# Data retrieval APIs for AWS IoT Analytics
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AWS IoT Analytics provides the following APIs for data retrieval.


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| Actions | Description | Access level | 
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| <a name="iotanalytics-DescribeChannel"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeChannel.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeChannel.html) | Describes the specified channel | Read | 
| <a name="iotanalytics-DescribeDataset"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDataset.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDataset.html) | Describes the specified dataset | Read | 
| <a name="iotanalytics-DescribeDatastore"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDatastore.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDatastore.html) | Describes the specified datastore | Read | 
| <a name="iotanalytics-DescribeLoggingOptions"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeLoggingOptions.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeLoggingOptions.html) | Describes logging options for the the account | Read | 
| <a name="iotanalytics-DescribePipeline"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_DescribePipeline.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_DescribePipeline.html) | Describes the specified pipeline | Read | 
| <a name="iotanalytics-GetDatasetContent"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_GetDatasetContent.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_GetDatasetContent.html) | Gets the content of the specified dataset | Read | 
| <a name="iotanalytics-ListChannels"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_ListChannels.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_ListChannels.html) | Lists the channels for the account | List | 
| <a name="iotanalytics-ListDatasetContents"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_ListDatasetContents.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_ListDatasetContents.html) | Lists information about dataset contents that have been created | List | 
| <a name="iotanalytics-ListDatasets"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_ListDatasets.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_ListDatasets.html) | Lists the datasets for the account | List | 
| <a name="iotanalytics-ListDatastores"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_ListDatastores.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_ListDatastores.html) | Lists the datastores for the account | List | 
| <a name="iotanalytics-ListPipelines"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_ListPipelines.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_ListPipelines.html) | Lists the pipelines for the account | List | 
| <a name="iotanalytics-ListTagsForResource"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_ListTagsForResource.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_ListTagsForResource.html) | Lists the tags (metadata) which you have assigned to the resource | Read | 
| <a name="iotanalytics-RunPipelineActivity"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_RunPipelineActivity.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_RunPipelineActivity.html) | Runs the specified pipeline activity | Read | 
| <a name="iotanalytics-SampleChannelData"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_SampleChannelData.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_SampleChannelData.html) | Samples the specified channel's data | Read |