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Amazon Outposts

Amazon Outposts Outposts API

The Outposts API from Amazon Outposts — 4 operation(s) for outposts.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Amazon Outposts Outposts API is one of 7 APIs that Amazon Outposts publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 43 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

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

7 operations 4 paths 43 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET1 PATCH1 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://outposts.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Mike Ralphson
License
Apache 2.0 License
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Outposts Outposts 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 7

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Outposts 7
POST
/outposts
Amazon Outposts Create Outpost
CreateOutpost 7 params body → 200480481482483484485
GET
/outposts
Amazon Outposts List Outposts
ListOutposts 12 params → 200480481482
DELETE
/outposts/{OutpostId}
Amazon Outposts Delete Outpost
DeleteOutpost 8 params → 200480481482483484
GET
/outposts/{OutpostId}
Amazon Outposts Get Outpost
GetOutpost 8 params → 200480481482483
PATCH
/outposts/{OutpostId}
Amazon Outposts Update Outpost
UpdateOutpost 8 params body → 200480481482483484
GET
/outposts/{OutpostId}/instanceTypes
Amazon Outposts Get Outpost Instance Types
GetOutpostInstanceTypes 10 params → 200480481482483
GET
/outposts/{OutpostId}/assets
Amazon Outposts List Assets
ListAssets 12 params → 200480481482483

Schemas 43

The contract defines 43 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Outpost (12 properties), AssetInfo (5 properties), GetOutpostInstanceTypesOutput (4 properties), ListOutpostsOutput (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ComputeAttributes
object
Information about compute hardware assets.
2 properties
HostId
string
ConflictException
AssetInfo
object
Information about hardware assets.
5 properties
InstanceTypeListDefinition
array
Information about the instance types.
InstanceType
string
The instance type.
CreateOutpostOutput
object
1 property
AssetState
string
AvailabilityZoneId
string
The ID of the Availability Zone.
LifeCycleStatus
string
The life cycle status.
OutpostId
string
ListOutpostsOutput
object
2 properties
AvailabilityZone
string
The Availability Zone.
DeleteOutpostOutput
object
RackElevation
number
GetOutpostOutput
object
1 property
ComputeAssetState
string
AssetListDefinition
array
AssetType
string
OutpostName
string
The name of the Outpost.
RackId
string
Token
string
The pagination token.
SiteId
string
The ID of the site.
SupportedHardwareType
string
InstanceTypeItem
object
Information about an instance type.
1 property
OutpostArn
string
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost.
AssetId
string
OwnerId
string
The Amazon Web Services account ID of the Outpost owner.
UpdateOutpostOutput
object
1 property
SiteArn
string
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the site.
GetOutpostInstanceTypesOutput
object
4 properties
ServiceQuotaExceededException
TagValue
string
OutpostDescription
string
The description of the Outpost.
Outpost
object
Information about an Outpost.
12 properties
ValidationException
AssetLocation
object
Information about the position of the asset in a rack.
1 property
TagMap
object
InternalServerException
ListAssetsOutput
object
2 properties
AccessDeniedException
NotFoundException
outpostListDefinition
array
Information about the Outposts.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-outposts-outposts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Outposts publishes across the network.

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Amazon Outposts List Orders API
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Amazon Outposts Orders API
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Amazon Outposts Sites API
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Amazon Outposts Tags API
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API Details
ID
amazon-outposts:amazon-outposts-outposts-api
Base URL
https://outposts.amazonaws.com
Docs
https://aws.amazon.com/outposts/
Provider
Amazon Outposts
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