| **To retrieve information about a channel** | |
| The following ``describe-channel`` example displays details, including statistics, for the specified channel. :: | |
| aws iotanalytics describe-channel \ | |
| --channel-name mychannel \ | |
| --include-statistics | |
| Output:: | |
| { | |
| "statistics": { | |
| "size": { | |
| "estimatedSizeInBytes": 402.0, | |
| "estimatedOn": 1561504380.0 | |
| } | |
| }, | |
| "channel": { | |
| "status": "ACTIVE", | |
| "name": "mychannel", | |
| "lastUpdateTime": 1557860351.001, | |
| "creationTime": 1557860351.001, | |
| "retentionPeriod": { | |
| "unlimited": true | |
| }, | |
| "arn": "arn:aws:iotanalytics:us-west-2:123456789012:channel/mychannel" | |
| } | |
| } | |
| For more information, see `DescribeChannel <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iotanalytics/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeChannel.html>`__ in the *AWS IoT Analytics API Reference*. | |