:doc:`IoTThingsGraph <../../iotthingsgraph>` / Client / describe_namespace

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describe_namespace
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.. py:method:: IoTThingsGraph.Client.describe_namespace(**kwargs)

  

  Gets the latest version of the user's namespace and the public version that it is tracking.

  

  .. danger::

        This operation is deprecated and may not function as expected. This operation should not be used going forward and is only kept for the purpose of backwards compatiblity.


  

  See also: `AWS API Documentation <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/WebAPI/iotthingsgraph-2018-09-06/DescribeNamespace>`_  


  **Request Syntax**
  ::

    response = client.describe_namespace(
        namespaceName='string'
    )
    
  :type namespaceName: string
  :param namespaceName: 

    The name of the user's namespace. Set this to ``aws`` to get the public namespace.

    

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

    
    ::

      {
          'namespaceArn': 'string',
          'namespaceName': 'string',
          'trackingNamespaceName': 'string',
          'trackingNamespaceVersion': 123,
          'namespaceVersion': 123
      }
      
    **Response Structure**

    

    - *(dict) --* 
      

      - **namespaceArn** *(string) --* 

        The ARN of the namespace.

        
      

      - **namespaceName** *(string) --* 

        The name of the namespace.

        
      

      - **trackingNamespaceName** *(string) --* 

        The name of the public namespace that the latest namespace version is tracking.

        
      

      - **trackingNamespaceVersion** *(integer) --* 

        The version of the public namespace that the latest version is tracking.

        
      

      - **namespaceVersion** *(integer) --* 

        The version of the user's namespace to describe.

        
  
  **Exceptions**
  
  *   :py:class:`IoTThingsGraph.Client.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException`

  
  *   :py:class:`IoTThingsGraph.Client.exceptions.InvalidRequestException`

  
  *   :py:class:`IoTThingsGraph.Client.exceptions.InternalFailureException`

  
  *   :py:class:`IoTThingsGraph.Client.exceptions.ThrottlingException`

  