# Data retrieval APIs for Amazon Message Delivery Service
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Amazon Message Delivery Service provides the following APIs for data retrieval.


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| Actions | Description | Access level | 
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| <a name="ec2messages-GetEndpoint"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-setting-up-messageAPIs.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-setting-up-messageAPIs.html) | Route traffic to the correct endpoint based on the given destination for the messages | Read | 
| <a name="ec2messages-GetMessages"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-setting-up-messageAPIs.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-setting-up-messageAPIs.html) | Deliver messages to clients/instances using long polling | Read |