# GetControl
**Important**
AWS Audit Manager is no longer open to new customers. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Audit Manager availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/audit-manager/latest/userguide/audit-manager-availability-change.html).
Gets information about a specified control.
## Request Syntax
```
GET /controls/{{controlId}} HTTP/1.1
```
## URI Request Parameters
The request uses the following URI parameters.
** [controlId](#API_GetControl_RequestSyntax) **
The identifier for the control.
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 36.
Pattern: `^[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}$`
Required: Yes
## Request Body
The request does not have a request body.
## Response Syntax
```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json
{
"control": {
"actionPlanInstructions": "string",
"actionPlanTitle": "string",
"arn": "string",
"controlMappingSources": [
{
"sourceDescription": "string",
"sourceFrequency": "string",
"sourceId": "string",
"sourceKeyword": {
"keywordInputType": "string",
"keywordValue": "string"
},
"sourceName": "string",
"sourceSetUpOption": "string",
"sourceType": "string",
"troubleshootingText": "string"
}
],
"controlSources": "string",
"createdAt": number,
"createdBy": "string",
"description": "string",
"id": "string",
"lastUpdatedAt": number,
"lastUpdatedBy": "string",
"name": "string",
"state": "string",
"tags": {
"string" : "string"
},
"testingInformation": "string",
"type": "string"
}
}
```
## 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.
** [control](#API_GetControl_ResponseSyntax) **
The details of the control that the `GetControl` API returned.
Type: [Control](API_Control.md) object
## Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).
** AccessDeniedException **
Your account isn't registered with AWS Audit Manager. Check the delegated administrator setup on the Audit Manager settings page, and try again.
HTTP Status Code: 403
** InternalServerException **
An internal service error occurred during the processing of your request. Try again later.
HTTP Status Code: 500
** ResourceNotFoundException **
The resource that's specified in the request can't be found.
** resourceId **
The unique identifier for the resource.
** resourceType **
The type of resource that's affected by the error.
HTTP Status Code: 404
** ValidationException **
The request has invalid or missing parameters.
** fields **
The fields that caused the error, if applicable.
** reason **
The reason the request failed validation.
HTTP Status Code: 400
## Examples
### Getting information about a control
This example shows a sample response for the `GetControl` API operation. This example returns details about a specific custom control. In this case, the control has three automated data sources. Each data source is a specific CloudTrail event (`ec2_ModifyInstanceAttribute`, `ec2_CreateImage`, and `ec2_RunInstances`).
#### Sample Response
```
{
"control": {
"arn": "arn:aws:auditmanager:us-east-1:111122223333:control/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-example11111",
"id": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-example11111",
"type": "Custom",
"name": "1.0.1 - CloudTrail Instance Events_CUSTOM",
"description": "CloudTrail eventName for instances",
"testingInformation": "CloudTrail eventName:\n\n- CreateImage\n- RunInstances\n- ModifyInstanceAttribute ",
"actionPlanTitle": "The title of my action plan",
"actionPlanInstructions": "The details of my action plan instructions",
"controlSources": "AWS CloudTrail",
"controlMappingSources": [
{
"sourceId": "sourceid-5678-90ab-cdef-example11111",
"sourceName": "Data source 1",
"sourceSetUpOption": "System_Controls_Mapping",
"sourceType": "AWS_Cloudtrail",
"sourceKeyword": {
"keywordInputType": "SELECT_FROM_LIST",
"keywordValue": "ec2_ModifyInstanceAttribute"
}
},
{
"sourceId": "sourceid-5678-90ab-cdef-example22222",
"sourceName": "Data source 2",
"sourceSetUpOption": "System_Controls_Mapping",
"sourceType": "AWS_Cloudtrail",
"sourceKeyword": {
"keywordInputType": "SELECT_FROM_LIST",
"keywordValue": "ec2_CreateImage"
}
},
{
"sourceId": "sourceid-5678-90ab-cdef-example33333",
"sourceName": "Data source 3",
"sourceSetUpOption": "System_Controls_Mapping",
"sourceType": "AWS_Cloudtrail",
"sourceKeyword": {
"keywordInputType": "SELECT_FROM_LIST",
"keywordValue": "ec2_RunInstances"
}
}
],
"createdAt": "2023-03-13T12:00:58.943000-07:00",
"lastUpdatedAt": "2023-03-13T12:00:58.943000-07:00",
"createdBy": "john-doe",
"lastUpdatedBy": "jane-doe",
"state": "ACTIVE",
"tags": {
"Department": "Legal"
}
}
}
```
## See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+ [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetControl)
+ [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetControl)
+ [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetControl)
+ [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetControl)
+ [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetControl)
+ [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetControl)
+ [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetControl)
+ [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetControl)
+ [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetControl)
+ [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetControl)