature": "string",
            "name": "string"
         },
         "version": "string"
      },
      "risk": "string",
      "riskLevel": "string",
      "startTime": number,
      "status": "string",
      "summary": "string",
      "triggeredBy": "string",
      "triggerPrompt": "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.

 ** [investigation](#API_GetInvestigation_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="guardduty-GetInvestigation-response-investigation"></a>
The details and results of the requested investigation.  
Type: [Investigation](API_Investigation.md) object

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

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
An access denied exception object.    
 ** Message **   
The error message.  
 ** Type **   
The error type.
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** BadRequestException **   
A bad request exception object.    
 ** Message **   
The error message.  
 ** Type **   
The error type.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InternalServerErrorException **   
An internal server error exception object.    
 ** Message **   
The error message.  
 ** Type **   
The error type.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The requested resource can't be found.    
 ** Message **   
The error message.  
 ** Type **   
The error type.
HTTP Status Code: 404

## 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/guardduty-2017-11-28/GetInvestigation) 
+  [Amazon SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/DotNetSDKV4/guardduty-2017-11-28/GetInvestigation) 
+  [Amazon SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForCpp/guardduty-2017-11-28/GetInvestigation) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Go v2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForGoV2/guardduty-2017-11-28/GetInvestigation) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Java V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaV2/guardduty-2017-11-28/GetInvestigation) 
+  [Amazon SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/guardduty-2017-11-28/GetInvestigation) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForKotlin/guardduty-2017-11-28/GetInvestigation) 
+  [Amazon SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForPHPV3/guardduty-2017-11-28/GetInvestigation) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Python](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/boto3/guardduty-2017-11-28/GetInvestigation) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForRubyV3/guardduty-2017-11-28/GetInvestigation)