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DescribeImageAttribute

The DescribeImageAttribute operation returns information about an attribute of an AMI.

Request Parameters

The following table describes the request parameters for DescribeImageAttribute. Parameter names are case sensitive.

Element Name	Definition	Required?	Type
`ImageId`	Id of the AMI for which an attribute will be described.	Yes	`string`
`Attribute`	Specifies the attribute to describe. Currently, only `launchPermission` is supported.	Yes	`string`

Response Tags

The following table describes the default response tags included in DescribeImageAttribute responses.

Element Name	Definition	Type
`imageId`	ID of the AMI of which parameters are being described.	`xsd:string`
`launchPermission`	Launch permissions of the AMI.	`ec2:LaunchPermissionItemType[]`

Sample Request

https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
?Action=DescribeImageAttribute
&ImageId=ami-61a54008
&Attribute=launchPermission
&...auth parameters...

Sample Response

<DescribeImageAttributeResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2007-01-19">
  <imageId>ami-61a54008</imageId>
  <launchPermission>
    <item>
      <group>all</group>
    </item>
    <item>
      <userId>495219933132</userId>
    </item>
  </launchPermission>
</DescribeImageAttributeResponse>

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