Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

GetParameter

Get information about a single parameter by specifying the parameter name.

Note

To get information about more than one parameter at a time, use the GetParameters operation.

Request Syntax


{
   "Name": "string",
   "WithDecryption": boolean
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Name

The name or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the parameter that you want to query. For parameters shared with you from another account, you must use the full ARN.

To query by parameter label, use "Name": "name:label". To query by parameter version, use "Name": "name:version".

For more information about shared parameters, see Working with shared parameters in the Amazon Systems Manager User Guide.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.

Required: Yes

WithDecryption

Return decrypted values for secure string parameters. This flag is ignored for String and StringList parameter types.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "Parameter": { 
      "ARN": "string",
      "DataType": "string",
      "LastModifiedDate": number,
      "Name": "string",
      "Selector": "string",
      "SourceResult": "string",
      "Type": "string",
      "Value": "string",
      "Version": number
   }
}

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.

Parameter

Information about a parameter.

Type: Parameter object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InternalServerError

An error occurred on the server side.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidKeyId

The query key ID isn't valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ParameterNotFound

The parameter couldn't be found. Verify the name and try again.

Note

For the DeleteParameter and GetParameter actions, if the specified parameter doesn't exist, the ParameterNotFound exception is not recorded in Amazon CloudTrail event logs.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ParameterVersionNotFound

The specified parameter version wasn't found. Verify the parameter name and version, and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of GetParameter.

Sample Request


POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: ssm.us-east-2.amazonaws.com
Accept-Encoding: identity
Content-Length: 29
X-Amz-Target: AmazonSSM.GetParameter
X-Amz-Date: 20240316T005724Z
User-Agent: aws-cli/1.11.180 Python/2.7.9 Windows/8 botocore/1.7.38
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE/20240316/us-east-2/ssm/aws4_request,
SignedHeaders=content-type;host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=39c3b3042cd2aEXAMPLE

{
    "Name": "MyGitHubPassword"
}

Sample Response


{
    "Parameter": {
        "ARN": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-2:111122223333:parameter/MyGitHubPassword",
        "DataType": "text",
        "LastModifiedDate": 1582657288.8,
        "Name": "MyGitHubPassword",
        "Type": "SecureString",
        "Value": "AYA39c3b3042cd2aEXAMPLE/AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE/fh983hg9awEXAMPLE==",
        "Version": 3
    }
}