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DescribeSnapshotAttribute

Description

Returns information about an attribute of a snapshot. You can get information about only one attribute per call. Currently the only attribute you can get describes who has permission to create a volume from the snapshot.

Request Parameters

Name Description Required

Name	Description	Required
`SnapshotId`	The ID of the Amazon EBS snapshot. Type: String Default: None	Yes
`Attribute`	The attribute to get. Type: String Default: None Valid Value: `createVolumePermission`	Yes

SnapshotId

The ID of the Amazon EBS snapshot.

Type: String

Default: None

Yes

Attribute

The attribute to get.

Type: String

Default: None

Valid Value: createVolumePermission

Yes

Response Elements

The elements in the following table are wrapped in a DescribeSnapshotAttributeResponse structure.

Name Description

Name	Description
`requestId`	The ID of the request. Type: xsd:string
`snapshotId`	The ID of the Amazon EBS snapshot. Type: xsd:string
`createVolumePermission`	List of permissions for creating volumes from the snapshot. Each permission is wrapped in an `item` element. Type: CreateVolumePermissionItemType

requestId

The ID of the request.

Type: xsd:string

snapshotId

The ID of the Amazon EBS snapshot.

Type: xsd:string

createVolumePermission

List of permissions for creating volumes from the snapshot. Each permission is wrapped in an item element.

Type: CreateVolumePermissionItemType

Examples

Example Request

This example describes permissions for the snap-78a54011 snapshot.

https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=DescribeSnapshotAttribute
&SnapshotId=snap-78a54011
&Attribute=createVolumePermission
&AUTHPARAMS

Example Response

<DescribeSnapshotAttributeResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2011-12-15/">
   <requestId>59dbff89-35bd-4eac-99ed-be587EXAMPLE</requestId> 
   <snapshotId>snap-78a54011</snapshotId>
   <createVolumePermission>
      <item>
         <group>all</group>
      </item>
   </createVolumePermission>
</DescribeSnapshotAttributeResponse>

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