# SetStackPolicy
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Sets a stack policy for a specified stack.

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

 ** StackName **   
The name or unique stack ID that you want to associate a policy with.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** StackPolicyBody **   
Structure that contains the stack policy body. For more information, see [Prevent updates to stack resources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/protect-stack-resources.html) in the * AWS CloudFormation User Guide*. You can specify either the `StackPolicyBody` or the `StackPolicyURL` parameter, but not both.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 16384.  
Required: No

 ** StackPolicyURL **   
Location of a file that contains the stack policy. The URL must point to a policy (maximum size: 16 KB) located in an Amazon S3 bucket in the same AWS Region as the stack. The location for an Amazon S3 bucket must start with `https://`. URLs from S3 static websites are not supported.  
You can specify either the `StackPolicyBody` or the `StackPolicyURL` parameter, but not both.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 5120.  
Required: No

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

## Examples
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### SetStackPolicy
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This example illustrates one usage of SetStackPolicy.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://cloudformation.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
 ?Action=SetStackPolicy
 &StackName=MyStack
 &StackPolicyBody=[Stack Policy Document]
 &Version=2010-05-15
 &SignatureVersion=2
 &Timestamp=2010-07-27T22%3A26%3A28.000Z
 &AWSAccessKeyId=[AWS Access KeyID]
 &Signature=[Signature]
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<SetStackPolicyResponse xmlns="http://cloudformation.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-15/">
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>e7d8c346-744b-11e5-b40b-example</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</SetStackPolicyResponse>
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/cloudformation-2010-05-15/SetStackPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/cloudformation-2010-05-15/SetStackPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/cloudformation-2010-05-15/SetStackPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/cloudformation-2010-05-15/SetStackPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/cloudformation-2010-05-15/SetStackPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/cloudformation-2010-05-15/SetStackPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/cloudformation-2010-05-15/SetStackPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/cloudformation-2010-05-15/SetStackPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/cloudformation-2010-05-15/SetStackPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/cloudformation-2010-05-15/SetStackPolicy)