**To describe a data stream** The following ``describe-stream`` example returns the details of the specified data stream. :: aws kinesis describe-stream \ --stream-name samplestream Output:: { "StreamDescription": { "Shards": [ { "ShardId": "shardId-000000000000", "HashKeyRange": { "StartingHashKey": "0", "EndingHashKey": "113427455640312821154458202477256070484" }, "SequenceNumberRange": { "StartingSequenceNumber": "49600871682957036442365024926191073437251060580128653314" } }, { "ShardId": "shardId-000000000001", "HashKeyRange": { "StartingHashKey": "113427455640312821154458202477256070485", "EndingHashKey": "226854911280625642308916404954512140969" }, "SequenceNumberRange": { "StartingSequenceNumber": "49600871682979337187563555549332609155523708941634633746" } }, { "ShardId": "shardId-000000000002", "HashKeyRange": { "StartingHashKey": "226854911280625642308916404954512140970", "EndingHashKey": "340282366920938463463374607431768211455" }, "SequenceNumberRange": { "StartingSequenceNumber": "49600871683001637932762086172474144873796357303140614178" } } ], "StreamARN": "arn:aws:kinesis:us-west-2:123456789012:stream/samplestream", "StreamName": "samplestream", "StreamStatus": "ACTIVE", "RetentionPeriodHours": 24, "EnhancedMonitoring": [ { "ShardLevelMetrics": [] } ], "EncryptionType": "NONE", "KeyId": null, "StreamCreationTimestamp": 1572297168.0 } } For more information, see `Creating and Managing Streams <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/working-with-streams.html>`__ in the *Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Developer Guide*.