InvalidResourceId Error When Trying to List Tags for Parameter

Question

Hi there. I was attempting to use the aws cli to manage tags on some SSM Parameters I had created; specifically, I was using the _list-tags-for-resource_ command. For most parameters, this works just fine. However, I have a few parameters with a "/" in their name, e.g. "/build-number/ExcelService". When I try to try to query the tags for these parameters, I receive an error.  
  
Command:

```
aws ssm list-tags-for-resource --resource-type "Parameter" --resource-id "/build-number/ExcelService"
```

Error:

```
An error occurred (InvalidResourceId) when calling the ListTagsForResource operation:
```

(Note: the trailing colon in the error message is not a copy-paste mistake; nothing followed it in the error message).  
  
The same error is also thrown for the command _add-tags-to-resource_. I've tried escaping the slashes with backslashes, tried removing the leading slash, and various other modifications, but nothing avoids the error. Is there another way I should be escaping or replacing the slashes? Any other options I'm missing? Or is this simply a bug?  
  
Edited by: CMoss-VVS on Aug 16, 2019 11:02 AM

Accepted Answer

Yes, my guess is also that it is the version. I also just tried on an EC2 Amazon Linux 2 with the default aws cli of 1.16.102, and it worked fine.

```
[ec2-user@ip-172-31-81-169 ~]$ aws ssm add-tags-to-resource --resource-type "Parameter" --resource-id "/pets/dog/kukki" --tags "Key=car,Value=mazda"
[ec2-user@ip-172-31-81-169 ~]$ aws ssm list-tags-for-resource --resource-type "Parameter" --resource-id "/pets/dog/kukki"
{
    "TagList": [
        {
            "Value": "mazda",
            "Key": "car"
        },
        {
            "Value": "qa",
            "Key": "org"
        }
    ]
}
[ec2-user@ip-172-31-81-169 ~]$ aws --version
aws-cli/1.16.102 Python/2.7.16 Linux/4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.x86_64 botocore/1.12.92
```

-randy

Answer

Yeah, seems to be a Windows thing, actually. It works when I test from a Linux EC2 instance, but I tested with some coworkers' machines and it doesn't seem to work on Windows whether the .msi or pip was used to install.  
  
Guess I won't worry about it much more at the moment, though maybe I'll file a bug report somewhere. Thanks for the help!

Answer

Hi Randy,  
  
Thanks for your response. Yes, I am positive the name was spelled correctly. I even copy-pasted it into the command as a sanity check. I also duplicated your parameter, and your command, exactly and I'm still getting the same error.   
  
Since there is a discrepancy in behaviour, I wonder if this is because I'm using the version of the CLI installed with pip? I made the switch a while ago because the msi-installed CLI was throwing an error on certain S3 commands (see ). That's the only difference I can think of off the top of my head.

Answer

Hi,  
I was not able to reproduce your problem in my environment.

```
rtakeshi@DESKTOP-OT2QIS0:~$ aws ssm add-tags-to-resource --resource-type "Parameter" --resource-id "/pets/dog/kukki" --t
ags "Key=org,Value=qa"
rtakeshi@DESKTOP-OT2QIS0:~$ aws ssm list-tags-for-resource --resource-type "Parameter" --resource-id "/pets/dog/kukki"
{
    "TagList": [
        {
            "Key": "org",
            "Value": "qa"
        }
    ]
}
rtakeshi@DESKTOP-OT2QIS0:~$ aws --version
aws-cli/1.14.44 Python/3.6.8 Linux/4.4.0-17763-Microsoft botocore/1.8.48
```

Note: when I was testing, I accidentally mispelled "pets" as "petg" and saw the following:

```
rtakeshi@DESKTOP-OT2QIS0:~$ aws ssm add-tags-to-resource --resource-type "Parameter" --resource-id "/petg/dog/kukki" --t
ags "Key=org,Value=qa"

An error occurred (InvalidResourceId) when calling the AddTagsToResource operation:
```

Is there any chance that the Parameter store name does NOT match "/build-number/ExcelService"?  
  
-randy

InvalidResourceId Error When Trying to List Tags for Parameter

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