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Amazon Aurora DB Instances API

Operations for managing Aurora DB instances within clusters

Amazon Aurora DB Instances API is one of 6 APIs that Amazon Aurora publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include DB Instances. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, a JSON-LD context, sample payloads, and 4 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2014-10-31.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://rds.us-east-1.amazonaws.com.

3 operations 3 paths 10 schemas 3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2014-10-31
Base URL
https://rds.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Aurora DB Instances 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

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

DB Instances 3

Operations for managing Aurora DB instances within clusters

POST
/?Action=CreateDBInstance
Amazon Aurora Create DB Instance
createDBInstance body → 200
POST
/?Action=DeleteDBInstance
Amazon Aurora Delete DB Instance
deleteDBInstance body → 200
POST
/?Action=DescribeDBInstances
Amazon Aurora Describe DB Instances
describeDBInstances body → 200

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DBInstance (9 properties), CreateDBInstanceInput (9 properties), DescribeDBInstancesInput (4 properties), Endpoint (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DeleteDBInstanceOutput
object
1 property
CreateDBInstanceOutput
object
1 property
DBInstance
object
9 properties
DescribeDBInstancesInput
object
4 properties
Tag
object
2 properties
Filter
object
2 properties
DeleteDBInstanceInput
object
3 properties 1 required
CreateDBInstanceInput
object
9 properties 4 required
DescribeDBInstancesOutput
object
1 property
Endpoint
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-aurora-db-instances-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Aurora publishes across the network.

Amazon Aurora DB Cluster Endpoints API
Amazon Aurora DB Cluster Parameter Groups API
Amazon Aurora DB Cluster Snapshots API
Amazon Aurora DB Clusters API
Amazon Aurora Global Clusters API
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