# Data retrieval APIs for Apache Kafka APIs for Amazon MSK clusters
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Apache Kafka APIs for Amazon MSK clusters provides the following APIs for data retrieval.


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| Actions | Description | Access level | 
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| <a name="kafka-cluster-DescribeCluster"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions) | Describe various aspects of the cluster, equivalent to Apache Kafka's DESCRIBE CLUSTER ACL | List | 
| <a name="kafka-cluster-DescribeClusterDynamicConfiguration"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions) | Describe the dynamic configuration of a cluster, equivalent to Apache Kafka's DESCRIBE\_CONFIGS CLUSTER ACL | List | 
| <a name="kafka-cluster-DescribeGroup"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions) | Describe groups on a cluster, equivalent to Apache Kafka's DESCRIBE GROUP ACL | List | 
| <a name="kafka-cluster-DescribeTopic"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions) | Describe topics on a cluster, equivalent to Apache Kafka's DESCRIBE TOPIC ACL | List | 
| <a name="kafka-cluster-DescribeTopicDynamicConfiguration"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions) | Describe the dynamic configuration of topics on a cluster, equivalent to Apache Kafka's DESCRIBE\_CONFIGS TOPIC ACL | List | 
| <a name="kafka-cluster-DescribeTransactionalId"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions) | Describe transactional IDs on a cluster, equivalent to Apache Kafka's DESCRIBE TRANSACTIONAL\_ID ACL | List | 
| <a name="kafka-cluster-ReadData"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.html#actions) | Read data from topics on a cluster, equivalent to Apache Kafka's READ TOPIC ACL | Read |