Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

GetDiscoveredResourceCounts

Returns the resource types, the number of each resource type, and the total number of resources that AWS Config is recording in this region for your AWS account.

Example

AWS Config is recording three resource types in the US East (Ohio) Region for your account: 25 EC2 instances, 20 IAM users, and 15 S3 buckets.
You make a call to the GetDiscoveredResourceCounts action and specify that you want all resource types.
AWS Config returns the following:
- The resource types (EC2 instances, IAM users, and S3 buckets).
- The number of each resource type (25, 20, and 15).
- The total number of all resources (60).

The response is paginated. By default, AWS Config lists 100 ResourceCount objects on each page. You can customize this number with the limit parameter. The response includes a nextToken string. To get the next page of results, run the request again and specify the string for the nextToken parameter.

Note

If you make a call to the GetDiscoveredResourceCounts action, you might not immediately receive resource counts in the following situations:

You are a new AWS Config customer.
You just enabled resource recording.

It might take a few minutes for AWS Config to record and count your resources. Wait a few minutes and then retry the GetDiscoveredResourceCounts action.

Request Syntax


{
   "limit": number,
   "nextToken": "string",
   "resourceTypes": [ "string" ]
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

limit

The maximum number of ResourceCount objects returned on each page. The default is 100. You cannot specify a number greater than 100. If you specify 0, AWS Config uses the default.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 100.

Required: No

nextToken

The nextToken string returned on a previous page that you use to get the next page of results in a paginated response.

Type: String

Required: No

resourceTypes

The comma-separated list that specifies the resource types that you want AWS Config to return (for example, "AWS::EC2::Instance", "AWS::IAM::User").

If a value for resourceTypes is not specified, AWS Config returns all resource types that AWS Config is recording in the region for your account.

Note

If the configuration recorder is turned off, AWS Config returns an empty list of ResourceCount objects. If the configuration recorder is not recording a specific resource type (for example, S3 buckets), that resource type is not returned in the list of ResourceCount objects.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 20 items.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "nextToken": "string",
   "resourceCounts": [ 
      { 
         "count": number,
         "resourceType": "string"
      }
   ],
   "totalDiscoveredResources": number
}

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.

nextToken

The string that you use in a subsequent request to get the next page of results in a paginated response.

Type: String

resourceCounts

The list of ResourceCount objects. Each object is listed in descending order by the number of resources.

Type: Array of ResourceCount objects

totalDiscoveredResources

The total number of resources that AWS Config is recording in the region for your account. If you specify resource types in the request, AWS Config returns only the total number of resources for those resource types.

Example

AWS Config is recording three resource types in the US East (Ohio) Region for your account: 25 EC2 instances, 20 IAM users, and 15 S3 buckets, for a total of 60 resources.
You make a call to the GetDiscoveredResourceCounts action and specify the resource type, "AWS::EC2::Instances", in the request.
AWS Config returns 25 for totalDiscoveredResources.

Type: Long

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InvalidLimitException

The specified limit is outside the allowable range.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidNextTokenException

The specified next token is not valid. Specify the nextToken string that was returned in the previous response to get the next page of results.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ValidationException

The requested operation is not valid. You will see this exception if there are missing required fields or if the input value fails the validation.

For PutStoredQuery, one of the following errors:

There are missing required fields.
The input value fails the validation.
You are trying to create more than 300 queries.

For DescribeConfigurationRecorders and DescribeConfigurationRecorderStatus, one of the following errors:

You have specified more than one configuration recorder.
You have provided a service principal for service-linked configuration recorder that is not valid.

For AssociateResourceTypes and DisassociateResourceTypes, one of the following errors:

Your configuraiton recorder has a recording strategy that does not allow the association or disassociation of resource types.
One or more of the specified resource types are already associated or disassociated with the configuration recorder.
For service-linked configuration recorders, the configuration recorder does not record one or more of the specified resource types.

HTTP Status Code: 400