# DescribeDeliveries


Retrieves a list of the deliveries that have been created in the account.

A *delivery* is a connection between a [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/API_PutDeliverySource.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/API_PutDeliverySource.html) and a [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/API_PutDeliveryDestination.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/API_PutDeliveryDestination.html).

A delivery source represents an AWS resource that sends logs to an logs delivery destination. The destination can be CloudWatch Logs, Amazon S3, Firehose or X-Ray. Only some AWS services support being configured as a delivery source. These services are listed in [Enable logging from AWS services.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/AWS-logs-and-resource-policy.html) 

## Request Syntax


```
{
   "limit": number,
   "nextToken": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters


For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [limit](#API_DescribeDeliveries_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="CWL-DescribeDeliveries-request-limit"></a>
Optionally specify the maximum number of deliveries to return in the response.  
Type: Integer  
Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 50.  
Required: No

 ** [nextToken](#API_DescribeDeliveries_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="CWL-DescribeDeliveries-request-nextToken"></a>
The token for the next set of items to return. The token expires after 24 hours.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.  
Required: No

## Response Syntax


```
{
   "deliveries": [ 
      { 
         "arn": "string",
         "deliveryDestinationArn": "string",
         "deliveryDestinationType": "string",
         "deliverySourceName": "string",
         "fieldDelimiter": "string",
         "id": "string",
         "recordFields": [ "string" ],
         "s3DeliveryConfiguration": { 
            "enableHiveCompatiblePath": boolean,
            "suffixPath": "string"
         },
         "tags": { 
            "string" : "string" 
         }
      }
   ],
   "nextToken": "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.

 ** [deliveries](#API_DescribeDeliveries_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="CWL-DescribeDeliveries-response-deliveries"></a>
An array of structures. Each structure contains information about one delivery in the account.  
Type: Array of [Delivery](API_Delivery.md) objects

 ** [nextToken](#API_DescribeDeliveries_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="CWL-DescribeDeliveries-response-nextToken"></a>
The token for the next set of items to return. The token expires after 24 hours.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.

## Errors


For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** ServiceQuotaExceededException **   
This request exceeds a service quota.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ServiceUnavailableException **   
The service cannot complete the request.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The request was throttled because of quota limits.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ValidationException **   
One of the parameters for the request is not valid.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## 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/logs-2014-03-28/DescribeDeliveries) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/logs-2014-03-28/DescribeDeliveries) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/logs-2014-03-28/DescribeDeliveries) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/logs-2014-03-28/DescribeDeliveries) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/logs-2014-03-28/DescribeDeliveries) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/logs-2014-03-28/DescribeDeliveries) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/logs-2014-03-28/DescribeDeliveries) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/logs-2014-03-28/DescribeDeliveries) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/logs-2014-03-28/DescribeDeliveries) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/logs-2014-03-28/DescribeDeliveries)