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Amazon VPC

Amazon VPC VPCs API

Operations for creating and managing Virtual Private Clouds

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Amazon VPC VPCs API is one of 6 APIs that Amazon VPC publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include VPC. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, pricing, a getting-started guide, an API reference, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2016-11-15.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com.

4 operations 4 paths 4 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2016-11-15
Base URL
https://ec2.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Amazon Web Services
Terms of Service
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Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon VPC VPCs 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 4

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

VPCs 4

Operations for creating and managing Virtual Private Clouds

GET
/?Action=CreateVpc
Amazon VPC Create a VPC
createVpc 3 params → 200400401403
GET
/?Action=DescribeVpcs
Amazon VPC Describe VPCs
describeVpcs 4 params → 200400401
GET
/?Action=DeleteVpc
Amazon VPC Delete a VPC
deleteVpc 1 param → 200400401
GET
/?Action=ModifyVpcAttribute
Amazon VPC Modify a VPC Attribute
modifyVpcAttribute 3 params → 200400401

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Vpc (10 properties), Tag (2 properties), DescribeVpcsResponse (2 properties), CreateVpcResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DescribeVpcsResponse
object
Response from the DescribeVpcs action
2 properties
Tag
object
Describes a tag
2 properties
Vpc
object
Describes a VPC
10 properties
CreateVpcResponse
object
Response from the CreateVpc action
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-vpc-vpcs-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon VPC publishes across the network.

Amazon VPC Internet Gateways API
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Amazon VPC NAT Gateways API
AE Profile APIs.io
Amazon VPC Network ACLs API
AE Profile APIs.io
Amazon VPC Route Tables API
AE Profile APIs.io
Amazon VPC Subnets API
AE Profile APIs.io
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API Details
ID
amazon-vpc:amazon-vpc-vpcs-api
Base URL
https://ec2.amazonaws.com
Docs
https://aws.amazon.com/vpc/
Provider
Amazon VPC
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