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Amazon Cloud Map Instances API

Operations for registering and discovering service instances

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

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Instances. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, pricing, an API reference, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2017-03-14.

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

3 operations 2 paths 10 schemas 1 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2017-03-14
Base URL
https://servicediscovery.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

  • aws_signature — AWS Signature Version 4

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Instances 3

Operations for registering and discovering service instances

GET
/services/{ServiceId}/instances
Amazon Cloud Map List Instances
ListInstances 3 params → 200400404500
POST
/services/{ServiceId}/instances
Amazon Cloud Map Register an Instance
RegisterInstance 1 param body → 200400500
POST
/instances/discover
Amazon Cloud Map Discover Instances
DiscoverInstances body → 200400500

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are HttpInstanceSummary (5 properties), DiscoverInstancesRequest (4 properties), RegisterInstanceRequest (3 properties), Instance (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DiscoverInstancesRequest
object
Request body for discovering instances.
4 properties 2 required
InvalidInput
object
One or more specified values aren't valid.
1 property
HttpInstanceSummary
object
Represents a summary of a discovered service instance.
5 properties
Instance
object
Represents an instance registered with a Cloud Map service.
2 properties
DiscoverInstancesResponse
object
Response for discovering instances.
1 property
ListInstancesResponse
object
Response for listing instances.
2 properties
RegisterInstanceResponse
object
Response for registering an instance.
1 property
InternalServiceError
object
One or more required elements are missing or one or more elements are wrong.
1 property
RegisterInstanceRequest
object
Request body for registering an instance.
3 properties 2 required
ServiceNotFound
object
No service exists with the specified ID.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-cloud-map-instances-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Cloud Map publishes across the network.

Amazon Cloud Map Namespaces API
Amazon Cloud Map Services API
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