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Amazon AppFlow Flows API

Operations for creating and managing data flows

Amazon AppFlow Flows API is one of 3 APIs that Amazon AppFlow publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 114 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Flows. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, pricing, a getting-started guide, a JSON-LD context, and 114 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 9 operations across 9 paths, and defines 28 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2020-08-23.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://appflow.{region}.amazonaws.com.

9 operations 9 paths 28 schemas 9 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2020-08-23
Base URL
https://appflow.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon AppFlow Flows API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (sigv4). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • sigv4 — AWS Signature Version 4 authentication

Paths & Operations 9

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 9 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Flows 9

Operations for creating and managing data flows

POST
/create-flow
Amazon AppFlow Create Flow
createFlow body → 200400401402403404409500
POST
/delete-flow
Amazon AppFlow Delete Flow
deleteFlow body → 200400403404409500
POST
/describe-flow
Amazon AppFlow Describe Flow
describeFlow body → 200400403404500
POST
/list-flows
Amazon AppFlow List Flows
listFlows body → 200400500
POST
/update-flow
Amazon AppFlow Update Flow
updateFlow body → 200400403404500
POST
/start-flow
Amazon AppFlow Start Flow
startFlow body → 200400403404500
POST
/stop-flow
Amazon AppFlow Stop Flow
stopFlow body → 200400403404500
POST
/cancel-flow-executions
Amazon AppFlow Cancel Flow Executions
cancelFlowExecutions body → 200400403404500
POST
/describe-flow-execution-records
Amazon AppFlow Describe Flow Execution Records
describeFlowExecutionRecords body → 200400403404500

Schemas 28

The contract defines 28 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DescribeFlowResponse (18 properties), FlowDefinition (15 properties), CreateFlowRequest (10 properties), UpdateFlowRequest (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CreateFlowResponse
object
2 properties
MetadataCatalogConfig
object
1 property
FlowExecution
object
7 properties
Task
object
5 properties 2 required
FlowDefinition
object
15 properties
TriggerConfig
object
2 properties 1 required
ExecutionDetails
object
3 properties
StopFlowResponse
object
2 properties
UpdateFlowResponse
object
1 property
ExecutionResult
object
5 properties
CancelFlowExecutionsResponse
object
1 property
DescribeFlowRequest
object
1 property 1 required
DescribeFlowResponse
object
18 properties
DescribeFlowExecutionRecordsRequest
object
3 properties 1 required
ListFlowsRequest
object
2 properties
StopFlowRequest
object
1 property 1 required
UpdateFlowRequest
object
8 properties 5 required
StartFlowRequest
object
2 properties 1 required
StartFlowResponse
object
3 properties
CancelFlowExecutionsRequest
object
2 properties 1 required
DeleteFlowRequest
object
2 properties 1 required
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
SourceFlowConfig
object
5 properties 2 required
DescribeFlowExecutionRecordsResponse
object
2 properties
CreateFlowRequest
object
10 properties 5 required
ListFlowsResponse
object
2 properties
ScheduledTriggerProperties
object
8 properties 1 required
DestinationFlowConfig
object
4 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-appflow-flows-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon AppFlow publishes across the network.

Amazon AppFlow Connectors API
Amazon AppFlow Tags API
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