# DescribeTemplateAlias
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Describes the template alias for a template.

## Request Syntax
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```
GET /accounts/AwsAccountId/templates/TemplateId/aliases/AliasName HTTP/1.1
```

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

 ** [AliasName](#API_DescribeTemplateAlias_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="QS-DescribeTemplateAlias-request-uri-AliasName"></a>
The name of the template alias that you want to describe. If you name a specific alias, you describe the version that the alias points to. You can specify the latest version of the template by providing the keyword `$LATEST` in the `AliasName` parameter. The keyword `$PUBLISHED` doesn't apply to templates.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.  
Pattern: `[\w\-]+|(\$LATEST)|(\$PUBLISHED)`   
Required: Yes

 ** [AwsAccountId](#API_DescribeTemplateAlias_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="QS-DescribeTemplateAlias-request-uri-AwsAccountId"></a>
The ID of the Amazon account that contains the template alias that you're describing.  
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 12.  
Pattern: `^[0-9]{12}$`   
Required: Yes

 ** [TemplateId](#API_DescribeTemplateAlias_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="QS-DescribeTemplateAlias-request-uri-TemplateId"></a>
The ID for the template.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 512.  
Pattern: `[\w\-]+`   
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 Status
Content-type: application/json

{
   "RequestId": "string",
   "TemplateAlias": { 
      "AliasName": "string",
      "Arn": "string",
      "TemplateVersionNumber": number
   }
}
```

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

 ** [Status](#API_DescribeTemplateAlias_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="QS-DescribeTemplateAlias-response-Status"></a>
The HTTP status of the request.

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

 ** [RequestId](#API_DescribeTemplateAlias_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="QS-DescribeTemplateAlias-response-RequestId"></a>
The Amazon request ID for this operation.  
Type: String

 ** [TemplateAlias](#API_DescribeTemplateAlias_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="QS-DescribeTemplateAlias-response-TemplateAlias"></a>
Information about the template alias.  
Type: [TemplateAlias](API_TemplateAlias.md) object

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

 ** InternalFailureException **   
An internal failure occurred.    
 ** RequestId **   
The Amazon request ID for this request.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
One or more resources can't be found.    
 ** RequestId **   
The Amazon request ID for this request.  
 ** ResourceType **   
The resource type for this request.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottlingException **   
Access is throttled.    
 ** RequestId **   
The Amazon request ID for this request.
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** UnsupportedUserEditionException **   
This error indicates that you are calling an operation on an Amazon Quick Suite subscription where the edition doesn't include support for that operation. Amazon Quick Suite currently has Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. Not every operation and capability is available in every edition.    
 ** RequestId **   
The Amazon request ID for this request.
HTTP Status Code: 403

## 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/quicksight-2018-04-01/DescribeTemplateAlias) 
+  [Amazon SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/DotNetSDKV4/quicksight-2018-04-01/DescribeTemplateAlias) 
+  [Amazon SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForCpp/quicksight-2018-04-01/DescribeTemplateAlias) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Go v2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForGoV2/quicksight-2018-04-01/DescribeTemplateAlias) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Java V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaV2/quicksight-2018-04-01/DescribeTemplateAlias) 
+  [Amazon SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/quicksight-2018-04-01/DescribeTemplateAlias) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForKotlin/quicksight-2018-04-01/DescribeTemplateAlias) 
+  [Amazon SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForPHPV3/quicksight-2018-04-01/DescribeTemplateAlias) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Python](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/boto3/quicksight-2018-04-01/DescribeTemplateAlias) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForRubyV3/quicksight-2018-04-01/DescribeTemplateAlias)