# GetIdentityPolicies
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Returns the requested sending authorization policies for the given identity (an email address or a domain). The policies are returned as a map of policy names to policy contents. You can retrieve a maximum of 20 policies at a time.

**Note**  
This operation is for the identity owner only. If you have not verified the identity, it returns an error.

Sending authorization is a feature that enables an identity owner to authorize other senders to use its identities. For information about using sending authorization, see the [Amazon SES Developer Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/sending-authorization.html).

You can execute this operation no more than once per second.

## Request Parameters
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 For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 ** Identity **   
The identity for which the policies are retrieved. You can specify an identity by using its name or by using its Amazon Resource Name (ARN). Examples: `user@example.com`, `example.com`, `arn:aws:ses:us-east-1:123456789012:identity/example.com`.  
To successfully call this operation, you must own the identity.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 **PolicyNames.member.N**   
A list of the names of policies to be retrieved. You can retrieve a maximum of 20 policies at a time. If you do not know the names of the policies that are attached to the identity, you can use `ListIdentityPolicies`.  
Type: Array of strings  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
Required: Yes

## Response Elements
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The following element is returned by the service.

 **Policies** Policies.entry.N.key (key)Policies.entry.N.value (value)  
A map of policy names to policies.  
Type: String to string map  
Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

## 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/email-2010-12-01/GetIdentityPolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/email-2010-12-01/GetIdentityPolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/email-2010-12-01/GetIdentityPolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/email-2010-12-01/GetIdentityPolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/email-2010-12-01/GetIdentityPolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/email-2010-12-01/GetIdentityPolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/email-2010-12-01/GetIdentityPolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/email-2010-12-01/GetIdentityPolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/email-2010-12-01/GetIdentityPolicies) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/email-2010-12-01/GetIdentityPolicies)