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Amazon X-Ray Insight API

The Insight API from Amazon X-Ray — 1 operation(s) for insight.

Amazon X-Ray Insight API is one of 32 APIs that Amazon X-Ray publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 19 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

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

1 operations 1 paths 19 schemas 1 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://xray.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon X-Ray Insight 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 1

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

Insight 1
POST
/Insight
Amazon X-Ray Get Insight
GetInsight 7 params body → 200480481

Schemas 19

The contract defines 19 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Insight (12 properties), ServiceId (4 properties), RequestImpactStatistics (3 properties), GetInsightResult (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ServiceNames
array
RequestImpactStatistics
object
Statistics that describe how the incident has impacted a service.
3 properties
InsightCategoryList
array
InvalidRequestException
InsightState
string
GroupName
string
InsightId
string
Insight
object
When fault rates go outside of the expected range, X-Ray creates an insight. Insights tracks emergent issues within your applications.
12 properties
GetInsightResult
object
1 property
AnomalousService
object
The service within the service graph that has anomalously high fault rates.
1 property
NullableLong
integer
ThrottledException
Timestamp
string
String
string
InsightCategory
string
GroupARN
string
AnomalousServiceList
array
InsightSummaryText
string
ServiceId
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-xray-insight-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon X-Ray publishes across the network.

Amazon X-Ray CreateGroup API
Amazon X-Ray CreateSamplingRule API
Amazon X-Ray DeleteGroup API
Amazon X-Ray DeleteResourcePolicy API
Amazon X-Ray DeleteSamplingRule API
Amazon X-Ray EncryptionConfig API
Amazon X-Ray GetGroup API
Amazon X-Ray GetSamplingRules API
Amazon X-Ray Groups API
Amazon X-Ray InsightEvents API
Amazon X-Ray InsightImpactGraph API
Amazon X-Ray InsightSummaries API
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