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DescribeApplication - IAM Identity Center

DescribeApplication

Retrieves the details of an application associated with an instance of IAM Identity Center.

Request Syntax

{ "ApplicationArn": "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.

ApplicationArn

Specifies the ARN of the application. For more information about ARNs, see Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) and AWS Service Namespaces in the AWS General Reference.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 10. Maximum length of 1224.

Pattern: arn:(aws|aws-us-gov|aws-cn|aws-iso|aws-iso-b):sso::\d{12}:application/(sso)?ins-[a-zA-Z0-9-.]{16}/apl-[a-zA-Z0-9]{16}

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "ApplicationAccount": "string", "ApplicationArn": "string", "ApplicationProviderArn": "string", "CreatedDate": number, "Description": "string", "InstanceArn": "string", "Name": "string", "PortalOptions": { "SignInOptions": { "ApplicationUrl": "string", "Origin": "string" }, "Visibility": "string" }, "Status": "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.

ApplicationAccount

The account ID.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 12.

Pattern: \d{12}

ApplicationArn

Specifies the ARN of the application.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 10. Maximum length of 1224.

Pattern: arn:(aws|aws-us-gov|aws-cn|aws-iso|aws-iso-b):sso::\d{12}:application/(sso)?ins-[a-zA-Z0-9-.]{16}/apl-[a-zA-Z0-9]{16}

ApplicationProviderArn

The ARN of the application provider under which the operation will run.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 10. Maximum length of 1224.

Pattern: arn:(aws|aws-us-gov|aws-cn|aws-iso|aws-iso-b):sso::aws:applicationProvider/[a-zA-Z0-9-/]+

CreatedDate

The date the application was created.

Type: Timestamp

Description

The description of the Application.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

InstanceArn

The ARN of the IAM Identity Center application under which the operation will run. For more information about ARNs, see Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) and AWS Service Namespaces in the AWS General Reference.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 10. Maximum length of 1224.

Pattern: arn:(aws|aws-us-gov|aws-cn|aws-iso|aws-iso-b):sso:::instance/(sso)?ins-[a-zA-Z0-9-.]{16}

Name

The application name.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [\w+=,.@-]+

PortalOptions

A structure that describes the options for the portal associated with an application.

Type: PortalOptions object

Status

Specifies whether the application is enabled or disabled.

Type: String

Valid Values: ENABLED | DISABLED

Errors

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

AccessDeniedException

You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalServerException

The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception, or failure with an internal server.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

Indicates that a requested resource is not found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ThrottlingException

Indicates that the principal has crossed the throttling limits of the API operations.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ValidationException

The request failed because it contains a syntax error.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

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

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