# GetOperation
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Gets the details of an operation by specifying the operation ID.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /get-operation HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "OperationId": "string"
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [OperationId](#API_GetOperation_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="ssmsap-GetOperation-request-OperationId"></a>
The ID of the operation.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `[{]?[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-([0-9a-fA-F]{4}-){3}[0-9a-fA-F]{12}[}]?`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "Operation": { 
      "EndTime": number,
      "Id": "string",
      "LastUpdatedTime": number,
      "Properties": { 
         "string" : "string" 
      },
      "ResourceArn": "string",
      "ResourceId": "string",
      "ResourceType": "string",
      "StartTime": number,
      "Status": "string",
      "StatusMessage": "string",
      "Type": "string"
   }
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [Operation](#API_GetOperation_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="ssmsap-GetOperation-response-Operation"></a>
Returns the details of an operation.  
Type: [Operation](API_Operation.md) object

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** InternalServerException **   
An internal error has occurred.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ValidationException **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by an AWS service.   
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/ssm-sap-2018-05-10/GetOperation) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/ssm-sap-2018-05-10/GetOperation) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ssm-sap-2018-05-10/GetOperation) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/ssm-sap-2018-05-10/GetOperation) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ssm-sap-2018-05-10/GetOperation) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/ssm-sap-2018-05-10/GetOperation) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/ssm-sap-2018-05-10/GetOperation) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/ssm-sap-2018-05-10/GetOperation) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/ssm-sap-2018-05-10/GetOperation) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ssm-sap-2018-05-10/GetOperation)