Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

CreateCase

Creates a case in the AWS Support Center. This operation is similar to how you create a case in the AWS Support Center Create Case page.

The AWS Support API doesn't support requesting service limit increases. You can submit a service limit increase in the following ways:

Submit a request from the AWS Support Center Create Case page.
Use the Service Quotas RequestServiceQuotaIncrease operation.

A successful CreateCase request returns an AWS Support case number. You can use the DescribeCases operation and specify the case number to get existing AWS Support cases. After you create a case, use the AddCommunicationToCase operation to add additional communication or attachments to an existing case.

The caseId is separate from the displayId that appears in the AWS Support Center. Use the DescribeCases operation to get the displayId.

Note

You must have a Business, Enterprise On-Ramp, or Enterprise Support plan to use the AWS Support API.
If you call the AWS Support API from an account that doesn't have a Business, Enterprise On-Ramp, or Enterprise Support plan, the SubscriptionRequiredException error message appears. For information about changing your support plan, see AWS Support.

Request Syntax


{
   "attachmentSetId": "string",
   "categoryCode": "string",
   "ccEmailAddresses": [ "string" ],
   "communicationBody": "string",
   "issueType": "string",
   "language": "string",
   "serviceCode": "string",
   "severityCode": "string",
   "subject": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

attachmentSetId

The ID of a set of one or more attachments for the case. Create the set by using the AddAttachmentsToSet operation.

Type: String

categoryCode

The category of problem for the support case. You also use the DescribeServices operation to get the category code for a service. Each AWS service defines its own set of category codes.

Type: String

ccEmailAddresses

A list of email addresses that AWS Support copies on case correspondence. AWS Support identifies the account that creates the case when you specify your AWS credentials in an HTTP POST method or use the AWS SDKs.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 10 items.

communicationBody

The communication body text that describes the issue. This text appears in the Description field on the AWS Support Center Create Case page.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 8000.

issueType

The type of issue for the case. You can specify customer-service or technical. If you don't specify a value, the default is technical.

Type: String

language

The language in which AWS Support handles the case. AWS Support currently supports Chinese (“zh”), English ("en"), Japanese ("ja") and Korean (“ko”). You must specify the ISO 639-1 code for the language parameter if you want support in that language.

Type: String

serviceCode

The code for the AWS service. You can use the DescribeServices operation to get the possible serviceCode values.

Type: String

severityCode

A value that indicates the urgency of the case. This value determines the response time according to your service level agreement with AWS Support. You can use the DescribeSeverityLevels operation to get the possible values for severityCode.

For more information, see SeverityLevel and Choosing a Severity in the AWS Support User Guide.

Note

The availability of severity levels depends on the support plan for the AWS account.

Type: String

subject

The title of the support case. The title appears in the Subject field on the AWS Support Center Create Case page.

Type: String

Response Syntax


{
   "caseId": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

caseId

The support case ID requested or returned in the call. The case ID is an alphanumeric string in the following format: case-12345678910-2013-c4c1d2bf33c5cf47

Type: String

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AttachmentSetExpired

The expiration time of the attachment set has passed. The set expires 1 hour after it is created.

HTTP Status Code: 400

AttachmentSetIdNotFound

An attachment set with the specified ID could not be found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

CaseCreationLimitExceeded

The case creation limit for the account has been exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalServerError

An internal server error occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 500