Use ListPolicies with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use ListPolicies with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use ListPolicies.

.NET
AWS SDK for .NET
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using System; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Amazon.Organizations; using Amazon.Organizations.Model; /// <summary> /// Shows how to list the AWS Organizations policies associated with an /// organization. /// </summary> public class ListPolicies { /// <summary> /// Initializes an Organizations client object, and then calls its /// ListPoliciesAsync method. /// </summary> public static async Task Main() { // Create the client object using the default account. IAmazonOrganizations client = new AmazonOrganizationsClient(); // The value for the Filter parameter is required and must must be // one of the following: // AISERVICES_OPT_OUT_POLICY // BACKUP_POLICY // SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY // TAG_POLICY var request = new ListPoliciesRequest { Filter = "SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY", MaxResults = 5, }; var response = new ListPoliciesResponse(); try { do { response = await client.ListPoliciesAsync(request); response.Policies.ForEach(p => DisplayPolicies(p)); if (response.NextToken is not null) { request.NextToken = response.NextToken; } } while (response.NextToken is not null); } catch (AWSOrganizationsNotInUseException ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } } /// <summary> /// Displays information about the Organizations policies associated /// with an organization. /// </summary> /// <param name="policy">An Organizations policy summary to display /// information on the console.</param> private static void DisplayPolicies(PolicySummary policy) { string policyInfo = $"{policy.Id} {policy.Name}\t{policy.Description}"; Console.WriteLine(policyInfo); } }
  • For API details, see ListPolicies in AWS SDK for .NET API Reference.

CLI
AWS CLI

To retrieve a list of all policies in an organization of a certain type

The following example shows you how to get a list of SCPs, as specified by the filter parameter:

aws organizations list-policies --filter SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY

The output includes a list of policies with summary information:

{ "Policies": [ { "Type": "SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY", "Name": "AllowAllS3Actions", "AwsManaged": false, "Id": "p-examplepolicyid111", "Arn": "arn:aws:organizations::111111111111:policy/service_control_policy/p-examplepolicyid111", "Description": "Enables account admins to delegate permissions for any S3 actions to users and roles in their accounts." }, { "Type": "SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY", "Name": "AllowAllEC2Actions", "AwsManaged": false, "Id": "p-examplepolicyid222", "Arn": "arn:aws:organizations::111111111111:policy/service_control_policy/p-examplepolicyid222", "Description": "Enables account admins to delegate permissions for any EC2 actions to users and roles in their accounts." }, { "AwsManaged": true, "Description": "Allows access to every operation", "Type": "SERVICE_CONTROL_POLICY", "Id": "p-FullAWSAccess", "Arn": "arn:aws:organizations::aws:policy/service_control_policy/p-FullAWSAccess", "Name": "FullAWSAccess" } ] }
  • For API details, see ListPolicies in AWS CLI Command Reference.

Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

def list_policies(policy_filter, orgs_client): """ Lists the policies for the account, limited to the specified filter. :param policy_filter: The kind of policies to return. :param orgs_client: The Boto3 Organizations client. :return: The list of policies found. """ try: response = orgs_client.list_policies(Filter=policy_filter) policies = response["Policies"] logger.info("Found %s %s policies.", len(policies), policy_filter) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't get %s policies.", policy_filter) raise else: return policies
  • For API details, see ListPolicies in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.