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DescribeAlias

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DescribeAlias - Amazon GameLift Servers

Retrieves properties for an alias. This operation returns all alias metadata and settings. To get an alias's target fleet ID only, use ResolveAlias.

To get alias properties, specify the alias ID. If successful, the requested alias record is returned.

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Request Syntax

{ "AliasId": "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.

Note

In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

AliasId

The unique identifier for the fleet alias that you want to retrieve. You can use either the alias ID or ARN value.

Type: String

Pattern: ^alias-\S+|^arn:.*:alias\/alias-\S+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "Alias": { "AliasArn": "string", "AliasId": "string", "CreationTime": number, "Description": "string", "LastUpdatedTime": number, "Name": "string", "RoutingStrategy": { "FleetId": "string", "Message": "string", "Type": "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.

Alias

The requested alias resource.

Type: Alias object

Errors

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

InternalServiceException

The service encountered an unrecoverable internal failure while processing the request. Clients can retry such requests immediately or after a waiting period.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

One or more parameter values in the request are invalid. Correct the invalid parameter values before retrying.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotFoundException

The requested resources was not found. The resource was either not created yet or deleted.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnauthorizedException

The client failed authentication. Clients should not retry such requests.

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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