# GetDevicePosition
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Retrieves a device's most recent position according to its sample time.

**Note**  
Device positions are deleted after 30 days.

## Request Syntax
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```
GET /tracking/v0/trackers/TrackerName/devices/DeviceId/positions/latest HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [DeviceId](#API_WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="location-WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition-request-uri-DeviceId"></a>
The device whose position you want to retrieve.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `[-._\p{L}\p{N}]+`   
Required: Yes

 ** [TrackerName](#API_WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="location-WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition-request-uri-TrackerName"></a>
The tracker resource receiving the position update.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `[-._\w]+`   
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "Accuracy": { 
      "Horizontal": number
   },
   "DeviceId": "string",
   "Position": [ number ],
   "PositionProperties": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   },
   "ReceivedTime": "string",
   "SampleTime": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [Accuracy](#API_WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="location-WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition-response-Accuracy"></a>
The accuracy of the device position.  
Type: [PositionalAccuracy](API_WaypointTracking_PositionalAccuracy.md) object

 ** [DeviceId](#API_WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="location-WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition-response-DeviceId"></a>
The device whose position you retrieved.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `[-._\p{L}\p{N}]+` 

 ** [Position](#API_WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="location-WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition-response-Position"></a>
The last known device position.  
Type: Array of doubles  
Array Members: Fixed number of 2 items.

 ** [PositionProperties](#API_WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="location-WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition-response-PositionProperties"></a>
The properties associated with the position.  
Type: String to string map  
Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 4 items.  
Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 20.  
Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 150.

 ** [ReceivedTime](#API_WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="location-WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition-response-ReceivedTime"></a>
The timestamp for when the tracker resource received the device position. Uses [ ISO 8601 ](https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html) format: `YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sss`.   
Type: Timestamp

 ** [SampleTime](#API_WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="location-WaypointTracking_GetDevicePosition-response-SampleTime"></a>
The timestamp at which the device's position was determined. Uses [ ISO 8601 ](https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html) format: `YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sss`.   
Type: Timestamp

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
   
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** InternalServerException **   
   
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
   
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottlingException **   
   
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
   
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/waypointtracking-2020-11-19/GetDevicePosition) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/waypointtracking-2020-11-19/GetDevicePosition) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/waypointtracking-2020-11-19/GetDevicePosition) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/waypointtracking-2020-11-19/GetDevicePosition) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/waypointtracking-2020-11-19/GetDevicePosition) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/waypointtracking-2020-11-19/GetDevicePosition) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/waypointtracking-2020-11-19/GetDevicePosition) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/waypointtracking-2020-11-19/GetDevicePosition) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/waypointtracking-2020-11-19/GetDevicePosition) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/waypointtracking-2020-11-19/GetDevicePosition)