# GetAction
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Retrieves the description of a specific support action.

## Request Syntax
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```
GET /actions/{{action}} HTTP/1.1
```

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

 ** [action](#API_GetAction_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="supportauthorization-GetAction-request-uri-action"></a>
The name of the support action to retrieve.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `[a-z][a-z0-9-]*:[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+`   
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

{
   "action": "string",
   "description": "string",
   "service": "string"
}
```

## 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.

 ** [action](#API_GetAction_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="supportauthorization-GetAction-response-action"></a>
The name of the support action.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `[a-z][a-z0-9-]*:[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+` 

 ** [description](#API_GetAction_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="supportauthorization-GetAction-response-description"></a>
A description of what the support action does.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 10240.

 ** [service](#API_GetAction_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="supportauthorization-GetAction-response-service"></a>
The AWS service associated with the support action.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9-]+` 

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

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You don't have sufficient permissions to perform this operation.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** InternalServerException **   
An internal service error occurred. Try again later.    
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The number of seconds to wait before retrying the request.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The specified resource does not exist.    
 ** resourceId **   
The identifier of the resource that was not found.  
 ** resourceType **   
The type of the resource that was not found.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The request rate exceeded the allowed limit. Try again later.    
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The number of seconds to wait before retrying the request.
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by the service.    
 ** fieldList **   
A list of fields that fail validation. Each entry identifies the field and the reason for the constraint violation.
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/supportauthz-2026-06-30/GetAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/supportauthz-2026-06-30/GetAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/supportauthz-2026-06-30/GetAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/supportauthz-2026-06-30/GetAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/supportauthz-2026-06-30/GetAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/supportauthz-2026-06-30/GetAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/supportauthz-2026-06-30/GetAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/supportauthz-2026-06-30/GetAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/supportauthz-2026-06-30/GetAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/supportauthz-2026-06-30/GetAction)