# DescribePodIdentityAssociation
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Returns descriptive information about an EKS Pod Identity association.

This action requires the ID of the association. You can get the ID from the response to the `CreatePodIdentityAssocation` for newly created associations. Or, you can list the IDs for associations with `ListPodIdentityAssociations` and filter the list by namespace or service account.

## Request Syntax
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```
GET /clusters/name/pod-identity-associations/associationId HTTP/1.1
```

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

 ** [associationId](#API_DescribePodIdentityAssociation_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="AmazonEKS-DescribePodIdentityAssociation-request-uri-associationId"></a>
The ID of the association that you want the description of.  
Required: Yes

 ** [name](#API_DescribePodIdentityAssociation_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="AmazonEKS-DescribePodIdentityAssociation-request-uri-clusterName"></a>
The name of the cluster that the association is in.  
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

{
   "association": { 
      "associationArn": "string",
      "associationId": "string",
      "clusterName": "string",
      "createdAt": number,
      "disableSessionTags": boolean,
      "externalId": "string",
      "modifiedAt": number,
      "namespace": "string",
      "ownerArn": "string",
      "policy": "string",
      "roleArn": "string",
      "serviceAccount": "string",
      "tags": { 
         "string" : "string" 
      },
      "targetRoleArn": "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.

 ** [association](#API_DescribePodIdentityAssociation_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="AmazonEKS-DescribePodIdentityAssociation-response-association"></a>
The full description of the EKS Pod Identity association.  
Type: [PodIdentityAssociation](API_PodIdentityAssociation.md) object

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

 ** InvalidParameterException **   
The specified parameter is invalid. Review the available parameters for the API request.    
 ** addonName **   
The specified parameter for the add-on name is invalid. Review the available parameters for the API request  
 ** clusterName **   
The Amazon EKS cluster associated with the exception.  
 ** fargateProfileName **   
The Fargate profile associated with the exception.  
 ** message **   
The specified parameter is invalid. Review the available parameters for the API request.  
 ** nodegroupName **   
The Amazon EKS managed node group associated with the exception.  
 ** subscriptionId **   
The Amazon EKS subscription ID with the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
The request is invalid given the state of the cluster. Check the state of the cluster and the associated operations.    
 ** addonName **   
The request is invalid given the state of the add-on name. Check the state of the cluster and the associated operations.  
 ** clusterName **   
The Amazon EKS cluster associated with the exception.  
 ** message **   
The Amazon EKS add-on name associated with the exception.  
 ** nodegroupName **   
The Amazon EKS managed node group associated with the exception.  
 ** subscriptionId **   
The Amazon EKS subscription ID with the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The specified resource could not be found. You can view your available clusters with `ListClusters`. You can view your available managed node groups with `ListNodegroups`. Amazon EKS clusters and node groups are AWS Region specific.    
 ** addonName **   
The Amazon EKS add-on name associated with the exception.  
 ** clusterName **   
The Amazon EKS cluster associated with the exception.  
 ** fargateProfileName **   
The Fargate profile associated with the exception.  
 ** message **   
The Amazon EKS message associated with the exception.  
 ** nodegroupName **   
The Amazon EKS managed node group associated with the exception.  
 ** subscriptionId **   
The Amazon EKS subscription ID with the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ServerException **   
These errors are usually caused by a server-side issue.    
 ** addonName **   
The Amazon EKS add-on name associated with the exception.  
 ** clusterName **   
The Amazon EKS cluster associated with the exception.  
 ** message **   
These errors are usually caused by a server-side issue.  
 ** nodegroupName **   
The Amazon EKS managed node group associated with the exception.  
 ** subscriptionId **   
The Amazon EKS subscription ID with the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 500

## 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/eks-2017-11-01/DescribePodIdentityAssociation) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/eks-2017-11-01/DescribePodIdentityAssociation) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/eks-2017-11-01/DescribePodIdentityAssociation) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/eks-2017-11-01/DescribePodIdentityAssociation) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/eks-2017-11-01/DescribePodIdentityAssociation) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/eks-2017-11-01/DescribePodIdentityAssociation) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/eks-2017-11-01/DescribePodIdentityAssociation) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/eks-2017-11-01/DescribePodIdentityAssociation) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/eks-2017-11-01/DescribePodIdentityAssociation) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/eks-2017-11-01/DescribePodIdentityAssociation)