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DescribeUserPool - Amazon Cognito User Pools

DescribeUserPool

Given a user pool ID, returns configuration information. This operation is useful when you want to inspect an existing user pool and programmatically replicate the configuration to another user pool.

Note

Amazon Cognito evaluates AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies in requests for this API operation. For this operation, you must use IAM credentials to authorize requests, and you must grant yourself the corresponding IAM permission in a policy.

Request Syntax

{ "UserPoolId": "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.

UserPoolId

The ID of the user pool you want to describe.

Type: String

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

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

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "UserPool": { "AccountRecoverySetting": { "RecoveryMechanisms": [ { "Name": "string", "Priority": number } ] }, "AdminCreateUserConfig": { "AllowAdminCreateUserOnly": boolean, "InviteMessageTemplate": { "EmailMessage": "string", "EmailSubject": "string", "SMSMessage": "string" }, "UnusedAccountValidityDays": number }, "AliasAttributes": [ "string" ], "Arn": "string", "AutoVerifiedAttributes": [ "string" ], "CreationDate": number, "CustomDomain": "string", "DeletionProtection": "string", "DeviceConfiguration": { "ChallengeRequiredOnNewDevice": boolean, "DeviceOnlyRememberedOnUserPrompt": boolean }, "Domain": "string", "EmailConfiguration": { "ConfigurationSet": "string", "EmailSendingAccount": "string", "From": "string", "ReplyToEmailAddress": "string", "SourceArn": "string" }, "EmailConfigurationFailure": "string", "EmailVerificationMessage": "string", "EmailVerificationSubject": "string", "EstimatedNumberOfUsers": number, "Id": "string", "LambdaConfig": { "CreateAuthChallenge": "string", "CustomEmailSender": { "LambdaArn": "string", "LambdaVersion": "string" }, "CustomMessage": "string", "CustomSMSSender": { "LambdaArn": "string", "LambdaVersion": "string" }, "DefineAuthChallenge": "string", "KMSKeyID": "string", "PostAuthentication": "string", "PostConfirmation": "string", "PreAuthentication": "string", "PreSignUp": "string", "PreTokenGeneration": "string", "PreTokenGenerationConfig": { "LambdaArn": "string", "LambdaVersion": "string" }, "UserMigration": "string", "VerifyAuthChallengeResponse": "string" }, "LastModifiedDate": number, "MfaConfiguration": "string", "Name": "string", "Policies": { "PasswordPolicy": { "MinimumLength": number, "PasswordHistorySize": number, "RequireLowercase": boolean, "RequireNumbers": boolean, "RequireSymbols": boolean, "RequireUppercase": boolean, "TemporaryPasswordValidityDays": number }, "SignInPolicy": { "AllowedFirstAuthFactors": [ "string" ] } }, "SchemaAttributes": [ { "AttributeDataType": "string", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": boolean, "Mutable": boolean, "Name": "string", "NumberAttributeConstraints": { "MaxValue": "string", "MinValue": "string" }, "Required": boolean, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "string", "MinLength": "string" } } ], "SmsAuthenticationMessage": "string", "SmsConfiguration": { "ExternalId": "string", "SnsCallerArn": "string", "SnsRegion": "string" }, "SmsConfigurationFailure": "string", "SmsVerificationMessage": "string", "Status": "string", "UserAttributeUpdateSettings": { "AttributesRequireVerificationBeforeUpdate": [ "string" ] }, "UsernameAttributes": [ "string" ], "UsernameConfiguration": { "CaseSensitive": boolean }, "UserPoolAddOns": { "AdvancedSecurityAdditionalFlows": { "CustomAuthMode": "string" }, "AdvancedSecurityMode": "string" }, "UserPoolTags": { "string" : "string" }, "UserPoolTier": "string", "VerificationMessageTemplate": { "DefaultEmailOption": "string", "EmailMessage": "string", "EmailMessageByLink": "string", "EmailSubject": "string", "EmailSubjectByLink": "string", "SmsMessage": "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.

UserPool

The details of the requested user pool.

Type: UserPoolType object

Errors

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

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

NotAuthorizedException

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

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

UserPoolTaggingException

This exception is thrown when a user pool tag can't be set or updated.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

The following example request describes the user pool us-east-1_EXAMPLE.

Sample Request

POST HTTP/1.1 Host: cognito-idp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com X-Amz-Date: 20230613T200059Z Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br X-Amz-Target: AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.DescribeUserPool User-Agent: <UserAgentString> Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<Credential>, SignedHeaders=<Headers>, Signature=<Signature> Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes> { "UserPoolId": "us-east-1_EXAMPLE" }

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:00:59 GMT Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0 Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes> x-amzn-requestid: a1b2c3d4-e5f6-a1b2-c3d4-EXAMPLE11111 Connection: keep-alive { "UserPool": { "AccountRecoverySetting": { "RecoveryMechanisms": [ { "Name": "verified_email", "Priority": 1 } ] }, "AdminCreateUserConfig": { "AllowAdminCreateUserOnly": false, "InviteMessageTemplate": { "EmailMessage": "Your username is {username} and temporary password is {####}.", "EmailSubject": "Your sign-in information", "SMSMessage": "Your username is {username} and temporary password is {####}." }, "UnusedAccountValidityDays": 7 }, "AliasAttributes": [ "email" ], "Arn": "arn:aws:cognito-idp:us-east-1:123456789012:userpool/us-east-1_EXAMPLE", "AutoVerifiedAttributes": [ "email" ], "CreationDate": 1689721665.239, "DeletionProtection": "ACTIVE", "DeviceConfiguration": { "ChallengeRequiredOnNewDevice": true, "DeviceOnlyRememberedOnUserPrompt": true }, "EmailConfiguration": { "ConfigurationSet": "my-test-ses-configuration-set", "EmailSendingAccount": "DEVELOPER", "From": "support@example.com", "ReplyToEmailAddress": "support@example.com", "SourceArn": "arn:aws:ses:us-east-1:123456789012:identity/support@example.com" }, "EmailVerificationMessage": "Your verification code is {####}.", "EmailVerificationSubject": "Verify your email address", "EstimatedNumberOfUsers": 0, "Id": "us-east-1_EXAMPLE", "LambdaConfig": { "CustomEmailSender": { "LambdaArn": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction", "LambdaVersion": "V1_0" }, "CustomMessage": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction", "CustomSMSSender": { "LambdaArn": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction", "LambdaVersion": "V1_0" }, "DefineAuthChallenge": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction", "KMSKeyID": "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:767671399759:key/4d43904c-8edf-4bb4-9fca-fb1a80e41cbe", "PostAuthentication": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction", "PostConfirmation": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction", "PreAuthentication": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction", "PreSignUp": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction", "PreTokenGeneration": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction", "UserMigration": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction", "VerifyAuthChallengeResponse": "arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:MyFunction" }, "LastModifiedDate": 1689721665.239, "MfaConfiguration": "OPTIONAL", "Name": "my-test-user-pool", "Policies": { "PasswordPolicy": { "MinimumLength": 6, "RequireLowercase": true, "RequireNumbers": true, "RequireSymbols": true, "RequireUppercase": true, "TemporaryPasswordValidityDays": 7 } }, "SchemaAttributes": [ { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": false, "Name": "sub", "Required": true, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "1" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "name", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "given_name", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "family_name", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "middle_name", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "nickname", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "preferred_username", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "profile", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "picture", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "website", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "email", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "Boolean", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "email_verified", "Required": false }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "gender", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "birthdate", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "10", "MinLength": "10" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "zoneinfo", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "locale", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "phone_number", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "Boolean", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "phone_number_verifie", "Required": false }, { "AttributeDataType": "String", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "address", "Required": false, "StringAttributeConstraints": { "MaxLength": "2048", "MinLength": "0" } }, { "AttributeDataType": "Number", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": false, "Mutable": true, "Name": "updated_at", "NumberAttributeConstraints": { "MinValue": "0" }, "Required": false }, { "AttributeDataType": "Number", "DeveloperOnlyAttribute": true, "Mutable": true, "Name": "dev:custom:mydev", "NumberAttributeConstraints": { "MaxValue": "99", "MinValue": "1" }, "Required": false } ], "SmsAuthenticationMessage": "Your verification code is {####}.", "SmsConfiguration": { "ExternalId": "my-role-external-id", "SnsCallerArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/service-role/test-cognito-SMS-Role", "SnsRegion": "us-east-1" }, "SmsVerificationMessage": "Your verification code is {####}.", "UserAttributeUpdateSettings": { "AttributesRequireVerificationBeforeUpdate": [ "email" ] }, "UserPoolAddOns": { "AdvancedSecurityMode": "OFF" }, "UserPoolTags": { "my-test-tag-key": "my-test-tag-value" }, "UserPoolTier": "ESSENTIALS", "UsernameConfiguration": { "CaseSensitive": true }, "VerificationMessageTemplate": { "DefaultEmailOption": "CONFIRM_WITH_CODE", "EmailMessage": "Your confirmation code is {####}", "EmailMessageByLink": "Choose this link to {##verify your email##}", "EmailSubject": "Here is your confirmation code", "EmailSubjectByLink": "Here is your confirmation link", "SmsMessage": "Your confirmation code is {####}" } } }

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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