# DescribeApplication
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Describes the application.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "AccountId": "string",
   "ResourceGroupName": "string"
}
```

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

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [AccountId](#API_DescribeApplication_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="appinsights-DescribeApplication-request-AccountId"></a>
The AWS account ID for the resource group owner.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 12.  
Pattern: `^\d{12}$`   
Required: No

 ** [ResourceGroupName](#API_DescribeApplication_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="appinsights-DescribeApplication-request-ResourceGroupName"></a>
The name of the resource group.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_]*`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "ApplicationInfo": { 
      "AccountId": "string",
      "AttachMissingPermission": boolean,
      "AutoConfigEnabled": boolean,
      "CWEMonitorEnabled": boolean,
      "DiscoveryType": "string",
      "LifeCycle": "string",
      "OpsCenterEnabled": boolean,
      "OpsItemSNSTopicArn": "string",
      "Remarks": "string",
      "ResourceGroupName": "string",
      "SNSNotificationArn": "string"
   }
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [ApplicationInfo](#API_DescribeApplication_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="appinsights-DescribeApplication-response-ApplicationInfo"></a>
Information about the application.  
Type: [ApplicationInfo](API_ApplicationInfo.md) object

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

 ** InternalServerException **   
The server encountered an internal error and is unable to complete the request.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The resource does not exist in the customer account.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ValidationException **   
The parameter is not valid.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## 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/application-insights-2018-11-25/DescribeApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/application-insights-2018-11-25/DescribeApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/application-insights-2018-11-25/DescribeApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/application-insights-2018-11-25/DescribeApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/application-insights-2018-11-25/DescribeApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/application-insights-2018-11-25/DescribeApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/application-insights-2018-11-25/DescribeApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/application-insights-2018-11-25/DescribeApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/application-insights-2018-11-25/DescribeApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/application-insights-2018-11-25/DescribeApplication)