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Amazon Fargate Services API

Operations for deploying and managing long-running services

Amazon Fargate Services API is one of 6 APIs that Amazon Fargate publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 8 JSON Schema definitions.

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

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2014-11-13.

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

5 operations 5 paths 17 schemas 5 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2014-11-13
Base URL
https://ecs.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Fargate Services API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (aws_signature_v4). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • aws_signature_v4 — AWS Signature Version 4 authentication. Include the Authorization header with the AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 signing algorithm.

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.

Services 5

Operations for deploying and managing long-running services

POST
/#CreateService
Amazon Fargate Create a Service
createService body → 200400500
POST
/#DescribeServices
Amazon Fargate Describe Services
describeServices body → 200400500
POST
/#ListServices
Amazon Fargate List Services
listServices body → 200400500
POST
/#UpdateService
Amazon Fargate Update a Service
updateService body → 200400404500
POST
/#DeleteService
Amazon Fargate Delete a Service
deleteService body → 200400404500

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Service (13 properties), CreateServiceRequest (11 properties), UpdateServiceRequest (7 properties), ListServicesRequest (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DeleteServiceResponse
object
Response from DeleteService
1 property
DeleteServiceRequest
object
Request for DeleteService
3 properties 1 required
Tag
object
A tag applied to an ECS resource
2 properties
UpdateServiceRequest
object
Request for UpdateService
7 properties 1 required
Service
object
An Amazon ECS service
13 properties
ListServicesResponse
object
Response from ListServices
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Error response from the Amazon ECS API
2 properties
DescribeServicesRequest
object
Request for DescribeServices
3 properties 1 required
DescribeServicesResponse
object
Response from DescribeServices
2 properties
CreateServiceResponse
object
Response from CreateService
1 property
LoadBalancer
object
Load balancer configuration for a service
4 properties
ListServicesRequest
object
Request for ListServices
5 properties
CreateServiceRequest
object
Request for CreateService
11 properties 2 required
UpdateServiceResponse
object
Response from UpdateService
1 property
Failure
object
A failure returned by an API operation
3 properties
AwsVpcConfiguration
object
VPC configuration for awsvpc network mode
3 properties 1 required
NetworkConfiguration
object
Network configuration for the task
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-fargate-services-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Fargate publishes across the network.

Amazon Fargate Account Settings API
Amazon Fargate Clusters API
Amazon Fargate Tagging API
Amazon Fargate Task Definitions API
Amazon Fargate Tasks API
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