# DescribeSeverityLevels
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Returns the list of severity levels that you can assign to a support case. The severity level for a case is also a field in the [CaseDetails](API_CaseDetails.md) data type that you include for a [CreateCase](API_CreateCase.md) request.

**Note**  
You must have a Business, Enterprise On-Ramp, or Enterprise Support plan to use the AWS Support API. 
If you call the AWS Support API from an account that doesn't have a Business, Enterprise On-Ramp, or Enterprise Support plan, the `SubscriptionRequiredException` error message appears. For information about changing your support plan, see [AWS Support](http://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/).

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "language": "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.

 ** [language](#API_DescribeSeverityLevels_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="AWSSupport-DescribeSeverityLevels-request-language"></a>
The language in which AWS Support handles the case. AWS Support currently supports Chinese (“zh”), English ("en"), Japanese ("ja") , Chinese ("zh"), Spanish ("es"), Portuguese ("pt"), French ("fr"), Korean (“ko”), and Turkish ("tr"). You must specify the ISO 639-1 code for the `language` parameter if you want support in that language.  
Type: String

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "severityLevels": [ 
      { 
         "code": "string",
         "name": "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.

 ** [severityLevels](#API_DescribeSeverityLevels_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="AWSSupport-DescribeSeverityLevels-response-severityLevels"></a>
The available severity levels for the support case. Available severity levels are defined by your service level agreement with AWS.  
Type: Array of [SeverityLevel](API_SeverityLevel.md) objects

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

 ** InternalServerError **   
An internal server error occurred.    
 ** message **   
An internal server error occurred.
HTTP Status Code: 500

## 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/support-2013-04-15/DescribeSeverityLevels) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/support-2013-04-15/DescribeSeverityLevels) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/support-2013-04-15/DescribeSeverityLevels) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/support-2013-04-15/DescribeSeverityLevels) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/support-2013-04-15/DescribeSeverityLevels) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/support-2013-04-15/DescribeSeverityLevels) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/support-2013-04-15/DescribeSeverityLevels) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/support-2013-04-15/DescribeSeverityLevels) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/support-2013-04-15/DescribeSeverityLevels) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/support-2013-04-15/DescribeSeverityLevels)