# Data retrieval APIs for AWS Private Certificate Authority
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AWS Private Certificate Authority provides the following APIs for data retrieval.


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| Actions | Description | Access level | 
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| <a name="acm-pca-DescribeCertificateAuthority"></a>[DescribeCertificateAuthority](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeCertificateAuthority.html) | Return a list of the configuration and status fields contained in the specified AWS Private CA | Read | 
| <a name="acm-pca-DescribeCertificateAuthorityAuditReport"></a>[DescribeCertificateAuthorityAuditReport](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeCertificateAuthorityAuditReport.html) | Return the status and information about an AWS Private CA audit report | Read | 
| <a name="acm-pca-GetCertificate"></a>[GetCertificate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_GetCertificate.html) | Retrieve an AWS Private CA certificate and certificate chain for the certificate authority specified by an ARN | Read | 
| <a name="acm-pca-GetCertificateAuthorityCertificate"></a>[GetCertificateAuthorityCertificate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_GetCertificateAuthorityCertificate.html) | Retrieve an AWS Private CA certificate and certificate chain for the certificate authority specified by an ARN | Read | 
| <a name="acm-pca-GetCertificateAuthorityCsr"></a>[GetCertificateAuthorityCsr](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_GetCertificateAuthorityCsr.html) | Retrieve an AWS Private CA certificate signing request (CSR) for the certificate-authority specified by an ARN | Read | 
| <a name="acm-pca-GetPolicy"></a>[GetPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_GetPolicy.html) | Retrieve the policy on an AWS Private CA | Read | 
| <a name="acm-pca-ListCertificateAuthorities"></a>[ListCertificateAuthorities](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_ListCertificateAuthorities.html) | Retrieve a list of the AWS Private CA certificate authority ARNs, and a summary of the status of each CA in the calling account | List | 
| <a name="acm-pca-ListPermissions"></a>[ListPermissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_ListPermissions.html) | List the permissions that have been applied to the AWS Private CA certificate authority | Read | 
| <a name="acm-pca-ListTags"></a>[ListTags](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/APIReference/API_ListTags.html) | List the tags that have been applied to the AWS Private CA certificate authority | Read |