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Honeycomb Kinesis Events API

The Kinesis Events API endpoints allow Honeycomb to process streaming events from Amazon Kinesis.Refer to the [Honeycomb AWS integrations](https://docs.honeycomb.io/integrations/aws/how-aws-integrations-work/) documentation for more information.## AuthorizationIt is recommended that an Ingest API key is used for sending events.A Configuration API key will work, and must have the **Send Events** permission.Learn more about [API keys here](https://docs.honeycomb.io/configure/environments/manage-api-keys/).

Honeycomb Kinesis Events API is one of 21 APIs that Honeycomb publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Kinesis Events. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.honeycomb.io, https://api.eu1.honeycomb.io.

1 operations 1 paths 5 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.honeycomb.io
License
Resource Areas
1

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.

Kinesis Events 1

The Kinesis Events API endpoints allow Honeycomb to process streaming events from Amazon Kinesis. Refer to the [Honeycomb AWS integrations](https://docs.honeycomb.io/integrations/…

POST
/1/kinesis_events/{datasetSlug}
Create Kinesis Events
createKinesisEvents 2 params body → 200401default

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are KinesisEvent (3 properties), KinesisResponse (3 properties), Error (1 property), JSONAPIError (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

KinesisEventRecord
object
1 property
KinesisResponse
object
3 properties
JSONAPIError
object
A JSONAPI-formatted error message.
1 property
Error
object
A legacy error, containing only a textual description.
1 property
KinesisEvent
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

honeycomb-io-kinesis-events-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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