name : get-configuration.rst **To retrieve configuration details** The following ``get-configuration`` example returns the configuration details of the example application. On subsequent calls to get-configuration use the ``client-configuration-version`` parameter to only update the configuration of your application if the version has changed. Only updating the configuration when the version has changed avoids excess charges incurred by calling get-configuration. :: aws appconfig get-configuration \ --application "example-application" \ --environment "Example-Environment" \ --configuration "Example-Configuration-Profile" \ --client-id "test-id" \ configuration-output-file Contents of ``configuration-output-file``:: { "Name": "ExampleApplication", "Id": ExampleID, "Rank": 7 } Output:: { "ConfigurationVersion": "1", "ContentType": "application/json" } For more information, see `Step 6: Receiving the configuration <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/appconfig/latest/userguide/appconfig-retrieving-the-configuration.html>`__ in the *AWS AppConfig User Guide*.