# GetTrafficPolicyInstance


Gets information about a specified traffic policy instance.

**Note**  
 Use `GetTrafficPolicyInstance` with the `id` of new traffic policy instance to confirm that the `CreateTrafficPolicyInstance` or an `UpdateTrafficPolicyInstance` request completed successfully. For more information, see the `State` response element.

**Note**  
In the Route 53 console, traffic policy instances are known as policy records.

## Request Syntax


```
GET /2013-04-01/trafficpolicyinstance/Id HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters


The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [Id](#API_GetTrafficPolicyInstance_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="Route53-GetTrafficPolicyInstance-request-uri-Id"></a>
The ID of the traffic policy instance that you want to get information about.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 36.  
Required: Yes

## Request Body


The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax


```
HTTP/1.1 200
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GetTrafficPolicyInstanceResponse>
   <TrafficPolicyInstance>
      <HostedZoneId>string</HostedZoneId>
      <Id>string</Id>
      <Message>string</Message>
      <Name>string</Name>
      <State>string</State>
      <TrafficPolicyId>string</TrafficPolicyId>
      <TrafficPolicyType>string</TrafficPolicyType>
      <TrafficPolicyVersion>integer</TrafficPolicyVersion>
      <TTL>long</TTL>
   </TrafficPolicyInstance>
</GetTrafficPolicyInstanceResponse>
```

## Response Elements


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

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

 ** [GetTrafficPolicyInstanceResponse](#API_GetTrafficPolicyInstance_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="Route53-GetTrafficPolicyInstance-response-GetTrafficPolicyInstanceResponse"></a>
Root level tag for the GetTrafficPolicyInstanceResponse parameters.  
Required: Yes

 ** [TrafficPolicyInstance](#API_GetTrafficPolicyInstance_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="Route53-GetTrafficPolicyInstance-response-TrafficPolicyInstance"></a>
A complex type that contains settings for the traffic policy instance.  
Type: [TrafficPolicyInstance](API_TrafficPolicyInstance.md) object

## Errors


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

 ** InvalidInput **   
The input is not valid.    
 ** message **   

HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** NoSuchTrafficPolicyInstance **   
No traffic policy instance exists with the specified ID.    
 ** message **   

HTTP Status Code: 404

## Examples


### Example Request


This example illustrates one usage of GetTrafficPolicyInstance.

```
GET /2013-04-01/trafficpolicyinstance/12131415-abac-5432-caba-6f5e4d3c2b1a
```

### Example Response


This example illustrates one usage of GetTrafficPolicyInstance.

```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GetTrafficPolicyInstanceResponse xmlns="https://route53.amazonaws.com/doc/2013-04-01/">
   <TrafficPolicyInstance>
      <Id>12131415-abac-5432-caba-6f5e4d3c2b1a</Id>
      <HostedZoneId>Z1D633PJN98FT9</HostedZoneId>
      <Name>www.example.com</Name>
      <TTL>300</TTL>
      <State>Applied</State>
      <Message/>
      <TrafficPolicyId>12345678-abcd-9876-fedc-1a2b3c4de5f6</TrafficPolicyId>
      <TrafficPolicyVersion>7</TrafficPolicyVersion>
      <TrafficPolicyType>A</TrafficPolicyType>
   </TrafficPolicyInstance>
</GetTrafficPolicyInstanceResponse>
```

## 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/route53-2013-04-01/GetTrafficPolicyInstance) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/route53-2013-04-01/GetTrafficPolicyInstance) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/route53-2013-04-01/GetTrafficPolicyInstance) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/route53-2013-04-01/GetTrafficPolicyInstance) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/route53-2013-04-01/GetTrafficPolicyInstance) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/route53-2013-04-01/GetTrafficPolicyInstance) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/route53-2013-04-01/GetTrafficPolicyInstance) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/route53-2013-04-01/GetTrafficPolicyInstance) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/route53-2013-04-01/GetTrafficPolicyInstance) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/route53-2013-04-01/GetTrafficPolicyInstance)