DescribeRoleAlias - Amazon IoT
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DescribeRoleAlias

Describes a role alias.

Requires permission to access the DescribeRoleAlias action.

Request Syntax

GET /role-aliases/roleAlias HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

roleAlias

The role alias to describe.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [\w=,@-]+

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "roleAliasDescription": { "creationDate": number, "credentialDurationSeconds": number, "lastModifiedDate": number, "owner": "string", "roleAlias": "string", "roleAliasArn": "string", "roleArn": "string" } }

Response Elements

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

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

roleAliasDescription

The role alias description.

Type: RoleAliasDescription object

Errors

InternalFailureException

An unexpected error has occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

The request is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified resource does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceUnavailableException

The service is temporarily unavailable.

HTTP Status Code: 503

ThrottlingException

The rate exceeds the limit.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnauthorizedException

You are not authorized to perform this operation.

HTTP Status Code: 401

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: