# GetCachePolicy
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Gets a cache policy, including the following metadata:
+ The policy's identifier.
+ The date and time when the policy was last modified.

To get a cache policy, you must provide the policy's identifier. If the cache policy is attached to a distribution's cache behavior, you can get the policy's identifier using `ListDistributions` or `GetDistribution`. If the cache policy is not attached to a cache behavior, you can get the identifier using `ListCachePolicies`.

## Request Syntax
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```
GET /2020-05-31/cache-policy/Id HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [Id](#API_GetCachePolicy_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-GetCachePolicy-request-uri-Id"></a>
The unique identifier for the cache policy. If the cache policy is attached to a distribution's cache behavior, you can get the policy's identifier using `ListDistributions` or `GetDistribution`. If the cache policy is not attached to a cache behavior, you can get the identifier using `ListCachePolicies`.  
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CachePolicy>
   <CachePolicyConfig>
      <Comment>string</Comment>
      <DefaultTTL>long</DefaultTTL>
      <MaxTTL>long</MaxTTL>
      <MinTTL>long</MinTTL>
      <Name>string</Name>
      <ParametersInCacheKeyAndForwardedToOrigin>
         <CookiesConfig>
            <CookieBehavior>string</CookieBehavior>
            <Cookies>
               <Items>
                  <Name>string</Name>
               </Items>
               <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            </Cookies>
         </CookiesConfig>
         <EnableAcceptEncodingBrotli>boolean</EnableAcceptEncodingBrotli>
         <EnableAcceptEncodingGzip>boolean</EnableAcceptEncodingGzip>
         <HeadersConfig>
            <HeaderBehavior>string</HeaderBehavior>
            <Headers>
               <Items>
                  <Name>string</Name>
               </Items>
               <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            </Headers>
         </HeadersConfig>
         <QueryStringsConfig>
            <QueryStringBehavior>string</QueryStringBehavior>
            <QueryStrings>
               <Items>
                  <Name>string</Name>
               </Items>
               <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            </QueryStrings>
         </QueryStringsConfig>
      </ParametersInCacheKeyAndForwardedToOrigin>
   </CachePolicyConfig>
   <Id>string</Id>
   <LastModifiedTime>timestamp</LastModifiedTime>
</CachePolicy>
```

## 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 XML format by the service.

 ** [CachePolicy](#API_GetCachePolicy_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-GetCachePolicy-response-CachePolicy"></a>
Root level tag for the CachePolicy parameters.  
Required: Yes

 ** [CachePolicyConfig](#API_GetCachePolicy_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-GetCachePolicy-response-CachePolicyConfig"></a>
The cache policy configuration.  
Type: [CachePolicyConfig](API_CachePolicyConfig.md) object

 ** [Id](#API_GetCachePolicy_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-GetCachePolicy-response-Id"></a>
The unique identifier for the cache policy.  
Type: String

 ** [LastModifiedTime](#API_GetCachePolicy_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-GetCachePolicy-response-LastModifiedTime"></a>
The date and time when the cache policy was last modified.  
Type: Timestamp

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

 ** AccessDenied **   
Access denied.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** NoSuchCachePolicy **   
The cache policy does not exist.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

## 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/cloudfront-2020-05-31/GetCachePolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/cloudfront-2020-05-31/GetCachePolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/cloudfront-2020-05-31/GetCachePolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/cloudfront-2020-05-31/GetCachePolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/cloudfront-2020-05-31/GetCachePolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/cloudfront-2020-05-31/GetCachePolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/cloudfront-2020-05-31/GetCachePolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/cloudfront-2020-05-31/GetCachePolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/cloudfront-2020-05-31/GetCachePolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/cloudfront-2020-05-31/GetCachePolicy)