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Amazon Kinesis Policies API

Operations for managing resource-based policies on streams.

Amazon Kinesis Policies API is one of 11 APIs that Amazon Kinesis publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Policies. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, a JSON-LD context, pricing, a getting-started guide, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2013-12-02.

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

3 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2013-12-02
Base URL
https://kinesis.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Kinesis Policies API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (aws_sigv4). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • aws_sigv4 — AWS Signature Version 4 authentication. Requests must be signed with the access key ID and secret access key of an IAM principal.

Paths & Operations 3

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

Policies 3

Operations for managing resource-based policies on streams.

POST
/#X-Amz-Target=Kinesis_20131202.PutResourcePolicy
Amazon Kinesis Attach a resource policy to a stream
PutResourcePolicy 1 param body → 200400
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=Kinesis_20131202.GetResourcePolicy
Amazon Kinesis Retrieve a resource policy
GetResourcePolicy 1 param body → 200400
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=Kinesis_20131202.DeleteResourcePolicy
Amazon Kinesis Delete a resource policy
DeleteResourcePolicy 1 param body → 200400

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PutResourcePolicyInput (2 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties), GetResourcePolicyOutput (1 property), DeleteResourcePolicyInput (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GetResourcePolicyInput
object
1 property 1 required
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
DeleteResourcePolicyInput
object
1 property 1 required
PutResourcePolicyInput
object
2 properties 2 required
GetResourcePolicyOutput
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-kinesis-policies-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Kinesis publishes across the network.

Amazon Kinesis Account API
Amazon Kinesis Consumers API
Amazon Kinesis Encryption API
Amazon Kinesis Monitoring API
Amazon Kinesis Records API
Amazon Kinesis Shards API
Amazon Kinesis Streams API
Amazon Kinesis #X Amz Target=Kinesis 20131202.AddTagsToStream API
Amazon Kinesis #X Amz Target=Kinesis 20131202.ListTagsForStream API
Amazon Kinesis #X Amz Target=Kinesis 20131202.RemoveTagsFromStream API
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