Request Syntax URI Request Parameters Request Body Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

GetAlternateContact

Retrieves the specified alternate contact attached to an AWS account.

For complete details about how to use the alternate contact operations, see Access or updating the alternate contacts.

Note

Before you can update the alternate contact information for an AWS account that is managed by AWS Organizations, you must first enable integration between AWS Account Management and Organizations. For more information, see Enabling trusted access for AWS Account Management.

Request Syntax


POST /getAlternateContact HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "AccountId": "string",
   "AlternateContactType": "string"
}

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

AccountId

Specifies the 12 digit account ID number of the AWS account that you want to access or modify with this operation.

If you do not specify this parameter, it defaults to the AWS account of the identity used to call the operation.

To use this parameter, the caller must be an identity in the organization's management account or a delegated administrator account, and the specified account ID must be a member account in the same organization. The organization must have all features enabled, and the organization must have trusted access enabled for the Account Management service, and optionally a delegated admin account assigned.

Note

The management account can't specify its own AccountId; it must call the operation in standalone context by not including the AccountId parameter.

To call this operation on an account that is not a member of an organization, then don't specify this parameter, and call the operation using an identity belonging to the account whose contacts you wish to retrieve or modify.

Type: String

Pattern: ^\d{12}$

Required: No

AlternateContactType

Specifies which alternate contact you want to retrieve.

Type: String

Valid Values: BILLING | OPERATIONS | SECURITY

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "AlternateContact": { 
      "AlternateContactType": "string",
      "EmailAddress": "string",
      "Name": "string",
      "PhoneNumber": "string",
      "Title": "string"
   }
}

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.

AlternateContact

A structure that contains the details for the specified alternate contact.

Type: AlternateContact object

Errors

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

AccessDeniedException

The operation failed because the calling identity doesn't have the minimum required permissions.

HTTP Status Code: 403

InternalServerException

The operation failed because of an error internal to AWS. Try your operation again later.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

The operation failed because it specified a resource that can't be found.

HTTP Status Code: 404

TooManyRequestsException

The operation failed because it was called too frequently and exceeded a throttle limit.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

The operation failed because one of the input parameters was invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example 1

The following example retrieves the security alternate contact for the account whose credentials are used to call the operation.

Sample Request


POST / HTTP/1.1
X-Amz-Target: AWSAccountV20210201.GetAlternateContact

{ "AlternateContactType": "SECURITY" }

Sample Response


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json{
   "AlternateContact": {
        "Name": "Anika",
        "Title": "COO",
        "EmailAddress": "anika@example.com",
        "PhoneNumber": "206-555-0198"
        "AlternateContactType": "Security"
    }   
}

Example 2

The following example retrieves the operations alternate contact for the specified member account in an organization. You must use credentials from either the organization's management account or from the Account Management service's delegated admin account.

Sample Request


POST / HTTP/1.1
X-Amz-Target: AWSAccountV20210201.GetAlternateContact

{ "AccountId": "123456789012", "AlternateContactType": "Operations" }

Sample Response


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json{
   "AlternateContact": {
        "Name": "Anika",
        "Title": "COO",
        "EmailAddress": "anika@example.com",
        "PhoneNumber": "206-555-0198"
        "AlternateContactType": "Operations"
    }   
}