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DescribeDirectConnectGateways - AWS Direct Connect

DescribeDirectConnectGateways

Lists all your Direct Connect gateways or only the specified Direct Connect gateway. Deleted Direct Connect gateways are not returned.

Request Syntax

{ "directConnectGatewayId": "string", "maxResults": number, "nextToken": "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.

directConnectGatewayId

The ID of the Direct Connect gateway.

Type: String

Required: No

maxResults

The maximum number of results to return with a single call. To retrieve the remaining results, make another call with the returned nextToken value.

If MaxResults is given a value larger than 100, only 100 results are returned.

Type: Integer

Required: No

nextToken

The token provided in the previous call to retrieve the next page.

Type: String

Required: No

Response Syntax

{ "directConnectGateways": [ { "amazonSideAsn": number, "directConnectGatewayId": "string", "directConnectGatewayName": "string", "directConnectGatewayState": "string", "ownerAccount": "string", "stateChangeError": "string" } ], "nextToken": "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.

directConnectGateways

The Direct Connect gateways.

Type: Array of DirectConnectGateway objects

nextToken

The token to retrieve the next page.

Type: String

Errors

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

DirectConnectClientException

One or more parameters are not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

DirectConnectServerException

A server-side error occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

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

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