To get the current state of a resource

The following get-resource example returns the current state of the AWS::Kinesis::Stream resource named ResourceExample.

aws cloudcontrol get-resource \
    --type-name AWS::Kinesis::Stream \
    --identifier ResourceExample

Output:

{
    "TypeName": "AWS::Kinesis::Stream",
    "ResourceDescription": {
        "Identifier": "ResourceExample",
        "Properties": "{\"Arn\":\"arn:aws:kinesis:us-west-2:099908667365:stream/ResourceExample\",\"RetentionPeriodHours\":168,\"Name\":\"ResourceExample\",\"ShardCount\":3}"
    }
}

For more information, see Reading a resource's current state in the Cloud Control API User Guide.