# Data retrieval APIs for Amazon RDS
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Amazon RDS provides the following APIs for data retrieval.


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| Actions | Description | Access level | 
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| <a name="rds-DescribeAccountAttributes"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeAccountAttributes.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeAccountAttributes.html) | List all of the attributes for a customer account | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeBlueGreenDeployments"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeBlueGreenDeployments.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeBlueGreenDeployments.html) | Describe blue green deployments | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeCertificates"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeCertificates.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeCertificates.html) | List the set of CA certificates provided by Amazon RDS for this AWS account | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBClusterAutomatedBackups"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterAutomatedBackups.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterAutomatedBackups.html) | Return a list of cluster automated backups for both current and deleted clusters | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBClusterBacktracks"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterBacktracks.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterBacktracks.html) | Return information about backtracks for a DB cluster | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBClusterEndpoints"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterEndpoints.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterEndpoints.html) | Return information about endpoints for an Amazon Aurora DB cluster | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBClusterParameterGroups"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterParameterGroups.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterParameterGroups.html) | Return a list of DBClusterParameterGroup descriptions | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBClusterParameters"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterParameters.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterParameters.html) | Return the detailed parameter list for a particular DB cluster parameter group | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBClusterSnapshotAttributes"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterSnapshotAttributes.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterSnapshotAttributes.html) | Return a list of DB cluster snapshot attribute names and values for a manual DB cluster snapshot | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBClusterSnapshots"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterSnapshots.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusterSnapshots.html) | Return information about DB cluster snapshots | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBClusters"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusters.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBClusters.html) | Return information about provisioned Aurora DB clusters or DocumentDB clusters | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBEngineVersions"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBEngineVersions.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBEngineVersions.html) | Return a list of the available DB engines | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBInstanceAutomatedBackups"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBInstanceAutomatedBackups.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBInstanceAutomatedBackups.html) | Return a list of automated backups for both current and deleted instances | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBInstances"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBInstances.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBInstances.html) | Return information about provisioned RDS instances | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBLogFiles"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBLogFiles.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBLogFiles.html) | Return a list of DB log files for the DB instance | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBMajorEngineVersions"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBMajorEngineVersions.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBMajorEngineVersions.html) | Return information specific for each DB major engine versions | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBParameterGroups"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBParameterGroups.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBParameterGroups.html) | Return a list of DBParameterGroup descriptions | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBParameters"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBParameters.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBParameters.html) | Return the detailed parameter list for a particular DB parameter group | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBProxies"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBProxies.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBProxies.html) | View proxies | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBProxyEndpoints"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBProxyEndpoints.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBProxyEndpoints.html) | View proxy endpoints | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBProxyTargetGroups"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBProxyTargetGroups.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBProxyTargetGroups.html) | View database proxy target group details | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBProxyTargets"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBProxyTargets.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBProxyTargets.html) | View database proxy target details | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBRecommendations"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBRecommendations.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBRecommendations.html) | List recommendation details | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBSecurityGroups"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBSecurityGroups.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBSecurityGroups.html) | Return a list of DBSecurityGroup descriptions | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBShardGroups"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBShardGroups.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBShardGroups.html) | Return information about all Aurora Limitless Database DB shard groups for this account. You can filter by shard group(s) | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBSnapshotAttributes"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBSnapshotAttributes.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBSnapshotAttributes.html) | Return a list of DB snapshot attribute names and values for a manual DB snapshot | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBSnapshotTenantDatabases"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBSnapshotTenantDatabases.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBSnapshotTenantDatabases.html) | Return information about tenant databases in DB snapshots. You can filter by Region or snapshot | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBSnapshots"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBSnapshots.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBSnapshots.html) | Return information about DB snapshots | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeDBSubnetGroups"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBSubnetGroups.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBSubnetGroups.html) | Return a list of DBSubnetGroup descriptions | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeEngineDefaultClusterParameters"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeEngineDefaultClusterParameters.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeEngineDefaultClusterParameters.html) | Return the default engine and system parameter information for the cluster database engine | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeEngineDefaultParameters"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeEngineDefaultParameters.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeEngineDefaultParameters.html) | Return the default engine and system parameter information for the specified database engine | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeEventCategories"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeEventCategories.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeEventCategories.html) | Display a list of categories for all event source types, or, if specified, for a specified source type | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeEventSubscriptions"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeEventSubscriptions.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeEventSubscriptions.html) | List all the subscription descriptions for a customer account | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeEvents"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeEvents.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeEvents.html) | Return events related to DB instances, DB security groups, DB snapshots, and DB parameter groups for the past 14 days | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeExportTasks"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeExportTasks.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeExportTasks.html) | Return information about the export tasks | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeGlobalClusters"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeGlobalClusters.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeGlobalClusters.html) | Return information about Aurora global database clusters or DocumentDB global database clusters | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeIntegrations"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeIntegrations.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeIntegrations.html) | Describe an Aurora zero-ETL integration with Redshift | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeOptionGroupOptions"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeOptionGroupOptions.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeOptionGroupOptions.html) | Describe all available options | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeOptionGroups"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeOptionGroups.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeOptionGroups.html) | Describe the available option groups | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions.html) | Return a list of orderable DB instance options for the specified engine | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribePendingMaintenanceActions"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribePendingMaintenanceActions.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribePendingMaintenanceActions.html) | Return a list of resources (for example, DB instances) that have at least one pending maintenance action | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeRecommendationGroups"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/USER_Recommendations.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/USER_Recommendations.html) | Return information about recommendation groups | Read | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeRecommendations"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/USER_Recommendations.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/USER_Recommendations.html) | Return information about recommendations | Read | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeReservedDBInstances"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeReservedDBInstances.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeReservedDBInstances.html) | Return information about reserved DB instances for this account, or about a specified reserved DB instance | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeReservedDBInstancesOfferings"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeReservedDBInstancesOfferings.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeReservedDBInstancesOfferings.html) | List available reserved DB instance offerings | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeSourceRegions"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeSourceRegions.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeSourceRegions.html) | Return a list of the source AWS Regions where the current AWS Region can create a Read Replica or copy a DB snapshot from | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeTenantDatabases"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeTenantDatabases.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeTenantDatabases.html) | Return information about provisioned tenant databases. You can filter by Region or snapshot | List | 
| <a name="rds-DescribeValidDBInstanceModifications"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeValidDBInstanceModifications.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeValidDBInstanceModifications.html) | List available modifications you can make to your DB instance | List | 
| <a name="rds-DownloadCompleteDBLogFile"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/USER_LogAccess.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/USER_LogAccess.html) | Download specified log file | Read | 
| <a name="rds-DownloadDBLogFilePortion"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DownloadDBLogFilePortion.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DownloadDBLogFilePortion.html) | Download all or a portion of the specified log file, up to 1 MB in size | Read | 
| <a name="rds-ListTagsForResource"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_ListTagsForResource.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_ListTagsForResource.html) | List all tags on an Amazon RDS resource | Read |