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AWS CloudFormation Request Status API

Operations for tracking the status of asynchronous resource operations and cancelling in-progress requests.

AWS CloudFormation Request Status API is one of 13 APIs that AWS CloudFormation publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2021-09-30.

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

3 operations 3 paths 3 schemas 3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2021-09-30
Base URL
https://cloudformation.{region}.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

AWS CloudFormation Request Status API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (AWS_Signature_V4). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • AWS_Signature_V4 — AWS Signature Version 4 authentication.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Request Status 3

Operations for tracking the status of asynchronous resource operations and cancelling in-progress requests.

POST
/?Action=GetResourceRequestStatus
Get the Status of a Resource Operation Request
getResourceRequestStatus 1 param body → 200400404429500
POST
/?Action=ListResourceRequests
List Resource Operation Requests
listResourceRequests 1 param body → 200400429500
POST
/?Action=CancelResourceRequest
Cancel an In-progress Resource Operation Request
cancelResourceRequest 1 param body → 200400404409429500

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ProgressEvent (11 properties), HookProgressEvent (8 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ProgressEvent
object
Represents the current status of a resource operation request.
11 properties
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
HookProgressEvent
object
Represents the progress of a hook invocation.
8 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cloudformation-request-status-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs AWS CloudFormation publishes across the network.

AWS CloudFormation Change Sets API
AWS CloudFormation Exports API
AWS CloudFormation Registry API
AWS CloudFormation Resources API
AWS CloudFormation Stack Drift API
AWS CloudFormation Stack Events API
AWS CloudFormation Stack Instances API
AWS CloudFormation Stack Policies API
AWS CloudFormation Stack Resources API
AWS CloudFormation Stack Sets API
AWS CloudFormation Stacks API
AWS CloudFormation Templates API