GetAlias
Returns details about a Lambda function alias.
Request Syntax
GET /2015-03-31/functions/FunctionName
/aliases/Name
HTTP/1.1
URI Request Parameters
The request uses the following URI parameters.
- FunctionName
-
The name or ARN of the Lambda function.
Name formats
-
Function name -
MyFunction
. -
Function ARN -
arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:123456789012:function:MyFunction
. -
Partial ARN -
123456789012:function:MyFunction
.
The length constraint applies only to the full ARN. If you specify only the function name, it is limited to 64 characters in length.
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 140.
Pattern:
(arn:(aws[a-zA-Z-]*)?:lambda:)?([a-z]{2}(-gov)?-[a-z]+-\d{1}:)?(\d{12}:)?(function:)?([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)(:(\$LATEST|[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+))?
Required: Yes
-
- Name
-
The name of the alias.
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Pattern:
(?!^[0-9]+$)([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)
Required: Yes
Request Body
The request does not have a request body.
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json
{
"AliasArn": "string",
"Description": "string",
"FunctionVersion": "string",
"Name": "string",
"RevisionId": "string",
"RoutingConfig": {
"AdditionalVersionWeights": {
"string" : number
}
}
}
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.
The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.
- AliasArn
-
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the alias.
Type: String
Pattern:
arn:(aws[a-zA-Z-]*)?:lambda:[a-z]{2}(-gov)?-[a-z]+-\d{1}:\d{12}:function:[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+(:(\$LATEST|[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+))?
- Description
-
A description of the alias.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.
- FunctionVersion
-
The function version that the alias invokes.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.
Pattern:
(\$LATEST|[0-9]+)
- Name
-
The name of the alias.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Pattern:
(?!^[0-9]+$)([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)
- RevisionId
-
A unique identifier that changes when you update the alias.
Type: String
- RoutingConfig
-
The routing configuration of the alias.
Type: AliasRoutingConfiguration object
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- InvalidParameterValueException
-
One of the parameters in the request is not valid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ResourceNotFoundException
-
The resource specified in the request does not exist.
HTTP Status Code: 404
- ServiceException
-
The AWS Lambda service encountered an internal error.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- TooManyRequestsException
-
The request throughput limit was exceeded. For more information, see Lambda quotas.
HTTP Status Code: 429
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: