# DescribeUploadBuffer
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Returns information about the upload buffer of a gateway. This operation is supported for the stored volume, cached volume, and tape gateway types.

The response includes disk IDs that are configured as upload buffer space, and it includes the amount of upload buffer space allocated and used.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "GatewayARN": "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.

 ** [GatewayARN](#API_DescribeUploadBuffer_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="StorageGateway-DescribeUploadBuffer-request-GatewayARN"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the gateway. Use the [ListGateways](API_ListGateways.md) operation to return a list of gateways for your account and AWS Region.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 50. Maximum length of 500.  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "DiskIds": [ "string" ],
   "GatewayARN": "string",
   "UploadBufferAllocatedInBytes": number,
   "UploadBufferUsedInBytes": number
}
```

## 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.

 ** [DiskIds](#API_DescribeUploadBuffer_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="StorageGateway-DescribeUploadBuffer-response-DiskIds"></a>
An array of the gateway's local disk IDs that are configured as working storage. Each local disk ID is specified as a string (minimum length of 1 and maximum length of 300). If no local disks are configured as working storage, then the DiskIds array is empty.  
Type: Array of strings  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 300.

 ** [GatewayARN](#API_DescribeUploadBuffer_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="StorageGateway-DescribeUploadBuffer-response-GatewayARN"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the gateway. Use the [ListGateways](API_ListGateways.md) operation to return a list of gateways for your account and AWS Region.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 50. Maximum length of 500.

 ** [UploadBufferAllocatedInBytes](#API_DescribeUploadBuffer_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="StorageGateway-DescribeUploadBuffer-response-UploadBufferAllocatedInBytes"></a>
The total number of bytes allocated in the gateway's as upload buffer.  
Type: Long

 ** [UploadBufferUsedInBytes](#API_DescribeUploadBuffer_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="StorageGateway-DescribeUploadBuffer-response-UploadBufferUsedInBytes"></a>
The total number of bytes being used in the gateway's upload buffer.  
Type: Long

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

 ** InternalServerError **   
An internal server error has occurred during the request. For more information, see the error and message fields.    
 ** error **   
A [StorageGatewayError](API_StorageGatewayError.md) that provides more information about the cause of the error.  
 ** message **   
A human-readable message describing the error that occurred.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidGatewayRequestException **   
An exception occurred because an invalid gateway request was issued to the service. For more information, see the error and message fields.    
 ** error **   
A [StorageGatewayError](API_StorageGatewayError.md) that provides more detail about the cause of the error.  
 ** message **   
A human-readable message describing the error that occurred.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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### Example request
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The following example shows a request to obtain a description of a gateway's working storage.

#### Sample Request
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```
POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: storagegateway.us-east-2.amazonaws.com
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE/20120425/us-east-2/storagegateway/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=content-type;host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=9cd5a3584d1d67d57e61f120f35102d6b3649066abdd4bf4bbcf05bd9f2f8fe2
x-amz-date: 20120912T120000Z
x-amz-target: StorageGateway_20130630.DescribeUploadBuffer

{
    "GatewayARN": "arn:aws:storagegateway:us-east-2:111122223333:gateway/sgw-12A3456B"
}
```

#### Sample Response
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```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amzn-RequestId: gur28r2rqlgb8vvs0mq17hlgij1q8glle1qeu3kpgg6f0kstauu0
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:00:02 GMT
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Content-length: 271

{
    "DiskIds": [
        "pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0",
        "pci-0000:04:00.0-scsi-0:1:0:0"
    ],
    "GatewayARN": "arn:aws:storagegateway:us-east-2:111122223333:gateway/sgw-12A3456B",
    "UploadBufferAllocatedInBytes": "161061273600",
    "UploadBufferUsedInBytes": "0"
}
```

## 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/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DescribeUploadBuffer) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DescribeUploadBuffer) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DescribeUploadBuffer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DescribeUploadBuffer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DescribeUploadBuffer) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DescribeUploadBuffer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DescribeUploadBuffer) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DescribeUploadBuffer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DescribeUploadBuffer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/storagegateway-2013-06-30/DescribeUploadBuffer)