Use DescribeComponent with an AWS SDK or CLI

To describe a component version

The following describe-component example describes a Hello World component.

aws greengrassv2 describe-component \
    --arn arn:aws:greengrass:us-west-2:123456789012:components:com.example.HelloWorld:versions:1.0.0

Output:

{
    "arn": "arn:aws:greengrass:us-west-2:123456789012:components:com.example.HelloWorld:versions:1.0.0",
    "componentName": "com.example.HelloWorld",
    "componentVersion": "1.0.0",
    "creationTimestamp": "2021-01-07T17:12:11.133000-08:00",
    "publisher": "Amazon",
    "description": "My first AWS IoT Greengrass component.",
    "status": {
        "componentState": "DEPLOYABLE",
        "message": "NONE",
        "errors": {}
    },
    "platforms": [
        {
            "attributes": {
                "os": "linux"
            }
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Manage components in the AWS IoT Greengrass V2 Developer Guide.

    def describe_component(self, component_version_arn: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
        """
        Retrieves metadata for a specific component version.

        :param component_version_arn: The ARN of the specific component version.
        :return: A dictionary containing the component metadata.
        """
        try:
            response = self.client.describe_component(arn=component_version_arn)
            logger.info(
                "Described component %s version %s.",
                response.get("componentName"),
                response.get("componentVersion"),
            )
            return response
        except ClientError as err:
            if err.response["Error"]["Code"] == "ResourceNotFoundException":
                logger.error(
                    "Component version not found. Verify the component version ARN is correct. %s",
                    err.response["Error"]["Message"],
                )
            raise