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Amazon Step Functions State Machines API

Operations for creating, updating, describing, and deleting state machines

Amazon Step Functions State Machines 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 State Machines. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and pricing.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 9 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.

5 operations 5 paths 9 schemas 5 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 State Machines 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 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

State Machines 5

Operations for creating, updating, describing, and deleting state machines

POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSStepFunctions.CreateStateMachine
Amazon Step Functions Create a state machine
createStateMachine 1 param body → 200400401403409
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeStateMachine
Amazon Step Functions Describe a state machine
describeStateMachine 1 param body → 200400404
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSStepFunctions.ListStateMachines
Amazon Step Functions List state machines
listStateMachines 1 param body → 200400
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSStepFunctions.UpdateStateMachine
Amazon Step Functions Update a state machine
updateStateMachine 1 param body → 200400404
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSStepFunctions.DeleteStateMachine
Amazon Step Functions Delete a state machine
deleteStateMachine 1 param body → 200400

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DescribeStateMachineOutput (9 properties), CreateStateMachineInput (7 properties), UpdateStateMachineInput (5 properties), StateMachineListItem (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

LoggingConfiguration
object
Logging configuration for a state machine
3 properties
Tag
object
Describes a resource tag
2 properties 1 required
CreateStateMachineOutput
object
2 properties
UpdateStateMachineInput
object
5 properties 1 required
TracingConfiguration
object
Tracing configuration for a state machine
1 property
DescribeStateMachineOutput
object
9 properties
CreateStateMachineInput
object
7 properties 3 required
StateMachineListItem
object
Contains details about a state machine
4 properties
ListStateMachinesOutput
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-step-functions-state-machines-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Step Functions publishes across the network.

Amazon Step Functions Executions API
Amazon Step Functions History 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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