# GetEvidenceFolder
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**Important**  
 AWS Audit Manager is no longer open to new customers. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Audit Manager availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/audit-manager/latest/userguide/audit-manager-availability-change.html).

 Gets an evidence folder from a specified assessment in AWS Audit Manager. 

## Request Syntax
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```
GET /assessments/{{assessmentId}}/controlSets/{{controlSetId}}/evidenceFolders/{{evidenceFolderId}} HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [assessmentId](#API_GetEvidenceFolder_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="auditmanager-GetEvidenceFolder-request-uri-assessmentId"></a>
 The unique identifier for the assessment.   
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 36.  
Pattern: `^[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}$`   
Required: Yes

 ** [controlSetId](#API_GetEvidenceFolder_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="auditmanager-GetEvidenceFolder-request-uri-controlSetId"></a>
 The unique identifier for the control set.   
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 300.  
Pattern: `^[\w\W\s\S]*$`   
Required: Yes

 ** [evidenceFolderId](#API_GetEvidenceFolder_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="auditmanager-GetEvidenceFolder-request-uri-evidenceFolderId"></a>
 The unique identifier for the folder that the evidence is stored in.   
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 36.  
Pattern: `^[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}$`   
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "evidenceFolder": { 
      "assessmentId": "string",
      "assessmentReportSelectionCount": number,
      "author": "string",
      "controlId": "string",
      "controlName": "string",
      "controlSetId": "string",
      "dataSource": "string",
      "date": number,
      "evidenceAwsServiceSourceCount": number,
      "evidenceByTypeComplianceCheckCount": number,
      "evidenceByTypeComplianceCheckIssuesCount": number,
      "evidenceByTypeConfigurationDataCount": number,
      "evidenceByTypeManualCount": number,
      "evidenceByTypeUserActivityCount": number,
      "evidenceResourcesIncludedCount": number,
      "id": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "totalEvidence": 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.

 ** [evidenceFolder](#API_GetEvidenceFolder_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="auditmanager-GetEvidenceFolder-response-evidenceFolder"></a>
 The folder that the evidence is stored in.   
Type: [AssessmentEvidenceFolder](API_AssessmentEvidenceFolder.md) object

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

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
 Your account isn't registered with AWS Audit Manager. Check the delegated administrator setup on the Audit Manager settings page, and try again.   
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** InternalServerException **   
 An internal service error occurred during the processing of your request. Try again later.   
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
 The resource that's specified in the request can't be found.     
 ** resourceId **   
 The unique identifier for the resource.   
 ** resourceType **   
 The type of resource that's affected by the error. 
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ValidationException **   
 The request has invalid or missing parameters.     
 ** fields **   
 The fields that caused the error, if applicable.   
 ** reason **   
 The reason the request failed validation. 
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/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFolder) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFolder) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFolder) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFolder) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFolder) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFolder) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFolder) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFolder) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFolder) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/auditmanager-2017-07-25/GetEvidenceFolder)