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


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| Actions | Description | Access level | 
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| <a name="sdb-DomainMetadata"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_DomainMetadata.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_DomainMetadata.html) | Return information about the domain, including when the domain was created, the number of items and attributes, and the size of attribute names and values | Read | 
| <a name="sdb-GetAttributes"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_GetAttributes.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_GetAttributes.html) | Return all of the attributes associated with the item | Read | 
| <a name="sdb-GetExport"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_GetExport.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_GetExport.html) | Return information for an existing domain export arn | Read | 
| <a name="sdb-ListDomains"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_ListDomains.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_ListDomains.html) | List all domains | List | 
| <a name="sdb-ListExports"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_ListExports.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_ListExports.html) | List all exports that were created. The results are paginated and can be filtered by domain name | List | 
| <a name="sdb-Select"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_Select.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSimpleDB/latest/DeveloperGuide/SDB_API_Select.html) | Execute a query against the items in a domain | Read |