DescribeBillingGroup
Returns information about a billing group.
Requires permission to access the DescribeBillingGroup action.
Request Syntax
GET /billing-groups/billingGroupName HTTP/1.1
URI Request Parameters
The request uses the following URI parameters.
- billingGroupName
- 
               The name of the billing group. Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128. Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+Required: Yes 
Request Body
The request does not have a request body.
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json
{
   "billingGroupArn": "string",
   "billingGroupId": "string",
   "billingGroupMetadata": { 
      "creationDate": number
   },
   "billingGroupName": "string",
   "billingGroupProperties": { 
      "billingGroupDescription": "string"
   },
   "version": 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.
- billingGroupArn
- 
               The ARN of the billing group. Type: String 
- billingGroupId
- 
               The ID of the billing group. Type: String Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128. Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9\-]+
- billingGroupMetadata
- 
               Additional information about the billing group. Type: BillingGroupMetadata object 
- billingGroupName
- 
               The name of the billing group. Type: String Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128. Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+
- billingGroupProperties
- 
               The properties of the billing group. Type: BillingGroupProperties object 
- version
- 
               The version of the billing group. Type: Long 
Errors
- InternalFailureException
- 
               An unexpected error has occurred. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 500 
- InvalidRequestException
- 
               The request is not valid. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 400 
- ResourceNotFoundException
- 
               The specified resource does not exist. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 404 
- ThrottlingException
- 
               The rate exceeds the limit. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 400 
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: