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Amazon Control Tower Controls API

Operations for enabling, disabling, and managing guardrail controls on organizational units

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

This API exposes 3 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Controls. 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 3 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 8 operations across 8 paths, and defines 15 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2018-11-28.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://controltower.amazonaws.com.

8 operations 8 paths 15 schemas 8 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2018-11-28
Base URL
https://controltower.amazonaws.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Control Tower Controls API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (aws_signature). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • aws_signature — AWS Signature Version 4 authentication. Requests must be signed using IAM credentials with appropriate AWS Control Tower permissions.

Paths & Operations 8

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 8 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Controls 8

Operations for enabling, disabling, and managing guardrail controls on organizational units

POST
/enable-control
AWS Control Tower Enable Control
enableControl body → 200400409
POST
/disable-control
AWS Control Tower Disable Control
disableControl body → 200404
POST
/get-enabled-control
AWS Control Tower Get Enabled Control
getEnabledControl body → 200404
POST
/list-enabled-controls
AWS Control Tower List Enabled Controls
listEnabledControls body → 200
POST
/update-enabled-control
AWS Control Tower Update Enabled Control
updateEnabledControl body → 200404
POST
/reset-enabled-control
AWS Control Tower Reset Enabled Control
resetEnabledControl body → 200
POST
/get-control-operation
AWS Control Tower Get Control Operation
getControlOperation body → 200404
POST
/list-control-operations
AWS Control Tower List Control Operations
listControlOperations body → 200

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ControlOperation (9 properties), EnabledControl (6 properties), ControlOperationSummary (5 properties), EnableControlRequest (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

EnabledControlSummary
object
Summary information about an enabled control.
4 properties
EnabledControlParameter
object
A key-value pair for a control parameter.
2 properties 2 required
ListControlOperationsResponse
object
2 properties
ControlOperation
object
An operation performed on a control.
9 properties
GetControlOperationResponse
object
1 property
Error
object
An AWS Control Tower API error response.
2 properties
GetEnabledControlResponse
object
1 property
ControlOperationSummary
object
Summary of a control operation.
5 properties
DisableControlResponse
object
1 property
ListEnabledControlsResponse
object
2 properties
EnableControlResponse
object
2 properties
UpdateEnabledControlResponse
object
1 property
EnableControlRequest
object
4 properties 2 required
ResetEnabledControlResponse
object
1 property
EnabledControl
object
Information about an enabled control.
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-control-tower-controls-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Control Tower publishes across the network.

Amazon Control Tower Baselines API
Amazon Control Tower Landing Zones API
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