Tutorial: Get geofence details - Amazon Location Service

Tutorial: Get geofence details

You can get the details of a specific geofence, such as the create time, update time, geometry, and status, from a geofence collection using the Amazon Location console, AWS CLI, or the Amazon Location APIs.

Console

To view the status of a geofence using the Amazon Location console

  1. Open the Amazon Location console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/location/.

  2. Choose Geofence collections from the left navigation pane.

  3. Under My geofence collection, select the name link of the target geofence collection.

  4. Under Geofences, you’ll be able to view the status of your geofences.

API

Use the GetGeofence operation from the Amazon Location Geofences APIs.

The following example is an API request to get the geofence details from a geofence collection ExampleCollection.

GET /geofencing/v0/collections/ExampleCollection/geofences/ExampleGeofence1

The following is an example response for GetGeofence:

{
   "CreateTime": 2020-09-30T22:59:34.142Z,
   "GeofenceId": "ExampleGeofence1",
   "Geometry": { 
      "Polygon": [            
          [-1,-1],
          [1,-1],
          [0,1],
          [-1,-1] 
      ]
   },
   "Status": "ACTIVE",
   "UpdateTime": 2020-09-30T23:59:34.142Z
}
CLI

Use the get-geofence command.

The following example is an AWS CLI to get the geofence collection details for ExampleCollection.

aws location get-geofence \
    --collection-name "ExampleCollection" \
    --geofence-id "ExampleGeofence1"