# DescribeEventTracker
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Describes an event tracker. The response includes the `trackingId` and `status` of the event tracker. For more information on event trackers, see [CreateEventTracker](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/personalize/latest/dg/API_CreateEventTracker.html).

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "eventTrackerArn": "string"
}
```

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

 ** [eventTrackerArn](#API_DescribeEventTracker_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="personalize-DescribeEventTracker-request-eventTrackerArn"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the event tracker to describe.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `arn:([a-z\d-]+):personalize:.*:.*:.+`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "eventTracker": { 
      "accountId": "string",
      "creationDateTime": number,
      "datasetGroupArn": "string",
      "eventTrackerArn": "string",
      "lastUpdatedDateTime": number,
      "name": "string",
      "status": "string",
      "trackingId": "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.

 ** [eventTracker](#API_DescribeEventTracker_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="personalize-DescribeEventTracker-response-eventTracker"></a>
An object that describes the event tracker.  
Type: [EventTracker](API_EventTracker.md) object

## Errors
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 ** InvalidInputException **   
Provide a valid value for the field or parameter.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
Could not find the specified resource.  
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/personalize-2018-05-22/DescribeEventTracker) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/personalize-2018-05-22/DescribeEventTracker) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/personalize-2018-05-22/DescribeEventTracker) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/personalize-2018-05-22/DescribeEventTracker) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/personalize-2018-05-22/DescribeEventTracker) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/personalize-2018-05-22/DescribeEventTracker) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/personalize-2018-05-22/DescribeEventTracker) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/personalize-2018-05-22/DescribeEventTracker) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/personalize-2018-05-22/DescribeEventTracker) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/personalize-2018-05-22/DescribeEventTracker)