cognito-identity:DescribeIdentity

Read

cognito-identity:DescribeIdentity is a Read access-level action in the cognito-identity service. Grants permission to return metadata related to the given identity, including when the identity was created and any associated linked logins

Resource types

This action does not support resource-level permissions; use "Resource": "*" in your policy.

Condition keys

No condition keys are documented for this action.

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows cognito-identity:DescribeIdentity. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowCognitoidentityDescribeIdentity",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "cognito-identity:DescribeIdentity",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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