Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

GetDevice

Given a device key, returns information about a remembered device for the current user. For more information about device authentication, see Working with user devices in your user pool.

Authorize this action with a signed-in user's access token. It must include the scope aws.cognito.signin.user.admin.

Note

Amazon Cognito doesn't evaluate AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies in requests for this API operation. For this operation, you can't use IAM credentials to authorize requests, and you can't grant IAM permissions in policies. For more information about authorization models in Amazon Cognito, see Using the Amazon Cognito user pools API and user pool endpoints.

Request Syntax


{
   "AccessToken": "string",
   "DeviceKey": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

AccessToken

A valid access token that Amazon Cognito issued to the user whose device information you want to request.

Type: String

Pattern: [A-Za-z0-9-_=.]+

Required: No

DeviceKey

The key of the device that you want to get information about. You can get device IDs in the response to a ListDevices request.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 55.

Pattern: [\w-]+_[0-9a-f-]+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "Device": { 
      "DeviceAttributes": [ 
         { 
            "Name": "string",
            "Value": "string"
         }
      ],
      "DeviceCreateDate": number,
      "DeviceKey": "string",
      "DeviceLastAuthenticatedDate": number,
      "DeviceLastModifiedDate": number
   }
}

Response Elements

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

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

Device

Details of the requested device. Includes device information, last-accessed and created dates, and the device key.

Type: DeviceType object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

ForbiddenException

This exception is thrown when AWS WAF doesn't allow your request based on a web ACL that's associated with your user pool.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalErrorException

This exception is thrown when Amazon Cognito encounters an internal error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidParameterException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service encounters an invalid parameter.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidUserPoolConfigurationException

This exception is thrown when the user pool configuration is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotAuthorizedException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't authorized.

HTTP Status Code: 400

PasswordResetRequiredException

This exception is thrown when a password reset is required.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service can't find the requested resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyRequestsException

This exception is thrown when the user has made too many requests for a given operation.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UserNotConfirmedException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't confirmed successfully.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UserNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't found.

HTTP Status Code: 400