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Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.CreateDirectory API

The #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.CreateDirectory API from Amazon Directory Service — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=directoryservice 20150416.createdirectory.

Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.CreateDirectory API is one of 67 APIs that Amazon Directory Service publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.CreateDirectory. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 20 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 4 base URLs: http://ds.{region}.amazonaws.com, https://ds.{region}.amazonaws.com, http://ds.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn, https://ds.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn.

1 operations 1 paths 20 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://ds.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.CreateDirectory API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (hmac). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • hmac — Amazon Signature authorization v4

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

#X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.CreateDirectory 1
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=DirectoryService_20150416.CreateDirectory
Creates a Simple AD directory. For more information, see Simple Active Directory in the Directory Service Admin Guide . Before you call CreateDirectory , ensure that all of the required permissions h…
CreateDirectory 8 params body → 200480481482483

Schemas 20

The contract defines 20 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CreateDirectoryRequest (7 properties), Tag (2 properties), DirectoryVpcSettings (2 properties), CreateDirectoryResult (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ClientException
VpcId
string
DirectoryShortName
string
TagValue
string
InvalidParameterException
ServiceException
Description
string
TagKey
string
CreateDirectoryResult
object
Contains the results of the CreateDirectory operation.
1 property
DirectoryVpcSettings
object
Contains VPC information for the CreateDirectory or CreateMicrosoftAD operation.
2 properties 2 required
DirectoryLimitExceededException
Tag
object
Metadata assigned to a directory consisting of a key-value pair.
2 properties 2 required
Password
string
DirectoryId
string
SubnetIds
array
SubnetId
string
Tags
array
CreateDirectoryRequest
object
Contains the inputs for the CreateDirectory operation.
7 properties 3 required
DirectoryName
string
DirectorySize
string

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-directory-service-x-amz-target-directoryservice-20150416-createdirectory-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Directory Service publishes across the network.

Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.AcceptSharedDirectory API
Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.AddIpRoutes API
Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.AddRegion API
Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.AddTagsToResource API
Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.CancelSchemaExtension API
Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.ConnectDirectory API
Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.CreateAlias API
Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.CreateComputer API
Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.CreateConditionalForwarder API
Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.CreateLogSubscription API
Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.CreateMicrosoftAD API
Amazon Directory Service #X Amz Target=DirectoryService 20150416.CreateSnapshot API
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