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**To retrieve information about the status and settings of the SMS channel for an application**
The following ``get-sms-channel`` example retrieves status and settings of the sms channel for an application. ::
aws pinpoint get-sms-channel \
--application-id 6e0b7591a90841d2b5d93fa11143e5a7 \
--region us-east-1
Output::
{
"SMSChannelResponse": {
"ApplicationId": "6e0b7591a90841d2b5d93fa11143e5a7",
"CreationDate": "2019-10-08T18:39:18.511Z",
"Enabled": true,
"Id": "sms",
"IsArchived": false,
"LastModifiedDate": "2019-10-08T18:39:18.511Z",
"Platform": "SMS",
"PromotionalMessagesPerSecond": 20,
"TransactionalMessagesPerSecond": 20,
"Version": 1
}
}