# GetCredentialReport
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 Retrieves a credential report for the AWS account. For more information about the credential report, see [Getting credential reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/credential-reports.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.

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

 ** Content **   
Contains the credential report. The report is Base64-encoded.  
Type: Base64-encoded binary data object

 ** GeneratedTime **   
 The date and time when the credential report was created, in [ISO 8601 date-time format](http://www.iso.org/iso/iso8601).  
Type: Timestamp

 ** ReportFormat **   
The format (MIME type) of the credential report.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `text/csv` 

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

 ** ReportExpired **   
The request was rejected because the most recent credential report has expired. To generate a new credential report, use [GenerateCredentialReport](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_GenerateCredentialReport.html). For more information about credential report expiration, see [Getting credential reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/credential-reports.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.  
HTTP Status Code: 410

 ** ReportInProgress **   
The request was rejected because the credential report is still being generated.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ReportNotPresent **   
The request was rejected because the credential report does not exist. To generate a credential report, use [GenerateCredentialReport](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_GenerateCredentialReport.html).  
HTTP Status Code: 410

 ** ServiceFailure **   
The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

## Examples
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### Example
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This example illustrates one usage of GetCredentialReport.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://iam.amazonaws.com/?Action=GetCredentialReport
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMS
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<GetCredentialReportResponse xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
<GetCredentialReportResult>
  <Content>BASE-64 ENCODED FILE CONTENTS</Content>
  <ReportFormat>text/csv</ReportFormat>
  <GeneratedTime>2014-08-28T21:42:50Z</GeneratedTime>
</GetCredentialReportResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
  <RequestId>29f47818-99f5-11e1-a4c3-27EXAMPLE804</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</GetCredentialReportResponse>
```

## 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/iam-2010-05-08/GetCredentialReport) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/iam-2010-05-08/GetCredentialReport) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iam-2010-05-08/GetCredentialReport) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/iam-2010-05-08/GetCredentialReport) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iam-2010-05-08/GetCredentialReport) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/iam-2010-05-08/GetCredentialReport) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/iam-2010-05-08/GetCredentialReport) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/iam-2010-05-08/GetCredentialReport) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/iam-2010-05-08/GetCredentialReport) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iam-2010-05-08/GetCredentialReport)