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Amazon Detective Investigations API

Security investigation operations

Amazon Detective Investigations API is one of 7 APIs that Amazon Detective publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 8 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Investigations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, pricing, a getting-started guide, a JSON-LD context, and 8 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2018-10-26.

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

5 operations 5 paths 12 schemas 5 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2018-10-26
Base URL
https://api.detective.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Detective Investigations 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 authentication

Paths & Operations 5

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

Investigations 5

Security investigation operations

POST
/investigations/startInvestigation
Amazon Detective Start Investigation
startInvestigation body → 200400404500
POST
/investigations/getInvestigation
Amazon Detective Get Investigation
getInvestigation body → 200400404500
POST
/investigations/listInvestigations
Amazon Detective List Investigations
listInvestigations body → 200400500
POST
/investigations/updateInvestigationState
Amazon Detective Update Investigation State
updateInvestigationState body → 200400404500
POST
/investigations/listIndicators
Amazon Detective List Indicators
listIndicators body → 200400404500

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are GetInvestigationResponse (10 properties), InvestigationDetail (7 properties), ListIndicatorsRequest (5 properties), ListInvestigationsRequest (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

UpdateInvestigationStateRequest
object
Request to update the state of an investigation
3 properties 3 required
GetInvestigationResponse
object
Response from getting investigation details
10 properties
ListInvestigationsResponse
object
Response from listing investigations
2 properties
ListIndicatorsRequest
object
Request to list indicators from an investigation
5 properties 2 required
StartInvestigationRequest
object
Request to start an investigation
4 properties 4 required
GetInvestigationRequest
object
Request to get investigation details
2 properties 2 required
InvestigationDetail
object
Summary details of an investigation
7 properties
Indicator
object
An indicator of compromise detected during an investigation
2 properties
ListInvestigationsRequest
object
Request to list investigations
5 properties 1 required
ErrorResponse
object
Standard error response from Amazon Detective
2 properties
StartInvestigationResponse
object
Response from starting an investigation
1 property
ListIndicatorsResponse
object
Response from listing indicators
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-detective-investigations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Amazon Detective Members API
Amazon Detective Organizations API
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