Medium : Ansible and the AWS CLI : filtering examples https://medium.com/@tomwwright/ansible-and-the-aws-cli-no-module-no-problem-27580d36ef2d

filtering

# describing a non-existent Aurora cluster results in an error
$ aws rds describe-db-clusters --db-cluster-identifier doesnotexist
An error occurred (DBClusterNotFoundFault) when calling the DescribeDBClusters operation: DBCluster doesnotexist not found.

# but using --filter to describe a non-existent Aurora cluster is ok
$ aws rds describe-db-clusters --filters Name=db-cluster-id,Values=doesnotexist
{
    "DBClusters": []
}

# and describing a non-existent Elasticsearch domain is ok -- make up your mind AWS...
$ aws es describe-elasticsearch-domains --domain-names doesnotexist
{
    "DomainStatusList": []
}