AWS CloudFormation Templates API
Operations for retrieving, validating, and summarizing templates.
AWS CloudFormation Templates 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 Templates. 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 2 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 Templates 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.
Operations for retrieving, validating, and summarizing templates.
Schemas 2
The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ParameterDeclaration (6 properties), ErrorResponse (2 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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