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AWS::ApiGateway::RequestValidator

The AWS::ApiGateway::RequestValidator resource sets up basic validation rules for incoming requests to your API. For more information, see Enable Basic Request Validation for an API in API Gateway in the API Gateway Developer Guide.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "Type" : "AWS::ApiGateway::RequestValidator",
  "Properties" : {
      "Name" : String,
      "RestApiId" : String,
      "ValidateRequestBody" : Boolean,
      "ValidateRequestParameters" : Boolean
    }
}

YAML

Type: AWS::ApiGateway::RequestValidator
Properties: 
  Name: String
  RestApiId: String
  ValidateRequestBody: Boolean
  ValidateRequestParameters: Boolean

Properties

Name

The name of this request validator.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

RestApiId

The identifier of the targeted API entity.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

ValidateRequestBody

Indicates whether to validate the request body according to the configured schema for the targeted API and method.

Required: No

Type: Boolean

Update requires: No interruption

ValidateRequestParameters

Indicates whether to validate request parameters.

Required: No

Type: Boolean

Update requires: No interruption

Return Values

Ref

When you pass the logical ID of this resource to the intrinsic Ref function, Ref returns the ID of the request validator, such as abc123.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

Examples

Create request validator

The following example creates an API Gateway API with an associated request validator, based on the supplied parameters.

JSON

{
    "Parameters": {
        "apiName": {
            "Type": "String"
        },
        "validatorName": {
            "Type": "String"
        },
        "validateRequestBody": {
            "Type": "String"
        },
        "validateRequestParameters": {
            "Type": "String"
        }
    },
    "Resources": {
        "RestApi": {
            "Type": "AWS::ApiGateway::RestApi",
            "Properties": {
                "Name": {
                    "Ref": "apiName"
                }
            }
        },
        "RequestValidator": {
            "Type": "AWS::ApiGateway::RequestValidator",
            "Properties": {
                "Name": {
                    "Ref": "validatorName"
                },
                "RestApiId": {
                    "Ref": "RestApi"
                },
                "ValidateRequestBody": {
                    "Ref": "validateRequestBody"
                },
                "ValidateRequestParameters": {
                    "Ref": "validateRequestParameters"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

YAML

Parameters:
  apiName:
    Type: String
  validatorName:
    Type: String
  validateRequestBody:
    Type: String
  validateRequestParameters:
    Type: String
Resources:
  RestApi:
    Type: AWS::ApiGateway::RestApi
    Properties:
      Name: !Ref apiName
  RequestValidator:
    Type: AWS::ApiGateway::RequestValidator
    Properties:
      Name: !Ref validatorName
      RestApiId: !Ref RestApi
      ValidateRequestBody: !Ref validateRequestBody
      ValidateRequestParameters: !Ref validateRequestParameters

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