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GetUserId

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GetUserId - Identity Store

Retrieves the UserId in an identity store.

Note

If you have access to a member account, you can use this API operation from the member account. For more information, see Limiting access to the identity store from member accounts in the AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide.

Request Syntax

{ "AlternateIdentifier": { ... }, "IdentityStoreId": "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.

AlternateIdentifier

A unique identifier for a user or group that is not the primary identifier. This value can be an identifier from an external identity provider (IdP) that is associated with the user, the group, or a unique attribute. For the unique attribute, the only valid paths are userName and emails.value.

Type: AlternateIdentifier object

Note: This object is a Union. Only one member of this object can be specified or returned.

Required: Yes

IdentityStoreId

The globally unique identifier for the identity store.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 36.

Pattern: d-[0-9a-f]{10}$|^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "IdentityStoreId": "string", "UserId": "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.

IdentityStoreId

The globally unique identifier for the identity store.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 36.

Pattern: d-[0-9a-f]{10}$|^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}

UserId

The identifier for a user in the identity store.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 47.

Pattern: ([0-9a-f]{10}-|)[A-Fa-f0-9]{8}-[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}-[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}-[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}-[A-Fa-f0-9]{12}

Errors

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

AccessDeniedException

You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalServerException

The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure with an internal server.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

Indicates that a requested resource is not found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ThrottlingException

Indicates that the principal has crossed the throttling limits of the API operations.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ValidationException

The request failed because it contains a syntax error.

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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