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Use DescribeStateMachine with an AWS SDK

The following code examples show how to use DescribeStateMachine.

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.NET
SDK for .NET
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    /// <summary>
    /// Retrieve information about the specified Step Functions state machine.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="StateMachineArn">The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the
    /// Step Functions state machine to retrieve.</param>
    /// <returns>Information about the specified Step Functions state machine.</returns>
    public async Task<DescribeStateMachineResponse> DescribeStateMachineAsync(string StateMachineArn)
    {
        var response = await _amazonStepFunctions.DescribeStateMachineAsync(new DescribeStateMachineRequest { StateMachineArn = StateMachineArn });
        return response;
    }
Java
SDK for Java 2.x
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    public static void describeStateMachine(SfnClient sfnClient, String stateMachineArn) {
        try {
            DescribeStateMachineRequest stateMachineRequest = DescribeStateMachineRequest.builder()
                .stateMachineArn(stateMachineArn)
                .build();

            DescribeStateMachineResponse response = sfnClient.describeStateMachine(stateMachineRequest);
            System.out.println("The name of the State machine is " + response.name());
            System.out.println("The status of the State machine is " + response.status());
            System.out.println("The ARN value of the State machine is " + response.stateMachineArn());
            System.out.println("The role ARN value is " + response.roleArn());

        } catch (SfnException e) {
            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
Kotlin
SDK for Kotlin
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suspend fun describeStateMachine(stateMachineArnVal: String?) {
    val stateMachineRequest =
        DescribeStateMachineRequest {
            stateMachineArn = stateMachineArnVal
        }
    SfnClient.fromEnvironment { region = "us-east-1" }.use { sfnClient ->
        val response = sfnClient.describeStateMachine(stateMachineRequest)
        println("The name of the State machine is ${response.name}")
        println("The status of the State machine is ${response.status}")
        println("The ARN value of the State machine is ${response.stateMachineArn}")
        println("The role ARN value is ${response.roleArn}")
    }
}
Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
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class StateMachine:
    """Encapsulates Step Functions state machine actions."""

    def __init__(self, stepfunctions_client):
        """
        :param stepfunctions_client: A Boto3 Step Functions client.
        """
        self.stepfunctions_client = stepfunctions_client


    def describe(self, state_machine_arn):
        """
        Get data about a state machine.

        :param state_machine_arn: The ARN of the state machine to look up.
        :return: The retrieved state machine data.
        """
        try:
            response = self.stepfunctions_client.describe_state_machine(
                stateMachineArn=state_machine_arn
            )
        except ClientError as err:
            logger.error(
                "Couldn't describe state machine %s. Here's why: %s: %s",
                state_machine_arn,
                err.response["Error"]["Code"],
                err.response["Error"]["Message"],
            )
            raise
        else:
            return response