# GetCommit
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Returns information about a commit, including commit message and committer information.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "commitId": "string",
   "repositoryName": "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.

 ** [commitId](#API_GetCommit_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="CodeCommit-GetCommit-request-commitId"></a>
The commit ID. Commit IDs are the full SHA ID of the commit.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** [repositoryName](#API_GetCommit_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="CodeCommit-GetCommit-request-repositoryName"></a>
The name of the repository to which the commit was made.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `[\w\.-]+`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "commit": { 
      "additionalData": "string",
      "author": { 
         "date": "string",
         "email": "string",
         "name": "string"
      },
      "commitId": "string",
      "committer": { 
         "date": "string",
         "email": "string",
         "name": "string"
      },
      "message": "string",
      "parents": [ "string" ],
      "treeId": "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.

 ** [commit](#API_GetCommit_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="CodeCommit-GetCommit-response-commit"></a>
A commit data type object that contains information about the specified commit.  
Type: [Commit](API_Commit.md) object

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

 ** CommitIdDoesNotExistException **   
The specified commit ID does not exist.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** CommitIdRequiredException **   
A commit ID was not specified.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** EncryptionIntegrityChecksFailedException **   
An encryption integrity check failed.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** EncryptionKeyAccessDeniedException **   
An encryption key could not be accessed.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** EncryptionKeyDisabledException **   
The encryption key is disabled.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** EncryptionKeyNotFoundException **   
No encryption key was found.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** EncryptionKeyUnavailableException **   
The encryption key is not available.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidCommitIdException **   
The specified commit ID is not valid.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidRepositoryNameException **   
A specified repository name is not valid.  
This exception occurs only when a specified repository name is not valid. Other exceptions occur when a required repository parameter is missing, or when a specified repository does not exist.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** RepositoryDoesNotExistException **   
The specified repository does not exist.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** RepositoryNameRequiredException **   
A repository name is required, but was not specified.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

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

#### Sample Request
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```
POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Accept-Encoding: identity
Content-Length: 57
X-Amz-Target: CodeCommit_20150413.GetCommit
X-Amz-Date: 20170111T224311Z
User-Agent: aws-cli/1.11.187 Python/2.7.9 Windows/7
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAI44QH8DHBEXAMPLE/20151028/us-east-1/codecommit/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=8d9b5998EXAMPLE

{
  "repositoryName": "MyDemoRepo", 
  "commitId": "12345678EXAMPLE"
}
```

#### Sample Response
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```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amzn-RequestId: 0728aaa8-EXAMPLE
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Content-Length: 720
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 22:43:13 GMT

{
    "commit": {
        "commitId": "12345678EXAMPLE",
        "additionalData": "",
        "committer": {
            "date": "1484167798 -0800",
            "name": "Mary Major",
            "email": "mary_major@example.com"
        },
        "author": {
            "date": "1484167798 -0800",
            "name": "Mary Major",
            "email": "mary_major@example.com"
        },
        "treeId": "347a3408EXAMPLE",
        "parents": [
            "7aa87a0EXAMPLE"
        ],
        "message": "Fix incorrect variable name\n"
    }
}
```

## 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/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetCommit) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetCommit) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetCommit) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetCommit) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetCommit) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetCommit) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetCommit) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetCommit) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetCommit) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/codecommit-2015-04-13/GetCommit)