# Data retrieval APIs for AWS Elemental MediaStore
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AWS Elemental MediaStore provides the following APIs for data retrieval.



| Actions | Description | Access level | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
| <a name="mediastore-DescribeContainer"></a>[DescribeContainer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediastore/latest/apireference/API_DescribeContainer.html) | Retrieve details on a container | List | 
| <a name="mediastore-DescribeObject"></a>[DescribeObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediastore/latest/apireference/API_objstore_DescribeObject.html) | Retrieve metadata for an object | List | 
| <a name="mediastore-GetContainerPolicy"></a>[GetContainerPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediastore/latest/apireference/API_GetContainerPolicy.html) | Retrieve the access policy of a container | Read | 
| <a name="mediastore-GetCorsPolicy"></a>[GetCorsPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediastore/latest/apireference/API_GetCorsPolicy.html) | Retrieve the CORS policy of a container | Read | 
| <a name="mediastore-GetLifecyclePolicy"></a>[GetLifecyclePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediastore/latest/apireference/API_GetLifecyclePolicy.html) | Retrieve the lifecycle policy that is assigned to a container | Read | 
| <a name="mediastore-GetMetricPolicy"></a>[GetMetricPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediastore/latest/apireference/API_GetMetricPolicy.html) | Retrieve the metric policy that is assigned to a container | Read | 
| <a name="mediastore-GetObject"></a>[GetObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediastore/latest/apireference/API_objstore_GetObject.html) | Retrieve an object | Read | 
| <a name="mediastore-ListContainers"></a>[ListContainers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediastore/latest/apireference/API_ListContainers.html) | Retrieve a list of containers in the current account | List | 
| <a name="mediastore-ListItems"></a>[ListItems](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediastore/latest/apireference/API_objstore_ListItems.html) | Retrieve a list of objects and subfolders that are stored in a folder | List | 
| <a name="mediastore-ListTagsForResource"></a>[ListTagsForResource](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediastore/latest/apireference/API_ListTagsForResource.html) | List tags on a container | Read | 

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for none. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query online-register` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).