# DescribeManagedPrefixLists
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Describes your managed prefix lists and any AWS-managed prefix lists.

To view the entries for your prefix list, use [GetManagedPrefixListEntries](API_GetManagedPrefixListEntries.md).

## Request Parameters
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The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Query Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 **DryRun**   
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is `DryRunOperation`. Otherwise, it is `UnauthorizedOperation`.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 **Filter.N**   
One or more filters.  
+  `owner-id` - The ID of the prefix list owner.
+  `prefix-list-id` - The ID of the prefix list.
+  `prefix-list-name` - The name of the prefix list.
Type: Array of [Filter](API_Filter.md) objects  
Required: No

 **MaxResults**   
The maximum number of results to return with a single call. To retrieve the remaining results, make another call with the returned `nextToken` value.  
Type: Integer  
Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 100.  
Required: No

 **NextToken**   
The token for the next page of results.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 **PrefixListId.N**   
One or more prefix list IDs.  
Type: Array of strings  
Required: No

## Response Elements
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The following elements are returned by the service.

 **nextToken**   
The token to use to retrieve the next page of results. This value is `null` when there are no more results to return.  
Type: String

 **prefixListSet**   
Information about the prefix lists.  
Type: Array of [ManagedPrefixList](API_ManagedPrefixList.md) objects

 **requestId**   
The ID of the request.  
Type: String

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common client error codes](errors-overview.md#CommonErrors).

## Examples
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### Example
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This example describes managed prefix lists and filters by the prefix lists owned by account `123456789012`.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=DescribeManagedPrefixList
&Filter.1.Name=owner-id
&Filter.1.Value.1=123456789012
&AUTHPARAMS
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<DescribeManagedPrefixListsResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
    <requestId>ace27020-4268-4c9c-a8d3-example</requestId>
    <prefixListSet>
            <item>
                <addressFamily>IPv4</addressFamily>
                <maxEntries>10</maxEntries>
                <ownerId>123456789012</ownerId>
                <prefixListArn>arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1:123456789012:prefix-list/pl-0123123123123aabb</prefixListArn>
                <prefixListId>pl-0123123123123aabb</prefixListId>
                <prefixListName>tgw-attachments</prefixListName>
                <state>create-complete</state>
                <tagSet>
                    <item>
                      <key>Purpose</key>
                      <value>For TGW-1a attachments</value>
                    </item>
                </tagSet>
                <version>1</version>
            </item>
    </prefixListSet>
</DescribeManagedPrefixListsResponse>
```

## 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/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeManagedPrefixLists) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeManagedPrefixLists) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeManagedPrefixLists) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeManagedPrefixLists) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeManagedPrefixLists) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeManagedPrefixLists) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeManagedPrefixLists) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeManagedPrefixLists) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeManagedPrefixLists) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/DescribeManagedPrefixLists)