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Resource Access Management:GetPolicy

Last Updated:Mar 30, 2026

Queries information about a policy.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ram:GetPolicy

get

Policy

acs:ram:*:system:policy/{#PolicyName}

Policy

acs:ram:*:{#accountId}:policy/{#PolicyName}

None

None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

PolicyType

string

No

The type of the policy. Valid values: System and Custom.

Custom

PolicyName

string

No

The name of the policy.

OSS-Administrator

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response parameters.

Policy

object

The basic information about the policy.

DefaultVersion

string

The default version of the policy.

v1

UpdateDate

string

The time when the policy was modified.

2015-01-23T12:33:18Z

Description

string

The description of the policy.

OSSAdministratorAccess

PolicyDocument

string

This parameter is deprecated.

N/A

AttachmentCount

integer

The number of references to the policy.

0

PolicyName

string

The name of the policy.

OSS-Administrator

CreateDate

string

The time when the policy was created.

2015-01-23T12:33:18Z

PolicyType

string

The type of the policy.

Custom

RequestId

string

The request ID.

697852FB-50D7-44D9-9774-530C31EAC572

DefaultPolicyVersion

object

The information about the default policy version.

IsDefaultVersion

boolean

An attribute in the DefaultPolicyVersion parameter. The value of the IsDefaultVersion parameter is true.

true

PolicyDocument

string

The document of the policy.

{ "Statement": [{ "Action": ["oss:*"], "Effect": "Allow", "Resource": ["acs:oss:*:*:*"]}], "Version": "1"}

VersionId

string

The ID of the default policy version.

v1

CreateDate

string

The time when the default policy version was created.

2015-01-23T12:33:18Z

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "Policy": {
    "DefaultVersion": "v1",
    "UpdateDate": "2015-01-23T12:33:18Z",
    "Description": "OSSAdministratorAccess",
    "PolicyDocument": "N/A",
    "AttachmentCount": 0,
    "PolicyName": "OSS-Administrator",
    "CreateDate": "2015-01-23T12:33:18Z",
    "PolicyType": "Custom"
  },
  "RequestId": "697852FB-50D7-44D9-9774-530C31EAC572",
  "DefaultPolicyVersion": {
    "IsDefaultVersion": true,
    "PolicyDocument": "{ \"Statement\": [{ \"Action\": [\"oss:*\"], \"Effect\": \"Allow\", \"Resource\": [\"acs:oss:*:*:*\"]}], \"Version\": \"1\"}",
    "VersionId": "v1",
    "CreateDate": "2015-01-23T12:33:18Z"
  }
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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