name : describe-stream-consumer.rst **To describe a data stream consumer** The following ``describe-stream-consumer`` example returns the description of the specified consumer, registered with the specified data stream. :: aws kinesis describe-stream-consumer \ --stream-arn arn:aws:kinesis:us-west-2:012345678912:stream/samplestream \ --consumer-name KinesisConsumerApplication Output:: { "ConsumerDescription": { "ConsumerName": "KinesisConsumerApplication", "ConsumerARN": "arn:aws:kinesis:us-west-2:123456789012:stream/samplestream/consumer/KinesisConsumerApplication:1572383852", "ConsumerStatus": "ACTIVE", "ConsumerCreationTimestamp": 1572383852.0, "StreamARN": "arn:aws:kinesis:us-west-2:123456789012:stream/samplestream" } } For more information, see `Reading Data from Amazon Kinesis Data Streams <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/building-consumers.html>`__ in the *Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Developer Guide*.