name : get-shard-iterator.rst **To obtain a shard iterator** The following ``get-shard-iterator`` example uses the ``AT_SEQUENCE_NUMBER`` shard iterator type and generates a shard iterator to start reading data records exactly from the position denoted by the specified sequence number. :: aws kinesis get-shard-iterator \ --stream-name samplestream \ --shard-id shardId-000000000001 \ --shard-iterator-type LATEST Output:: { "ShardIterator": "AAAAAAAAAAFEvJjIYI+3jw/4aqgH9FifJ+n48XWTh/IFIsbILP6o5eDueD39NXNBfpZ10WL5K6ADXk8w+5H+Qhd9cFA9k268CPXCz/kebq1TGYI7Vy+lUkA9BuN3xvATxMBGxRY3zYK05gqgvaIRn94O8SqeEqwhigwZxNWxID3Ej7YYYcxQi8Q/fIrCjGAy/n2r5Z9G864YpWDfN9upNNQAR/iiOWKs" } For more information, see `Developing Consumers Using the Kinesis Data Streams API with the AWS SDK for Java <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/developing-consumers-with-sdk.html>`__ in the *Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Developer Guide*.