# DescribeDirectConnectGateways
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Lists all your Direct Connect gateways or only the specified Direct Connect gateway. Deleted Direct Connect gateways are not returned.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "directConnectGatewayId": "string",
   "maxResults": number,
   "nextToken": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters
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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.

 ** [directConnectGatewayId](#API_DescribeDirectConnectGateways_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DX-DescribeDirectConnectGateways-request-directConnectGatewayId"></a>
The ID of the Direct Connect gateway.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** [maxResults](#API_DescribeDirectConnectGateways_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DX-DescribeDirectConnectGateways-request-maxResults"></a>
The maximum number of results to return with a single call. To retrieve the remaining results, make another call with the returned `nextToken` value.  
If `MaxResults` is given a value larger than 100, only 100 results are returned.  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** [nextToken](#API_DescribeDirectConnectGateways_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DX-DescribeDirectConnectGateways-request-nextToken"></a>
The token provided in the previous call to retrieve the next page.  
Type: String  
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "directConnectGateways": [ 
      { 
         "amazonSideAsn": number,
         "directConnectGatewayId": "string",
         "directConnectGatewayName": "string",
         "directConnectGatewayState": "string",
         "ownerAccount": "string",
         "stateChangeError": "string",
         "tags": [ 
            { 
               "key": "string",
               "value": "string"
            }
         ]
      }
   ],
   "nextToken": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [directConnectGateways](#API_DescribeDirectConnectGateways_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="DX-DescribeDirectConnectGateways-response-directConnectGateways"></a>
The Direct Connect gateways.  
Type: Array of [DirectConnectGateway](API_DirectConnectGateway.md) objects

 ** [nextToken](#API_DescribeDirectConnectGateways_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="DX-DescribeDirectConnectGateways-response-nextToken"></a>
The token to retrieve the next page.  
Type: String

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

 ** DirectConnectClientException **   
One or more parameters are not valid.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** DirectConnectServerException **   
A server-side error occurred.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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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/directconnect-2012-10-25/DescribeDirectConnectGateways) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/directconnect-2012-10-25/DescribeDirectConnectGateways) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/directconnect-2012-10-25/DescribeDirectConnectGateways) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/directconnect-2012-10-25/DescribeDirectConnectGateways) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/directconnect-2012-10-25/DescribeDirectConnectGateways) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/directconnect-2012-10-25/DescribeDirectConnectGateways) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/directconnect-2012-10-25/DescribeDirectConnectGateways) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/directconnect-2012-10-25/DescribeDirectConnectGateways) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/directconnect-2012-10-25/DescribeDirectConnectGateways) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/directconnect-2012-10-25/DescribeDirectConnectGateways)