# GetCrawler
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Retrieves metadata for a specified crawler.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "Name": "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.

 ** [Name](#API_GetCrawler_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="Glue-GetCrawler-request-Name"></a>
The name of the crawler to retrieve metadata for.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "Crawler": { 
      "Classifiers": [ "string" ],
      "Configuration": "string",
      "CrawlElapsedTime": number,
      "CrawlerSecurityConfiguration": "string",
      "CreationTime": number,
      "DatabaseName": "string",
      "Description": "string",
      "LakeFormationConfiguration": { 
         "AccountId": "string",
         "UseLakeFormationCredentials": boolean
      },
      "LastCrawl": { 
         "ErrorMessage": "string",
         "LogGroup": "string",
         "LogStream": "string",
         "MessagePrefix": "string",
         "StartTime": number,
         "Status": "string"
      },
      "LastUpdated": number,
      "LineageConfiguration": { 
         "CrawlerLineageSettings": "string"
      },
      "Name": "string",
      "RecrawlPolicy": { 
         "RecrawlBehavior": "string"
      },
      "Role": "string",
      "Schedule": { 
         "ScheduleExpression": "string",
         "State": "string"
      },
      "SchemaChangePolicy": { 
         "DeleteBehavior": "string",
         "UpdateBehavior": "string"
      },
      "State": "string",
      "TablePrefix": "string",
      "Targets": { 
         "CatalogTargets": [ 
            { 
               "ConnectionName": "string",
               "DatabaseName": "string",
               "DlqEventQueueArn": "string",
               "EventQueueArn": "string",
               "Tables": [ "string" ]
            }
         ],
         "DeltaTargets": [ 
            { 
               "ConnectionName": "string",
               "CreateNativeDeltaTable": boolean,
               "DeltaTables": [ "string" ],
               "WriteManifest": boolean
            }
         ],
         "DynamoDBTargets": [ 
            { 
               "Path": "string",
               "scanAll": boolean,
               "scanRate": number
            }
         ],
         "HudiTargets": [ 
            { 
               "ConnectionName": "string",
               "Exclusions": [ "string" ],
               "MaximumTraversalDepth": number,
               "Paths": [ "string" ]
            }
         ],
         "IcebergTargets": [ 
            { 
               "ConnectionName": "string",
               "Exclusions": [ "string" ],
               "MaximumTraversalDepth": number,
               "Paths": [ "string" ]
            }
         ],
         "JdbcTargets": [ 
            { 
               "ConnectionName": "string",
               "EnableAdditionalMetadata": [ "string" ],
               "Exclusions": [ "string" ],
               "Path": "string"
            }
         ],
         "MongoDBTargets": [ 
            { 
               "ConnectionName": "string",
               "Path": "string",
               "ScanAll": boolean
            }
         ],
         "S3Targets": [ 
            { 
               "ConnectionName": "string",
               "DlqEventQueueArn": "string",
               "EventQueueArn": "string",
               "Exclusions": [ "string" ],
               "Path": "string",
               "SampleSize": number
            }
         ]
      },
      "Version": number
   }
}
```

## 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.

 ** [Crawler](#API_GetCrawler_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="Glue-GetCrawler-response-Crawler"></a>
The metadata for the specified crawler.  
Type: [Crawler](API_Crawler.md) object

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

 ** EntityNotFoundException **   
A specified entity does not exist    
 ** FromFederationSource **   
Indicates whether or not the exception relates to a federated source.  
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** OperationTimeoutException **   
The operation timed out.    
 ** Message **   
A message describing the problem.
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/glue-2017-03-31/GetCrawler) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/glue-2017-03-31/GetCrawler) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/glue-2017-03-31/GetCrawler) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/glue-2017-03-31/GetCrawler) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/glue-2017-03-31/GetCrawler) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/glue-2017-03-31/GetCrawler) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/glue-2017-03-31/GetCrawler) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/glue-2017-03-31/GetCrawler) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/glue-2017-03-31/GetCrawler) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/glue-2017-03-31/GetCrawler)