Use GetPolicy with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use GetPolicy with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use GetPolicy.

CLI
AWS CLI

To retrieve the resource-based IAM policy for a function, version, or alias

The following get-policy example displays policy information about the my-function Lambda function.

aws lambda get-policy \ --function-name my-function

Output:

{ "Policy": { "Version":"2012-10-17", "Id":"default", "Statement": [ { "Sid":"iot-events", "Effect":"Allow", "Principal": {"Service":"iotevents.amazonaws.com"}, "Action":"lambda:InvokeFunction", "Resource":"arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:123456789012:function:my-function" } ] }, "RevisionId": "93017fc9-59cb-41dc-901b-4845ce4bf668" }

For more information, see Using Resource-based Policies for AWS Lambda in the AWS Lambda Developer Guide.

  • For API details, see GetPolicy in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This sample displays the Function policy of the Lambda function

Get-LMPolicy -FunctionName test -Select Policy

Output:

{"Version":"2012-10-17","Id":"default","Statement":[{"Sid":"xxxx","Effect":"Allow","Principal":{"Service":"sns.amazonaws.com"},"Action":"lambda:InvokeFunction","Resource":"arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789102:function:test"}]}
  • For API details, see GetPolicy in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.