# DescribeServiceAction
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Describes a self-service action.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "AcceptLanguage": "string",
   "Id": "string"
}
```

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

 ** [AcceptLanguage](#API_DescribeServiceAction_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="servicecatalog-DescribeServiceAction-request-AcceptLanguage"></a>
The language code.  
+  `jp` - Japanese
+  `zh` - Chinese
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 100.  
Required: No

 ** [Id](#API_DescribeServiceAction_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="servicecatalog-DescribeServiceAction-request-Id"></a>
The self-service action identifier.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]*`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "ServiceActionDetail": { 
      "Definition": { 
         "string" : "string" 
      },
      "ServiceActionSummary": { 
         "DefinitionType": "string",
         "Description": "string",
         "Id": "string",
         "Name": "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.

 ** [ServiceActionDetail](#API_DescribeServiceAction_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="servicecatalog-DescribeServiceAction-response-ServiceActionDetail"></a>
Detailed information about the self-service action.  
Type: [ServiceActionDetail](API_ServiceActionDetail.md) object

## Errors
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 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The specified resource was not found.  
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/servicecatalog-2015-12-10/DescribeServiceAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/servicecatalog-2015-12-10/DescribeServiceAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/servicecatalog-2015-12-10/DescribeServiceAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/servicecatalog-2015-12-10/DescribeServiceAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/servicecatalog-2015-12-10/DescribeServiceAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/servicecatalog-2015-12-10/DescribeServiceAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/servicecatalog-2015-12-10/DescribeServiceAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/servicecatalog-2015-12-10/DescribeServiceAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/servicecatalog-2015-12-10/DescribeServiceAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/servicecatalog-2015-12-10/DescribeServiceAction)