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//snippet-sourcedescription:[iam_getpolicy.js demonstrates how to retrieve information about an IAM managed policy.]
//snippet-keyword:[JavaScript]
//snippet-sourcesyntax:[javascript]
//snippet-keyword:[Code Sample]
//snippet-keyword:[AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)]
//snippet-service:[iam]
//snippet-sourcetype:[full-example]
//snippet-sourcedate:[2018-06-02]
//snippet-sourceauthor:[AWS-JSDG]

// ABOUT THIS NODE.JS SAMPLE: This sample is part of the SDK for JavaScript Developer Guide topic at
// https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/iam-examples-policies.html

// snippet-start:[iam.JavaScript.policies.getPolicy]
// Load the AWS SDK for Node.js
var AWS = require('aws-sdk');
// Set the region 
AWS.config.update({region: 'REGION'});

// Create the IAM service object
var iam = new AWS.IAM({apiVersion: '2010-05-08'});

var params = {
  PolicyArn: 'arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSLambdaExecute'
};

iam.getPolicy(params, function(err, data) {
  if (err) {
    console.log("Error", err);
  } else {
    console.log("Success", data.Policy.Description);
  }
});
// snippet-end:[iam.JavaScript.policies.getPolicy]