# GetChannel
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Gets the channel configuration for the specified channel ARN. See also [BatchGetChannel](API_BatchGetChannel.md).

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /GetChannel HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "arn": "string"
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

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

 ** [arn](#API_GetChannel_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="ivs-GetChannel-request-arn"></a>
ARN of the channel for which the configuration is to be retrieved.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `arn:aws:ivs:[a-z0-9-]+:[0-9]+:channel/[a-zA-Z0-9-]+`   
Required: Yes

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

{
   "channel": { 
      "arn": "string",
      "authorized": boolean,
      "containerFormat": "string",
      "ingestEndpoint": "string",
      "insecureIngest": boolean,
      "latencyMode": "string",
      "multitrackInputConfiguration": { 
         "enabled": boolean,
         "maximumResolution": "string",
         "policy": "string"
      },
      "name": "string",
      "playbackRestrictionPolicyArn": "string",
      "playbackUrl": "string",
      "preset": "string",
      "recordingConfigurationArn": "string",
      "srt": { 
         "endpoint": "string",
         "passphrase": "string"
      },
      "tags": { 
         "string" : "string" 
      },
      "type": "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.

 ** [channel](#API_GetChannel_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="ivs-GetChannel-response-channel"></a>
  
Type: [Channel](API_Channel.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 **   
    
 ** exceptionMessage **   
User does not have sufficient access to perform this action.
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
    
 ** exceptionMessage **   
Request references a resource which does not exist.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ValidationException **   
    
 ** exceptionMessage **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by an AWS service.
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/ivs-2020-07-14/GetChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/ivs-2020-07-14/GetChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ivs-2020-07-14/GetChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/ivs-2020-07-14/GetChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ivs-2020-07-14/GetChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/ivs-2020-07-14/GetChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/ivs-2020-07-14/GetChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/ivs-2020-07-14/GetChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/ivs-2020-07-14/GetChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ivs-2020-07-14/GetChannel)