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Amazon MWS Documentation

GetServiceStatus

Returns the operational status of the Merchant Fulfillment service.

Description

The GetServiceStatus operation returns the operational status of the Merchant Fulfillment service of Amazon Marketplace Web Service. Status values are GREEN, YELLOW, and RED.

Throttling

The GetServiceStatus operation has a maximum request quota of two and a restore rate of one request every five minutes. For definitions of throttling terminology and for a complete explanation of throttling, see Throttling: Limits to how often you can submit requests in the Amazon MWS Developer Guide.

Request parameters

None.

Response elements

Name Description
Status GetServiceStatus values:
  • GREEN - The service is operating normally.
  • YELLOW - The service is experiencing higher than normal error rates or is operating with degraded performance. Additional information might be provided.
  • RED - The service is unavailable or experiencing extremely high error rates. Additional information might be provided.

Type: xs:string

Timestamp The time at which the operational status was evaluated. In ISO 8601 date time format.

Type: xs:dateTime
MessageId An Amazon-defined message identifier.

Type: xs:string

Messages The parent element of one or more Message elements.
Message The operational status message.
Contains the following child elements (both child elements are type: xs:string):
  • Locale
  • Text

Examples

Example query request

For information about standard request requirements, see Required request parameters.

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https://mws.amazonservices.com/MerchantFulfillment/2015-06-01
?AWSAccessKeyId=0PB842EXAMPLE7N4ZTR2
&Action=GetServiceStatus
&MWSAuthToken=amzn.mws.4ea38b7b-f563-7709-4bae-87aeaEXAMPLE
&SellerId=A1XEXAMPLE5E6
&Signature=ZQLpf8vEXAMPLE0iC265pf18n0%3D
&SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
&SignatureVersion=2
&Timestamp=2015-07-04T18%3A12%3A21.687Z
&Version=2015-07-01

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Example response

For information about standard response formatting, see Response format.

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<GetServiceStatusResponse xmlns="https://mws.amazonservices.com/MerchantFulfillment/2015-06-01">
    <GetServiceStatusResult>
        <Status>GREEN</Status>
        <Timestamp>2015-07-01421:38:09.676Z</Timestamp>
    </GetServiceStatusResult>
    <ResponseMetadata>
        <RequestId>d80c6c7b-f7c7-4fa7-bdd7-854711cb3bcc</RequestId>
    </ResponseMetadata>
</GetServiceStatusResponse>

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Related topics

Merchant Fulfillment API