# DescribeSnapshotAttribute
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Describes the specified attribute of the specified snapshot. You can specify only one attribute at a time.

For more information about EBS snapshots, see [Amazon EBS snapshots](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ebs/latest/userguide/ebs-snapshots.html) in the *Amazon EBS User Guide*.

## Request Parameters
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The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Query Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 **Attribute**   
The snapshot attribute you would like to view.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `productCodes | createVolumePermission`   
Required: Yes

 **DryRun**   
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is `DryRunOperation`. Otherwise, it is `UnauthorizedOperation`.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 **SnapshotId**   
The ID of the EBS snapshot.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

## Response Elements
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The following elements are returned by the service.

 **createVolumePermission**   
The users and groups that have the permissions for creating volumes from the snapshot.  
Type: Array of [CreateVolumePermission](API_CreateVolumePermission.md) objects

 **productCodes**   
The product codes.  
Type: Array of [ProductCode](API_ProductCode.md) objects

 **requestId**   
The ID of the request.  
Type: String

 **snapshotId**   
The ID of the EBS snapshot.  
Type: String

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common client error codes](errors-overview.md#CommonErrors).

## Examples
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### Example
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This example describes the create volume permissions for the specified snapshot.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=DescribeSnapshotAttribute
&SnapshotId=snap-1234567890abcdef0
&Attribute=createVolumePermission
&AUTHPARAMS
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<DescribeSnapshotAttributeResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
   <requestId>59dbff89-35bd-4eac-99ed-be587EXAMPLE</requestId> 
   <snapshotId>snap-1234567890abcdef0</snapshotId>
   <createVolumePermission>
      <item>
         <group>all</group>
      </item>
   </createVolumePermission>
</DescribeSnapshotAttributeResponse>
```

## 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/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeSnapshotAttribute) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeSnapshotAttribute) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeSnapshotAttribute) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeSnapshotAttribute) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeSnapshotAttribute) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeSnapshotAttribute) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeSnapshotAttribute) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeSnapshotAttribute) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeSnapshotAttribute) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeSnapshotAttribute)