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Amazon Step Functions History API

Operations for retrieving execution history events

Amazon Step Functions History API is one of 37 APIs that Amazon Step Functions publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2016-11-23.

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

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2016-11-23
Base URL
https://states.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Step Functions History API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (sigv4Auth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • sigv4Auth — AWS Signature Version 4 authentication

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

History 1

Operations for retrieving execution history events

POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSStepFunctions.GetExecutionHistory
Amazon Step Functions Get execution history
getExecutionHistory 1 param body → 200400404

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are HistoryEvent (11 properties), GetExecutionHistoryOutput (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

HistoryEvent
object
Contains details about the events of an execution
11 properties
GetExecutionHistoryOutput
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-step-functions-history-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Step Functions publishes across the network.

Amazon Step Functions Executions API
Amazon Step Functions State Machines API
Amazon Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.CreateActivity API
Amazon Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.CreateStateMachine API
Amazon Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.CreateStateMachineAlias API
Amazon Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DeleteActivity API
Amazon Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DeleteStateMachine API
Amazon Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DeleteStateMachineAlias API
Amazon Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DeleteStateMachineVersion API
Amazon Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeActivity API
Amazon Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeExecution API
Amazon Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeMapRun API
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