# DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication
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Displays information about the authentication methods used in one Amazon Managed Grafana workspace.

## Request Syntax
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```
GET /workspaces/workspaceId/authentication HTTP/1.1
```

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

 ** [workspaceId](#API_DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="ManagedGrafana-DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication-request-uri-workspaceId"></a>
The ID of the workspace to return authentication information about.  
Pattern: `g-[0-9a-f]{10}`   
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

{
   "authentication": { 
      "awsSso": { 
         "ssoClientId": "string"
      },
      "providers": [ "string" ],
      "saml": { 
         "configuration": { 
            "allowedOrganizations": [ "string" ],
            "assertionAttributes": { 
               "email": "string",
               "groups": "string",
               "login": "string",
               "name": "string",
               "org": "string",
               "role": "string"
            },
            "idpMetadata": { ... },
            "loginValidityDuration": number,
            "roleValues": { 
               "admin": [ "string" ],
               "editor": [ "string" ]
            }
         },
         "status": "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.

 ** [authentication](#API_DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="ManagedGrafana-DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication-response-authentication"></a>
A structure containing information about the authentication methods used in the workspace.  
Type: [AuthenticationDescription](API_AuthenticationDescription.md) object

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

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You do not have sufficient permissions to perform this action.   
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
A resource was in an inconsistent state during an update or a deletion.    
 ** message **   
A description of the error.  
 ** resourceId **   
The ID of the resource that is associated with the error.  
 ** resourceType **   
The type of the resource that is associated with the error.
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
Unexpected error while processing the request. Retry the request.    
 ** message **   
A description of the error.  
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
How long to wait before you retry this operation.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The request references a resource that does not exist.    
 ** message **   
The value of a parameter in the request caused an error.  
 ** resourceId **   
The ID of the resource that is associated with the error.  
 ** resourceType **   
The type of the resource that is associated with the error.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The request was denied because of request throttling. Retry the request.    
 ** message **   
A description of the error.  
 ** quotaCode **   
The ID of the service quota that was exceeded.  
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The value of a parameter in the request caused an error.  
 ** serviceCode **   
The ID of the service that is associated with the error.
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
The value of a parameter in the request caused an error.    
 ** fieldList **   
A list of fields that might be associated with the error.  
 ** message **   
A description of the error.  
 ** reason **   
The reason that the operation failed.
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/grafana-2020-08-18/DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/grafana-2020-08-18/DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/grafana-2020-08-18/DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/grafana-2020-08-18/DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/grafana-2020-08-18/DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/grafana-2020-08-18/DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/grafana-2020-08-18/DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/grafana-2020-08-18/DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/grafana-2020-08-18/DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/grafana-2020-08-18/DescribeWorkspaceAuthentication)