# StartResourceScan


Immediately starts a scan of the policies applied to the specified resource.

**Note**  
This action is supported only for external access analyzers.

## Request Syntax


```
POST /resource/scan HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "analyzerArn": "string",
   "resourceArn": "string",
   "resourceOwnerAccount": "string"
}
```

## URI Request Parameters


The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body


The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [analyzerArn](#API_StartResourceScan_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="accessanalyzer-StartResourceScan-request-analyzerArn"></a>
The [ARN of the analyzer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access-analyzer-getting-started.html#permission-resources) to use to scan the policies applied to the specified resource.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:analyzer/.{1,255}`   
Required: Yes

 ** [resourceArn](#API_StartResourceScan_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="accessanalyzer-StartResourceScan-request-resourceArn"></a>
The ARN of the resource to scan.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `arn:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:.*`   
Required: Yes

 ** [resourceOwnerAccount](#API_StartResourceScan_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="accessanalyzer-StartResourceScan-request-resourceOwnerAccount"></a>
The AWS account ID that owns the resource. For most AWS resources, the owning account is the account in which the resource was created.  
Type: String  
Required: No

## Response Syntax


```
HTTP/1.1 200
```

## Response Elements


If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

## Errors


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

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** InternalServerException **   
Internal server error.    
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The seconds to wait to retry.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The specified resource could not be found.    
 ** resourceId **   
The ID of the resource.  
 ** resourceType **   
The type of the resource.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottlingException **   
Throttling limit exceeded error.    
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The seconds to wait to retry.
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
Validation exception error.    
 ** fieldList **   
A list of fields that didn't validate.  
 ** reason **   
The reason for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also


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/accessanalyzer-2019-11-01/StartResourceScan) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/accessanalyzer-2019-11-01/StartResourceScan) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/accessanalyzer-2019-11-01/StartResourceScan) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/accessanalyzer-2019-11-01/StartResourceScan) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/accessanalyzer-2019-11-01/StartResourceScan) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/accessanalyzer-2019-11-01/StartResourceScan) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/accessanalyzer-2019-11-01/StartResourceScan) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/accessanalyzer-2019-11-01/StartResourceScan) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/accessanalyzer-2019-11-01/StartResourceScan) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/accessanalyzer-2019-11-01/StartResourceScan)