---
title: "GET /accounts/{AwsAccountId}/namespaces/{Namespace}"
method: GET
path: "/accounts/{AwsAccountId}/namespaces/{Namespace}"
---

# GET /accounts/{AwsAccountId}/namespaces/{Namespace}

`GET /accounts/{AwsAccountId}/namespaces/{Namespace}`

Describes the current namespace.

## Path parameters

- `AwsAccountId` string, required
- `Namespace` string, required

## Response `200`

Success

- DescribeNamespaceResponse
  - `Namespace` object — The information about the namespace that you're describing. The response includes the namespace ARN, name, Amazon Web Services Region, creation status, and identity store. <code>DescribeNamespace</code> also works for namespaces that are in the process of being created. For incomplete namespaces, this API operation lists the namespace error types and messages associated with the creation process.
    - `Name` string — The name of the error.
    - `Arn` string — The namespace ARN.
    - `CapacityRegion` string — The namespace Amazon Web Services Region.
    - `CreationStatus` 'CREATED' | 'CREATING' | 'DELETING' | 'RETRYABLE_FAILURE' | 'NON_RETRYABLE_FAILURE' — The creation status of a namespace that is not yet completely created.
    - `IdentityStore` 'QUICKSIGHT' — The identity store used for the namespace.
    - `NamespaceError` object — An error that occurred when the namespace was created.
      - `Type` 'PERMISSION_DENIED' | 'INTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR' — The error type.
      - `Message` string — The message for the error.
  - `RequestId` string — The Amazon Web Services request ID for this operation.
  - `Status` integer — The HTTP status of the request.

## Other responses

- `480` — AccessDeniedException
- `481` — InvalidParameterValueException
- `482` — ResourceNotFoundException
- `483` — ThrottlingException
- `484` — InternalFailureException
- `485` — ResourceUnavailableException

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