:doc:`CloudFormation <../../cloudformation>` / Client / describe_account_limits

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describe_account_limits
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.. py:method:: CloudFormation.Client.describe_account_limits(**kwargs)

  

  Retrieves your account's CloudFormation limits, such as the maximum number of stacks that you can create in your account. For more information about account limits, see `Understand CloudFormation quotas <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/cloudformation-limits.html>`__ in the *CloudFormation User Guide*.

  

  See also: `AWS API Documentation <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/WebAPI/cloudformation-2010-05-15/DescribeAccountLimits>`_  


  **Request Syntax**
  ::

    response = client.describe_account_limits(
        NextToken='string'
    )
    
  :type NextToken: string
  :param NextToken: 

    The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)

    

  
  
  :rtype: dict
  :returns: 
    
    **Response Syntax**

    
    ::

      {
          'AccountLimits': [
              {
                  'Name': 'string',
                  'Value': 123
              },
          ],
          'NextToken': 'string'
      }
      
    **Response Structure**

    

    - *(dict) --* 

      The output for the  DescribeAccountLimits action.

      
      

      - **AccountLimits** *(list) --* 

        An account limit structure that contain a list of CloudFormation account limits and their values.

        
        

        - *(dict) --* 

          Describes the current CloudFormation limits for your account.

           

          CloudFormation has the following limits per account:

           

          
          * Number of concurrent resources
           
          * Number of stacks
           
          * Number of stack outputs
          

           

          For more information, see `Understand CloudFormation quotas <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/cloudformation-limits.html>`__ in the *CloudFormation User Guide*.

          
          

          - **Name** *(string) --* 

            The name of the account limit.

             

            Values: ``ConcurrentResourcesLimit`` | ``StackLimit`` | ``StackOutputsLimit``

            
          

          - **Value** *(integer) --* 

            The value that's associated with the account limit name.

            
      
    
      

      - **NextToken** *(string) --* 

        If the output exceeds 1 MB in size, a string that identifies the next page of limits. If no additional page exists, this value is null.

        
  