# GetEffectivePolicies
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Gets a list of the policies that have an effect on the authorization behavior of the specified device when it connects to the AWS IoT device gateway.

Requires permission to access the [GetEffectivePolicies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions) action.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /effective-policies?thingName=thingName HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "cognitoIdentityPoolId": "string",
   "principal": "string"
}
```

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

 ** [thingName](#API_GetEffectivePolicies_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-GetEffectivePolicies-request-uri-thingName"></a>
The thing name.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+` 

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [cognitoIdentityPoolId](#API_GetEffectivePolicies_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-GetEffectivePolicies-request-cognitoIdentityPoolId"></a>
The Cognito identity pool ID.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** [principal](#API_GetEffectivePolicies_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-GetEffectivePolicies-request-principal"></a>
The principal. Valid principals are CertificateArn (arn:aws:iot:*region*:*accountId*:cert/*certificateId*), thingGroupArn (arn:aws:iot:*region*:*accountId*:thinggroup/*groupName*) and CognitoId (*region*:*id*).  
Type: String  
Required: No

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

{
   "effectivePolicies": [ 
      { 
         "policyArn": "string",
         "policyDocument": "string",
         "policyName": "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.

 ** [effectivePolicies](#API_GetEffectivePolicies_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="iot-GetEffectivePolicies-response-effectivePolicies"></a>
The effective policies.  
Type: Array of [EffectivePolicy](API_EffectivePolicy.md) objects

## Errors
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 ** InternalFailureException **   
An unexpected error has occurred.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
The request is not valid.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** LimitExceededException **   
A limit has been exceeded.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 410

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The specified resource does not exist.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ServiceUnavailableException **   
The service is temporarily unavailable.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 503

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The rate exceeds the limit.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** UnauthorizedException **   
You are not authorized to perform this operation.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 401

## 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/iot-2015-05-28/GetEffectivePolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/iot-2015-05-28/GetEffectivePolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iot-2015-05-28/GetEffectivePolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/iot-2015-05-28/GetEffectivePolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iot-2015-05-28/GetEffectivePolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/iot-2015-05-28/GetEffectivePolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/iot-2015-05-28/GetEffectivePolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/iot-2015-05-28/GetEffectivePolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/iot-2015-05-28/GetEffectivePolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iot-2015-05-28/GetEffectivePolicies)