AWS CloudFormation Stacks API
Operations for creating, updating, deleting, and describing CloudFormation stacks.
AWS CloudFormation Stacks 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 Stacks. 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 9 operations across 9 paths, and defines 10 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
AWS CloudFormation Stacks 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 9
Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 9 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Operations for creating, updating, deleting, and describing CloudFormation stacks.
Schemas 10
The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Stack (25 properties), StackSummary (11 properties), Output (4 properties), Parameter (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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