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Amazon Fargate Tasks API

Operations for running and managing Fargate tasks

Amazon Fargate Tasks 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. 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 14 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 14 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 Tasks 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.

Tasks 4

Operations for running and managing Fargate tasks

POST
/#RunTask
Amazon Fargate Run a Task
runTask body → 200400500
POST
/#StopTask
Amazon Fargate Stop a Task
stopTask body → 200400404500
POST
/#DescribeTasks
Amazon Fargate Describe Tasks
describeTasks body → 200400500
POST
/#ListTasks
Amazon Fargate List Tasks
listTasks body → 200400500

Schemas 14

The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Task (14 properties), RunTaskRequest (9 properties), ListTasksRequest (7 properties), Failure (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ListTasksResponse
object
Response from ListTasks
2 properties
ListTasksRequest
object
Request for ListTasks
7 properties
RunTaskResponse
object
Response from RunTask
2 properties
StopTaskResponse
object
Response from StopTask
1 property
Task
object
An Amazon ECS task running on Fargate
14 properties
Tag
object
A tag applied to an ECS resource
2 properties
RunTaskRequest
object
Request for RunTask
9 properties 1 required
NetworkConfiguration
object
Network configuration for the task
1 property
ErrorResponse
object
Error response from the Amazon ECS API
2 properties
StopTaskRequest
object
Request for StopTask
3 properties 1 required
DescribeTasksResponse
object
Response from DescribeTasks
2 properties
Failure
object
A failure returned by an API operation
3 properties
AwsVpcConfiguration
object
VPC configuration for awsvpc network mode
3 properties 1 required
DescribeTasksRequest
object
Request for DescribeTasks
3 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-fargate-tasks-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 Task Definitions API
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