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**To retrieve service metadata**

This example retrieves the metadata for the Amazon EC2 service code.

Command::

  aws pricing describe-services --service-code AmazonEC2 --format-version aws_v1 --max-items 1

Output::

  {
    "Services": [
        {
            "ServiceCode": "AmazonEC2",
            "AttributeNames": [
                "volumeType",
                "maxIopsvolume",
                "instance",
                "instanceCapacity10xlarge",
                "locationType",
                "instanceFamily",
                "operatingSystem",
                "clockSpeed",
                "LeaseContractLength",
                "ecu",
                "networkPerformance",
                "instanceCapacity8xlarge",
                "group",
                "maxThroughputvolume",
                "gpuMemory",
                "ebsOptimized",
                "elasticGpuType",
                "maxVolumeSize",
                "gpu",
                "processorFeatures",
                "intelAvxAvailable",
                "instanceCapacity4xlarge",
                "servicecode",
                "groupDescription",
                "processorArchitecture",
                "physicalCores",
                "productFamily",
                "enhancedNetworkingSupported",
                "intelTurboAvailable",
                "memory",
                "dedicatedEbsThroughput",
                "vcpu",
                "OfferingClass",
                "instanceCapacityLarge",
                "capacitystatus",
                "termType",
                "storage",
                "intelAvx2Available",
                "storageMedia",
                "physicalProcessor",
                "provisioned",
                "servicename",
                "PurchaseOption",
                "instanceCapacity18xlarge",
                "instanceType",
                "tenancy",
                "usagetype",
                "normalizationSizeFactor",
                "instanceCapacity2xlarge",
                "instanceCapacity16xlarge",
                "maxIopsBurstPerformance",
                "instanceCapacity12xlarge",
                "instanceCapacity32xlarge",
                "instanceCapacityXlarge",
                "licenseModel",
                "currentGeneration",
                "preInstalledSw",
                "location",
                "instanceCapacity24xlarge",
                "instanceCapacity9xlarge",
                "instanceCapacityMedium",
                "operation"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "FormatVersion": "aws_v1"
  }
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