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GetBotAlias

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GetBotAlias - Amazon Lex V1

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End of support notice: On September 15, 2025, AWS will discontinue support for Amazon Lex V1. After September 15, 2025, you will no longer be able to access the Amazon Lex V1 console or Amazon Lex V1 resources. If you are using Amazon Lex V2, refer to the Amazon Lex V2 guide instead. .

Returns information about an Amazon Lex bot alias. For more information about aliases, see Versioning and Aliases.

This operation requires permissions for the lex:GetBotAlias action.

Request Syntax

GET /bots/botName/aliases/name HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

botName

The name of the bot.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 2. Maximum length of 50.

Pattern: ^([A-Za-z]_?)+$

Required: Yes

name

The name of the bot alias. The name is case sensitive.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: ^([A-Za-z]_?)+$

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "botName": "string", "botVersion": "string", "checksum": "string", "conversationLogs": { "iamRoleArn": "string", "logSettings": [ { "destination": "string", "kmsKeyArn": "string", "logType": "string", "resourceArn": "string", "resourcePrefix": "string" } ] }, "createdDate": number, "description": "string", "lastUpdatedDate": number, "name": "string" }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

botName

The name of the bot that the alias points to.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 2. Maximum length of 50.

Pattern: ^([A-Za-z]_?)+$

botVersion

The version of the bot that the alias points to.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

Pattern: \$LATEST|[0-9]+

checksum

Checksum of the bot alias.

Type: String

conversationLogs

The settings that determine how Amazon Lex uses conversation logs for the alias.

Type: ConversationLogsResponse object

createdDate

The date that the bot alias was created.

Type: Timestamp

description

A description of the bot alias.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 200.

lastUpdatedDate

The date that the bot alias was updated. When you create a resource, the creation date and the last updated date are the same.

Type: Timestamp

name

The name of the bot alias.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: ^([A-Za-z]_?)+$

Errors

BadRequestException

The request is not well formed. For example, a value is invalid or a required field is missing. Check the field values, and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalFailureException

An internal Amazon Lex error occurred. Try your request again.

HTTP Status Code: 500

LimitExceededException

The request exceeded a limit. Try your request again.

HTTP Status Code: 429

NotFoundException

The resource specified in the request was not found. Check the resource and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 404

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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