GET

/#Action=DescribePolicies

http://autoscaling.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribePolicies

Gets information about the scaling policies in the account and Region.

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

AutoScalingGroupNamestring

The name of the Auto Scaling group.

PolicyNamesarray

<p>The names of one or more policies. If you omit this property, all policies are described. If a group name is provided, the results are limited to that group. If you specify an unknown policy name, it is ignored with no error.</p> <p>Array Members: Maximum number of 50 items.</p>

PolicyTypesarray

One or more policy types. The valid values are <code>SimpleScaling</code>, <code>StepScaling</code>, <code>TargetTrackingScaling</code>, and <code>PredictiveScaling</code>.

NextTokenstring

The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)

MaxRecordsinteger

The maximum number of items to be returned with each call. The default value is <code>50</code> and the maximum value is <code>100</code>.

Actionstringrequired

Allowed:

Versionstringrequired

Allowed:

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

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cURL Request

1curl --request GET \
2     --url 'http://autoscaling.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribePolicies' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}