GET
/#Action=DescribeStacks
http://cloudformation.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribeStacks<p>Returns the description for the specified stack; if no stack name was specified, then it returns the description for all the stacks created.</p> <note> <p>If the stack doesn't exist, an <code>ValidationError</code> is returned.</p> </note>
Access Token Required: API Key
Query Params
StackNamestring
<p>The name or the unique stack ID that's associated with the stack, which aren't always interchangeable:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Running stacks: You can specify either the stack's name or its unique stack ID.</p> </li> <li> <p>Deleted stacks: You must specify the unique stack ID.</p> </li> </ul> <p>Default: There is no default value.</p>
NextTokenstring
A string that identifies the next page of stacks that you want to retrieve.
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://cloudformation.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribeStacks' \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}