DescribeRules
Describes the specified rules or the rules for the specified listener. You must specify either a listener or rules.
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
- ListenerArn
- 
               The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the listener. Type: String Required: No 
- Marker
- 
               The marker for the next set of results. (You received this marker from a previous call.) Type: String Required: No 
- PageSize
- 
               The maximum number of results to return with this call. Type: Integer Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 400. Required: No 
- RuleArns.member.N
- 
               The Amazon Resource Names (ARN) of the rules. Type: Array of strings Required: No 
Response Elements
The following elements are returned by the service.
- NextMarker
- 
               If there are additional results, this is the marker for the next set of results. Otherwise, this is null. Type: String 
- Rules.member.N
- 
               Information about the rules. Type: Array of Rule objects 
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- ListenerNotFound
- 
               The specified listener does not exist. HTTP Status Code: 400 
- RuleNotFound
- 
               The specified rule does not exist. HTTP Status Code: 400 
- UnsupportedProtocol
- 
               The specified protocol is not supported. HTTP Status Code: 400 
Examples
Describe a rule
This example describes the specified rule.
Sample Request
https://elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com/?Action=DescribeRules
&RuleArns.member.1=arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:listener-rule/app/my-load-balancer/50dc6c495c0c9188/f2f7dc8efc522ab2/9683b2d02a6cabee
&Version=2015-12-01
&AUTHPARAMSSample Response
<DescribeRulesResponse xmlns="http://elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com/doc/2015-12-01/">
  <DescribeRulesResult> 
    <Rules> 
      <member> 
        <IsDefault>false</IsDefault> 
        <Conditions> 
          <member> 
            <Field>path-pattern</Field> 
            <Values> 
              <member>/img/*</member> 
            </Values> 
          </member> 
        </Conditions> 
        <Priority>10</Priority> 
        <Actions> 
          <member> 
            <Type>forward</Type> 
            <TargetGroupArn>arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ua-west-2:123456789012:targetgroup/my-targets/73e2d6bc24d8a067</TargetGroupArn> 
          </member> 
        </Actions> 
        <RuleArn>arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:listener-rule/app/my-load-balancer/50dc6c495c0c9188/f2f7dc8efc522ab2/9683b2d02a6cabee</RuleArn> 
      </member> 
    </Rules> 
  </DescribeRulesResult> 
  <ResponseMetadata> 
    <RequestId>74926cf3-f3a3-11e5-b543-9f2c3fbb9bee</RequestId> 
  </ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeRulesResponse>Describe the rules for a listener
This example describes the rules for the specified listener. The output includes the default rule and any other rules that you've defined.
Sample Request
https://elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com/?Action=DescribeRules
&ListenerArn=arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:listener/app/my-load-balancer/50dc6c495c0c9188/f2f7dc8efc522ab2
&Version=2015-12-01
&AUTHPARAMSSample Response
<DescribeRulesResponse xmlns="http://elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com/doc/2015-12-01/">
  <DescribeRulesResult> 
    <Rules> 
      <member> 
        <IsDefault>false</IsDefault> 
        <Conditions> 
          <member> 
            <Field>path-pattern</Field> 
            <Values> 
              <member>/img/*</member> 
            </Values> 
          </member> 
        </Conditions> 
        <Priority>10</Priority> 
        <Actions> 
          <member> 
            <Type>forward</Type> 
            <TargetGroupArn>arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:targetgroup/my-targets/73e2d6bc24d8a067</TargetGroupArn> 
          </member> 
        </Actions> 
        <RuleArn>arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:listener-rule/app/my-load-balancer/50dc6c495c0c9188/f2f7dc8efc522ab2/9683b2d02a6cabee</RuleArn> 
      </member> 
      <member> 
        <IsDefault>true</IsDefault> 
        <Conditions /> 
        <Priority>default</Priority> 
        <Actions> 
          <member> 
            <Type>forward</Type> 
            <TargetGroupArn>arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:targetgroup/my-targets/73e2d6bc24d8a067</TargetGroupArn> 
          </member> 
        </Actions> 
        <RuleArn>arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:listener-rule/app/my-load-balancer/50dc6c495c0c9188/f2f7dc8efc522ab2/fd906cf3d7a9d36d</RuleArn> 
      </member> 
    </Rules> 
  </DescribeRulesResult> 
  <ResponseMetadata> 
    <RequestId>d8581c8d-f3a3-11e5-8a24-ffe2bf8623ae</RequestId> 
  </ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeRulesResponse>See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: