# Data retrieval APIs for AWS Cost and Usage Report
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AWS Cost and Usage Report provides the following APIs for data retrieval.


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| Actions | Description | Access level | 
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| <a name="cur-DescribeReportDefinitions"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/latest/APIReference/API_cur_DescribeReportDefinitions.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/latest/APIReference/API_cur_DescribeReportDefinitions.html) | Get Cost and Usage Report Definitions | Read | 
| <a name="cur-GetClassicReport"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cur/latest/userguide/security.html#user-permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cur/latest/userguide/security.html#user-permissions) | Get Bills CSV report | Read | 
| <a name="cur-GetClassicReportPreferences"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cur/latest/userguide/security.html#user-permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cur/latest/userguide/security.html#user-permissions) | Get the classic report enablement status for Usage Reports | Read | 
| <a name="cur-GetUsageReport"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cur/latest/userguide/security.html#user-permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cur/latest/userguide/security.html#user-permissions) | Get list of AWS services, usage type and operation for the Usage Report workflow. Allows or denies download of usage reports too | Read | 
| <a name="cur-ListTagsForResource"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/latest/APIReference/API_cur_ListTagsForResource.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/latest/APIReference/API_cur_ListTagsForResource.html) | List tags for a resource | Read | 
| <a name="cur-ValidateReportDestination"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cur/latest/userguide/security.html#user-permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cur/latest/userguide/security.html#user-permissions) | Validates if the s3 bucket exists with appropriate permissions for CUR delivery | Read |