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Amazon Ground Station Contact API

The Contact API from Amazon Ground Station — 2 operation(s) for contact.

Amazon Ground Station Contact API is one of 12 APIs that Amazon Ground Station publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Contact. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, pricing, an API reference, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 47 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

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

3 operations 2 paths 47 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET1 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://groundstation.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Ground Station Contact 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 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Contact 3
DELETE
/contact/{contactId}
Amazon Ground Station Cancel Contact
CancelContact 8 params → 200480481482
GET
/contact/{contactId}
Amazon Ground Station Describe Contact
DescribeContact 8 params → 200480481482
POST
/contact
Amazon Ground Station Reserve Contact
ReserveContact 7 params body → 200480481482

Schemas 47

The contract defines 47 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DescribeContactResponse (14 properties), EndpointDetails (5 properties), AwsGroundStationAgentEndpoint (5 properties), Source (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Timestamp
string
DataflowEndpointMtuInteger
integer
String
string
AgentStatus
string
S3RecordingDetails
object
Details about an S3 recording Config used in a contact.
2 properties
RangedConnectionDetailsMtuInteger
integer
AuditResults
string
Destination
object
Dataflow details for the destination side.
4 properties
SubnetList
array
SecurityDetails
object
Information about endpoints.
3 properties 3 required
ConnectionDetails
object
Egress address of AgentEndpoint with an optional mtu.
2 properties 1 required
DataflowEndpoint
object
Information about a dataflow endpoint.
4 properties
DependencyException
CapabilityHealth
string
DataflowList
array
IntegerRange
object
An integer range that has a minimum and maximum value.
2 properties 2 required
Integer
integer
AntennaDemodDecodeDetails
object
Details about an antenna demod decode Config used in a contact.
1 property
RangedConnectionDetails
object
Ingress address of AgentEndpoint with a port range and an optional mtu.
2 properties 1 required
AngleUnits
string
MissionProfileArn
string
ResourceNotFoundException
SafeName
string
EndpointStatus
string
satelliteArn
string
Elevation
object
Elevation angle of the satellite in the sky during a contact.
2 properties 2 required
Uuid
string
SocketAddress
object
Information about the socket address.
2 properties 2 required
RoleArn
string
CapabilityHealthReason
string
Source
object
Dataflow details for the source side.
4 properties
ConfigDetails
object
Details for certain Config object types in a contact.
3 properties
EndpointDetails
object
Information about the endpoint details.
5 properties
BucketArn
string
CapabilityHealthReasonList
array
TagsMap
object
ContactIdResponse
object
1 property
DescribeContactResponse
object
14 properties
Double
number
InvalidParameterException
AwsGroundStationAgentEndpoint
object
Information about AwsGroundStationAgentEndpoint.
5 properties 3 required
ContactStatus
string
DataflowDetail
object
Information about a dataflow edge used in a contact.
3 properties
ConfigCapabilityType
string
SecurityGroupIdList
array
IpV4Address
string
RangedSocketAddress
object
A socket address with a port range.
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-ground-station-contact-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Ground Station publishes across the network.

Amazon Ground Station Agent API
Amazon Ground Station Config API
Amazon Ground Station Contacts API
Amazon Ground Station DataflowEndpointGroup API
Amazon Ground Station Ephemerides API
Amazon Ground Station Ephemeris API
Amazon Ground Station Groundstation API
Amazon Ground Station Minute Usage API
Amazon Ground Station Missionprofile API
Amazon Ground Station Satellite API
Amazon Ground Station Tags API
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