# GetBillingPreferences
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Retrieves billing preferences for the specified feature. Each feature controls a distinct billing capability: which accounts can share Reserved Instances or credits, whether billing alerts are enabled, the historical record of sharing changes, and per-credit options.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "features": [ "{{string}}" ],
   "filters": [ 
      { 
         "name": "{{string}}",
         "value": [ "{{string}}" ]
      }
   ],
   "maxResults": {{number}},
   "nextToken": "{{string}}"
}
```

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

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [features](#API_billing_GetBillingPreferences_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="awscostmanagement-billing_GetBillingPreferences-request-features"></a>
The feature to retrieve. Specify exactly one value. Valid values: `BILLING_ALERTS`, `RI_SHARING`, `RI_SHARING_HISTORY`, `CREDIT_SHARING`, `CREDIT_SHARING_HISTORY`, `CREDIT_LEVEL_SHARING`, `CREDIT_PREFERENCE_OPTIONS`.  
Type: Array of strings  
Array Members: Fixed number of 1 item.  
Valid Values: `RI_SHARING | RI_SHARING_HISTORY | CREDIT_SHARING | CREDIT_SHARING_HISTORY | CREDIT_LEVEL_SHARING | BILLING_ALERTS | CREDIT_PREFERENCE_OPTIONS`   
Required: Yes

 ** [filters](#API_billing_GetBillingPreferences_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="awscostmanagement-billing_GetBillingPreferences-request-filters"></a>
Filters to narrow results. Specify exactly one filter when supplied. The supported filter name is `PREFERENCE_KEY`, which accepts 1 to 10 values to match preference keys.  
Type: Array of [BillingFeatureFilter](API_billing_BillingFeatureFilter.md) objects  
Array Members: Fixed number of 1 item.  
Required: No

 ** [maxResults](#API_billing_GetBillingPreferences_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="awscostmanagement-billing_GetBillingPreferences-request-maxResults"></a>
The maximum number of records to return per page. Range: 1 to 50. Default: 50.  
Type: Integer  
Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 50.  
Required: No

 ** [nextToken](#API_billing_GetBillingPreferences_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="awscostmanagement-billing_GetBillingPreferences-request-nextToken"></a>
Pagination token from a previous response. Pass the value returned in `nextToken` to retrieve the next page of results.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 4095.  
Pattern: `[-a-zA-Z0-9+=/_]+`   
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "billingPreferences": [ 
      { 
         "accountId": "string",
         "accountName": "string",
         "billingPeriod": { 
            "month": number,
            "year": number
         },
         "feature": "string",
         "key": "string",
         "value": "string"
      }
   ],
   "nextToken": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [billingPreferences](#API_billing_GetBillingPreferences_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="awscostmanagement-billing_GetBillingPreferences-response-billingPreferences"></a>
The list of preference entries matching the request.  
Type: Array of [BillingPreferenceSummary](API_billing_BillingPreferenceSummary.md) objects

 ** [nextToken](#API_billing_GetBillingPreferences_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="awscostmanagement-billing_GetBillingPreferences-response-nextToken"></a>
Pagination token. Present when more pages are available; `null` when there are no more results.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 4095.  
Pattern: `[-a-zA-Z0-9+=/_]+` 

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

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You don't have sufficient access to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InternalServerException **   
The request processing failed because of an unknown error, exception, or failure.   
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The request was denied due to request throttling.   
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ValidationException **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by an AWS service.     
 ** fieldList **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by an AWS service.  
 ** reason **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by an AWS service.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## 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/billing-2023-09-07/GetBillingPreferences) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/billing-2023-09-07/GetBillingPreferences) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/billing-2023-09-07/GetBillingPreferences) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/billing-2023-09-07/GetBillingPreferences) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/billing-2023-09-07/GetBillingPreferences) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/billing-2023-09-07/GetBillingPreferences) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/billing-2023-09-07/GetBillingPreferences) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/billing-2023-09-07/GetBillingPreferences) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/billing-2023-09-07/GetBillingPreferences) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/billing-2023-09-07/GetBillingPreferences)