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Amazon ECS Task Definitions API

Operations for managing ECS task definitions

Amazon ECS Task Definitions API is one of 13 APIs that Amazon ECS publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Task Definitions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, an API reference, a getting-started guide, pricing, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 8 operations across 8 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.1.

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

8 operations 8 paths 17 schemas 8 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
3.1
Base URL
https://ecs.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon ECS Task Definitions API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (aws_sig_v4). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • aws_sig_v4 — AWS Signature Version 4 authentication.

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.

Task Definitions 8

Operations for managing ECS task definitions

POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.RegisterTaskDefinition
Amazon Ecs Register a New Task Definition
RegisterTaskDefinition 1 param body → 200400500
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.DeregisterTaskDefinition
Amazon Ecs Deregister a Task Definition
DeregisterTaskDefinition 1 param body → 200400500
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.DescribeTaskDefinition
Amazon Ecs Describe a Task Definition
DescribeTaskDefinition 1 param body → 200400500
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.ListTaskDefinitions
Amazon Ecs List Task Definitions
ListTaskDefinitions 1 param body → 200400500
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.ListTaskDefinitionFamilies
Amazon Ecs List Task Definition Families
ListTaskDefinitionFamilies 1 param body → 200400500
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.TagResource
Amazon Ecs Tag an Ecs Resource
TagResource 1 param body → 200400500
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.UntagResource
Amazon Ecs Remove Tags From an Ecs Resource
UntagResource 1 param body → 200400500
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.ListTagsForResource
Amazon Ecs List Tags for an Ecs Resource
ListTagsForResource 1 param body → 200400500

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ContainerDefinition (41 properties), TaskDefinition (26 properties), RegisterTaskDefinitionRequest (18 properties), LinuxParameters (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

LinuxParameters
object
7 properties
PortMapping
object
6 properties
KeyValuePair
object
2 properties
EphemeralStorage
object
1 property 1 required
TaskDefinition
object
The details of a task definition which describes the container and volume definitions of an Amazon ECS task.
26 properties
ProxyConfiguration
object
3 properties 1 required
Volume
object
5 properties
Tag
object
2 properties
HealthCheck
object
5 properties 1 required
RuntimePlatform
object
2 properties
RegisterTaskDefinitionRequest
object
18 properties 2 required
Error
object
2 properties
MountPoint
object
3 properties
LogConfiguration
object
3 properties 1 required
ContainerDefinition
object
A container definition describes a container within a task definition.
41 properties 2 required
InferenceAccelerator
object
2 properties 2 required
TaskDefinitionPlacementConstraint
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-ecs-task-definitions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon ECS publishes across the network.

Amazon ECS Service Connect API
Amazon ECS Anywhere API
AWS Copilot CLI
Amazon ECS Capacity Providers API
Amazon ECS Clusters API
Amazon ECS Container Instances API
Amazon ECS Tasks API
Amazon ECS #X Amz Target=AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.CreateService API
Amazon ECS #X Amz Target=AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.DeleteService API
Amazon ECS #X Amz Target=AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.DescribeServices API
Amazon ECS #X Amz Target=AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.ListServices API
Amazon ECS #X Amz Target=AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.UpdateService API
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