GetCallerIdentity (GET)
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Get
/#/GetCallerIdentity
Availability
Early Access: July 1, 2026
Early Access is gated; contact the Backblaze Sales team for access.
Limited Availability: July 1, 2026
This API is available only to customers with access to the Backblaze Enterprise Web Console. For more information, contact the Backblaze Sales team.
Return details about the credentials used to call the API
Actual request: GET /?Action=GetCallerIdentity&Version=2011-06-15 to sts.backblazeb2.com.
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action | string | yes | GetCallerIdentity |
| Version | string | yes | 2011-06-15 |
Example response
<GetCallerIdentityResponse xmlns="https://sts.amazonaws.com/doc/2011-06-15/">
<GetCallerIdentityResult>
<UserId>AROAEXAMPLE123456789:session-001</UserId>
<Account>123456789012</Account>
<Arn>arn:aws:sts::123456789012:assumed-role/analytics-role/session-001</Arn>
</GetCallerIdentityResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>req-1234567890</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</GetCallerIdentityResponse> Errors
AccessDeniedValidationError
Security
API Key: sigv4
Header parameter nameAuthorization
AWS Signature Version 4. The Authorization header takes the form AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=..., SignedHeaders=..., Signature=.... For IAM and STS requests, the signing region is not validated; use any non-empty region value consistently. The signing service must be iam for IAM requests and sts for STS requests. When using temporary credentials, also include X-Amz-Security-Token: <session-token>.
Query parameters
Action
stringRequired
API operation name.
Version
stringRequired
STS API version.
Valid values[ "2011-06-15" ]
Default"2011-06-15"
Responses
200
The request succeeded. The response body is an XML document specific to the Action invoked, with a ResponseMetadata block containing a RequestId.
string
Action-specific XML response. See the example response for each operation.
400
The request was malformed or failed validation.
| HTTP Status | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | ValidationError | Invalid input parameter or failed validation. |
string
403
The caller is not authorized. For operations that reference IAM resources, authorization may be evaluated before resource existence is disclosed.
| HTTP Status | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 403 | AccessDenied | The authenticated principal lacks permission for this action. |
string
429
The request was rate-limited.
| HTTP Status | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 429 | Throttling | Too many requests. Use exponential backoff. |
string
500
The server encountered an unexpected condition.
| HTTP Status | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 500 | InternalFailure | Unexpected server error. |
string
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