Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

DescribeThesaurus

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Gets information about an Amazon Kendra thesaurus.

Request Syntax


{
   "Id": "string",
   "IndexId": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Id

The identifier of the thesaurus you want to get information on.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*

Required: Yes

IndexId

The identifier of the index for the thesaurus.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 36.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]*

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "CreatedAt": number,
   "Description": "string",
   "ErrorMessage": "string",
   "FileSizeBytes": number,
   "Id": "string",
   "IndexId": "string",
   "Name": "string",
   "RoleArn": "string",
   "SourceS3Path": { 
      "Bucket": "string",
      "Key": "string"
   },
   "Status": "string",
   "SynonymRuleCount": number,
   "TermCount": number,
   "UpdatedAt": number
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

CreatedAt

The Unix timestamp when the thesaurus was created.

Type: Timestamp

Description

The thesaurus description.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1000.

Pattern: ^\P{C}*$

ErrorMessage

When the Status field value is FAILED, the ErrorMessage field provides more information.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: ^\P{C}*$

FileSizeBytes

The size of the thesaurus file in bytes.

Type: Long

Id

The identifier of the thesaurus.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*

IndexId

The identifier of the index for the thesaurus.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 36.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]*

Name

The thesaurus name.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*

RoleArn

An IAM role that gives Amazon Kendra permissions to access thesaurus file specified in SourceS3Path.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1284.

Pattern: arn:[a-z0-9-\.]{1,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[^/].{0,1023}

SourceS3Path

Information required to find a specific file in an Amazon S3 bucket.

Type: S3Path object

Status

The current status of the thesaurus. When the value is ACTIVE, queries are able to use the thesaurus. If the Status field value is FAILED, the ErrorMessage field provides more information.

If the status is ACTIVE_BUT_UPDATE_FAILED, it means that Amazon Kendra could not ingest the new thesaurus file. The old thesaurus file is still active.

Type: String

SynonymRuleCount

The number of synonym rules in the thesaurus file.

Type: Long

TermCount

The number of unique terms in the thesaurus file. For example, the synonyms a,b,c and a=>d, the term count would be 4.

Type: Long

UpdatedAt

The Unix timestamp when the thesaurus was last updated.

Type: Timestamp

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Error Types.

AccessDeniedException

You don't have sufficient access to perform this action. Please ensure you have the required permission policies and user accounts and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalServerException

An issue occurred with the internal server used for your Amazon Kendra service. Please wait a few minutes and try again, or contact Support for help.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

The resource you want to use doesn’t exist. Please check you have provided the correct resource and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ThrottlingException

The request was denied due to request throttling. Please reduce the number of requests and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ValidationException

The input fails to satisfy the constraints set by the Amazon Kendra service. Please provide the correct input and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400