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Amazon CloudFormation Stacks API

Operations for managing CloudFormation stacks

Amazon CloudFormation Stacks API is one of 4 APIs that Amazon CloudFormation publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Stacks. 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 5 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2010-05-15.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://cloudformation.amazonaws.com, https://cloudformation.{region}.amazonaws.com.

5 operations 5 paths 10 schemas 5 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2010-05-15
Base URL
https://cloudformation.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

  • aws_auth — AWS Signature Version 4 authentication

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Stacks 5

Operations for managing CloudFormation stacks

GET
/?Action=CreateStack
Amazon CloudFormation Create a stack
CreateStack 7 params → 200400500
GET
/?Action=DescribeStacks
Amazon CloudFormation Describe stacks
DescribeStacks 4 params → 200400500
GET
/?Action=UpdateStack
Amazon CloudFormation Update a stack
UpdateStack 6 params → 200400500
GET
/?Action=DeleteStack
Amazon CloudFormation Delete a stack
DeleteStack 4 params → 200400500
GET
/?Action=ListStacks
Amazon CloudFormation List stacks
ListStacks 4 params → 200400500

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Stack (20 properties), Output (4 properties), Parameter (4 properties), RollbackConfiguration (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

UpdateStackOutput
object
1 property
Parameter
object
4 properties
StackDriftInformation
object
2 properties 1 required
RollbackConfiguration
object
2 properties
Tag
object
2 properties 2 required
CreateStackOutput
object
1 property
Output
object
4 properties
DescribeStacksOutput
object
2 properties
ListStacksOutput
object
2 properties
Stack
object
20 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-cloudformation-stacks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon CloudFormation publishes across the network.

Amazon CloudFormation Change Sets API
Amazon CloudFormation Resources API
Amazon CloudFormation Templates API
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