# GetNamedQuery
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Returns information about a single query. Requires that you have access to the workgroup in which the query was saved.

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

 ** [NamedQueryId](#API_GetNamedQuery_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="athena-GetNamedQuery-request-NamedQueryId"></a>
The unique ID of the query. Use [ListNamedQueries](API_ListNamedQueries.md) to get query IDs.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `\S+`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "NamedQuery": { 
      "Database": "string",
      "Description": "string",
      "Name": "string",
      "NamedQueryId": "string",
      "QueryString": "string",
      "WorkGroup": "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.

 ** [NamedQuery](#API_GetNamedQuery_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="athena-GetNamedQuery-response-NamedQuery"></a>
Information about the query.  
Type: [NamedQuery](API_NamedQuery.md) object

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

 ** InternalServerException **   
Indicates a platform issue, which may be due to a transient condition or outage.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
Indicates that something is wrong with the input to the request. For example, a required parameter may be missing or out of range.    
 ** AthenaErrorCode **   
The error code returned when the query execution failed to process, or when the processing request for the named query failed.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## 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/athena-2017-05-18/GetNamedQuery) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/athena-2017-05-18/GetNamedQuery) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/athena-2017-05-18/GetNamedQuery) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/athena-2017-05-18/GetNamedQuery) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/athena-2017-05-18/GetNamedQuery) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/athena-2017-05-18/GetNamedQuery) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/athena-2017-05-18/GetNamedQuery) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/athena-2017-05-18/GetNamedQuery) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/athena-2017-05-18/GetNamedQuery) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/athena-2017-05-18/GetNamedQuery)