# DescribeAccountLimits
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Retrieves your account's CloudFormation limits, such as the maximum number of stacks that you can create in your account. For more information about account limits, see [Understand CloudFormation quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/cloudformation-limits.html) in the * AWS CloudFormation User Guide*.

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

 ** NextToken **   
The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.  
Required: No

## Response Elements
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The following elements are returned by the service.

 **AccountLimits.member.N**   
An account limit structure that contain a list of CloudFormation account limits and their values.  
Type: Array of [AccountLimit](API_AccountLimit.md) objects

 ** NextToken **   
If the output exceeds 1 MB in size, a string that identifies the next page of limits. If no additional page exists, this value is null.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

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

## Examples
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### DescribeAccountLimits
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This example illustrates one usage of DescribeAccountLimits.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://cloudformation.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
 ?Action=DescribeAccountLimits
 &NextToken=[NextToken]
 &Version=2010-05-15
 &SignatureVersion=2
 &Timestamp=2010-07-27T22%3A26%3A28.000Z
 &AWSAccessKeyId=[AWS Access KeyID]
 &Signature=[Signature]
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<DescribeAccountLimitsResponse xmlns="http://cloudformation.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-15/">
  <DescribeAccountLimitsResult>
    <AccountLimits>
      <member>
        <Name>StackLimit</Name>
        <Value>20</Value>
      </member>
    </AccountLimits>
  </DescribeAccountLimitsResult>
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>b9b4b068-3a41-11e5-94eb-example</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeAccountLimitsResponse>
```

## 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/cloudformation-2010-05-15/DescribeAccountLimits) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/cloudformation-2010-05-15/DescribeAccountLimits) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/cloudformation-2010-05-15/DescribeAccountLimits) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/cloudformation-2010-05-15/DescribeAccountLimits) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/cloudformation-2010-05-15/DescribeAccountLimits) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/cloudformation-2010-05-15/DescribeAccountLimits) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/cloudformation-2010-05-15/DescribeAccountLimits) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/cloudformation-2010-05-15/DescribeAccountLimits) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/cloudformation-2010-05-15/DescribeAccountLimits) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/cloudformation-2010-05-15/DescribeAccountLimits)