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Amazon Fargate Task Definitions API

Operations for registering and managing task definitions

Amazon Fargate Task Definitions 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 Task Definitions. 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 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 15 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.

4 operations 4 paths 15 schemas 4 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 Task Definitions 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 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Task Definitions 4

Operations for registering and managing task definitions

POST
/#RegisterTaskDefinition
Amazon Fargate Register a Task Definition
registerTaskDefinition body → 200400500
POST
/#DescribeTaskDefinition
Amazon Fargate Describe a Task Definition
describeTaskDefinition body → 200400404500
POST
/#ListTaskDefinitions
Amazon Fargate List Task Definitions
listTaskDefinitions body → 200400500
POST
/#DeregisterTaskDefinition
Amazon Fargate Deregister a Task Definition
deregisterTaskDefinition body → 200400500

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TaskDefinition (11 properties), RegisterTaskDefinitionRequest (10 properties), ContainerDefinition (8 properties), ListTaskDefinitionsRequest (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

LogConfiguration
object
Log configuration for a container
2 properties
DeregisterTaskDefinitionResponse
object
Response from DeregisterTaskDefinition
1 property
ContainerDefinition
object
Container definition for a task
8 properties
Tag
object
A tag applied to an ECS resource
2 properties
PortMapping
object
Port mapping for a container
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Error response from the Amazon ECS API
2 properties
ListTaskDefinitionsResponse
object
Response from ListTaskDefinitions
2 properties
DescribeTaskDefinitionResponse
object
Response from DescribeTaskDefinition
2 properties
DescribeTaskDefinitionRequest
object
Request for DescribeTaskDefinition
2 properties 1 required
DeregisterTaskDefinitionRequest
object
Request for DeregisterTaskDefinition
1 property 1 required
KeyValuePair
object
A key-value pair
2 properties
RegisterTaskDefinitionResponse
object
Response from RegisterTaskDefinition
2 properties
RegisterTaskDefinitionRequest
object
Request for RegisterTaskDefinition
10 properties 2 required
ListTaskDefinitionsRequest
object
Request for ListTaskDefinitions
5 properties
TaskDefinition
object
An Amazon ECS task definition
11 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

Other APIs Amazon Fargate publishes across the network.

Amazon Fargate Account Settings API
Amazon Fargate Clusters API
Amazon Fargate Services API
Amazon Fargate Tagging API
Amazon Fargate Tasks API
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