fastly vcl snippet/describe

Get the uploaded VCL snippet for a particular service and version.

Syntax

$ fastly vcl snippet/describe --version=VERSION

Options

KeyRequired?DefaultDescription
--versionYes'latest', 'active', or the number of a specific Fastly service version
--dynamicNoWhether the VCL snippet is dynamic or versioned
--jsonNoRender output as JSON
--nameNoThe name of the VCL snippet
--service-idNoService ID (falls back to FASTLY_SERVICE_ID, then fastly.toml)
--service-nameNoThe name of the service
--snippet-idNoAlphanumeric string identifying a VCL Snippet

Global options

KeyRequired?DefaultDescription
--helpNoShow context-sensitive help.
--accept-defaultsNoAccept default options for all interactive prompts apart from Yes/No confirmations
--auto-yesNoAnswer yes automatically to all Yes/No confirmations. This may suppress security warnings
--debug-modeNoPrint API request and response details (NOTE: can disrupt the normal CLI flow output formatting)
--enable-ssoNoEnable Single-Sign On (SSO) for current profile execution (see also: 'fastly sso')
--non-interactiveNoDo not prompt for user input - suitable for CI processes. Equivalent to --accept-defaults and --auto-yes
--profileNoSwitch account profile for single command execution (see also: 'fastly profile switch')
--quietNoSilence all output except direct command output. This won't prevent interactive prompts (see: --accept-defaults, --auto-yes, --non-interactive)
--tokenNoFastly API token (or via FASTLY_API_TOKEN)
--verboseNoVerbose logging

Examples

Get the uploaded VCL snippet for the currently active service version

To describe a 'versioned' snippet replace the --snippet-id and --dynamic flags with --name.

$ fastly vcl snippet describe --snippet-id 3p8fPcMVB6OqbMxGT83hb9 --dynamic --version active

API equivalent

This command internally uses the following Fastly public APIs: