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Returns the resource types, the number of each resource type, and the total number of resources that Config is recording in this region for your Amazon Web Services account.

Example

  1. Config is recording three resource types in the US East (Ohio) Region for your account: 25 EC2 instances, 20 IAM users, and 15 S3 buckets.

  2. You make a call to the GetDiscoveredResourceCounts action and specify that you want all resource types.

  3. Config returns the following:

    • The resource types (EC2 instances, IAM users, and S3 buckets).

    • The number of each resource type (25, 20, and 15).

    • The total number of all resources (60).

The response is paginated. By default, Config lists 100 ResourceCount objects on each page. You can customize this number with the limit parameter. The response includes a nextToken string. To get the next page of results, run the request again and specify the string for the nextToken parameter.

If you make a call to the GetDiscoveredResourceCounts action, you might not immediately receive resource counts in the following situations:

  • You are a new Config customer.

  • You just enabled resource recording.

It might take a few minutes for Config to record and count your resources. Wait a few minutes and then retry the GetDiscoveredResourceCounts action.

post/#X-Amz-Target=StarlingDoveService.GetDiscoveredResourceCounts

Query parameters

limitstring

Pagination limit

nextTokenstring

Pagination token

Headers

X-Amz-Target'StarlingDoveService.GetDiscoveredResourceCounts' required

Request body

resourceTypesStringWithCharLimit256[]
<p>The comma-separated list that specifies the resource types that you want Config to return (for example, <code>"AWS::EC2::Instance"</code>, <code>"AWS::IAM::User"</code>).</p> <p>If a value for <code>resourceTypes</code> is not specified, Config returns all resource types that Config is recording in the region for your account.</p> <note> <p>If the configuration recorder is turned off, Config returns an empty list of <a>ResourceCount</a> objects. If the configuration recorder is not recording a specific resource type (for example, S3 buckets), that resource type is not returned in the list of <a>ResourceCount</a> objects.</p> </note>
limitinteger

The maximum number of <a>ResourceCount</a> objects returned on each page. The default is 100. You cannot specify a number greater than 100. If you specify 0, Config uses the default.

nextTokenstring

The <code>nextToken</code> string returned on a previous page that you use to get the next page of results in a paginated response.

Response

Success

totalDiscoveredResourcesinteger
<p>The total number of resources that Config is recording in the region for your account. If you specify resource types in the request, Config returns only the total number of resources for those resource types.</p> <p class="title"> <b>Example</b> </p> <ol> <li> <p>Config is recording three resource types in the US East (Ohio) Region for your account: 25 EC2 instances, 20 IAM users, and 15 S3 buckets, for a total of 60 resources.</p> </li> <li> <p>You make a call to the <code>GetDiscoveredResourceCounts</code> action and specify the resource type, <code>"AWS::EC2::Instances"</code>, in the request.</p> </li> <li> <p>Config returns 25 for <code>totalDiscoveredResources</code>.</p> </li> </ol>
nextTokenstring

The string that you use in a subsequent request to get the next page of results in a paginated response.