# Reading a resource with AWS Cloud Control API
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Using a resource's primary identifier, you can call the `get-resource` command to retrieve detailed information about the resource. For information about retrieving a resource's primary identifier, see [Identifying resources with AWS Cloud Control API](resource-identifier.md).

The information returned by `get-resource` includes the resource's schema, which details the current state of the resource, including property values, supported events, and necessary permissions. For more information, see [Viewing resource type schemas](resource-types.md#resource-types-schemas).

The following example returns the current state of an `AWS::Logs::LogGroup` resource named `LogGroupResourceExample`. For `AWS::Logs::LogGroup` resources, the name of a log group is its primary identifier.

```
$ aws cloudcontrol get-resource --type-name AWS::Logs::LogGroup --identifier LogGroupResourceExample
```