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Amazon CloudTrail Trails API

Operations for creating and managing CloudTrail trails

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

This API exposes 5 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Trails. 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 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2013-11-01.

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

3 operations 2 paths 7 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2013-11-01
Base URL
https://cloudtrail.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 3

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

Trails 3

Operations for creating and managing CloudTrail trails

POST
/trails
Amazon CloudTrail Create a trail
CreateTrail body → 200400409500
GET
/trails
Amazon CloudTrail Describe trails
DescribeTrails 2 params → 200400500
DELETE
/trails/{trailName}
Amazon CloudTrail Delete a trail
DeleteTrail 1 param → 200400404500

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CreateTrailRequest (7 properties), CreateTrailResponse (5 properties), InvalidTrailNameException (1 property), OperationNotPermittedException (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TrailAlreadyExistsException
object
1 property
DescribeTrailsResponse
object
1 property
CreateTrailResponse
object
5 properties
TrailNotFoundException
object
1 property
OperationNotPermittedException
object
1 property
InvalidTrailNameException
object
1 property
CreateTrailRequest
object
7 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-cloudtrail-trails-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon CloudTrail publishes across the network.

Amazon CloudTrail Event Data Stores API
Amazon CloudTrail Events API
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