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DescribeExecution - AWS Transfer Family

DescribeExecution

You can use DescribeExecution to check the details of the execution of the specified workflow.

Note

This API call only returns details for in-progress workflows.

If you provide an ID for an execution that is not in progress, or if the execution doesn't match the specified workflow ID, you receive a ResourceNotFound exception.

Request Syntax

{ "ExecutionId": "string", "WorkflowId": "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.

ExecutionId

A unique identifier for the execution of a workflow.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 36.

Pattern: [0-9a-fA-F]{8}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}

Required: Yes

WorkflowId

A unique identifier for the workflow.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 19.

Pattern: w-([a-z0-9]{17})

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "Execution": { "ExecutionId": "string", "ExecutionRole": "string", "InitialFileLocation": { "EfsFileLocation": { "FileSystemId": "string", "Path": "string" }, "S3FileLocation": { "Bucket": "string", "Etag": "string", "Key": "string", "VersionId": "string" } }, "LoggingConfiguration": { "LoggingRole": "string", "LogGroupName": "string" }, "PosixProfile": { "Gid": number, "SecondaryGids": [ number ], "Uid": number }, "Results": { "OnExceptionSteps": [ { "Error": { "Message": "string", "Type": "string" }, "Outputs": "string", "StepType": "string" } ], "Steps": [ { "Error": { "Message": "string", "Type": "string" }, "Outputs": "string", "StepType": "string" } ] }, "ServiceMetadata": { "UserDetails": { "ServerId": "string", "SessionId": "string", "UserName": "string" } }, "Status": "string" }, "WorkflowId": "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.

Execution

The structure that contains the details of the workflow' execution.

Type: DescribedExecution object

WorkflowId

A unique identifier for the workflow.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 19.

Pattern: w-([a-z0-9]{17})

Errors

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

InternalServiceError

This exception is thrown when an error occurs in the AWS Transfer Family service.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

This exception is thrown when the client submits a malformed request.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when a resource is not found by the AWSTransfer Family service.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceUnavailableException

The request has failed because the AWSTransfer Family service is not available.

HTTP Status Code: 500

See Also

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

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