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AWS::ApiGateway::UsagePlan

The AWS::ApiGateway::UsagePlan resource creates a usage plan for deployed APIs. A usage plan enforces throttling and quota limits on individual client API keys. For more information, see Creating and Using API Usage Plans in Amazon 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::UsagePlan",
  "Properties" : {
      "ApiStages" : [ ApiStage, ... ],
      "Description" : String,
      "Quota" : QuotaSettings,
      "Throttle" : ThrottleSettings,
      "UsagePlanName" : String
    }
}

YAML

Type: AWS::ApiGateway::UsagePlan
Properties: 
  ApiStages: 
    - ApiStage
  Description: String
  Quota: 
    QuotaSettings
  Throttle: 
    ThrottleSettings
  UsagePlanName: String

Properties

ApiStages

The API stages to associate with this usage plan.

Required: No

Type: List of ApiStage

Update requires: No interruption

Description

A description of the usage plan.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

Quota

Configures the number of requests that users can make within a given interval.

Required: No

Type: QuotaSettings

Update requires: No interruption

Throttle

Configures the overall request rate (average requests per second) and burst capacity.

Required: No

Type: ThrottleSettings

Update requires: No interruption

UsagePlanName

A name for the usage plan.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

Return Values

Ref

When you pass the logical ID of this resource to the intrinsic Ref function, Ref returns the usage plan ID, such as MyUsagePlan.

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

Examples

Create usage plan

The following examples create a usage plan for the Prod API stage, with a quota of 5000 requests per month and a rate limit of 100 requests per second.

JSON

{
    "usagePlan": {
        "Type": "AWS::ApiGateway::UsagePlan",
        "Properties": {
            "ApiStages": [
                {
                    "ApiId": {
                        "Ref": "MyRestApi"
                    },
                    "Stage": {
                        "Ref": "Prod"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "Description": "Customer ABC's usage plan",
            "Quota": {
                "Limit": 5000,
                "Period": "MONTH"
            },
            "Throttle": {
                "BurstLimit": 200,
                "RateLimit": 100
            },
            "UsagePlanName": "Plan_ABC"
        }
    }
}

YAML

usagePlan:
  Type: 'AWS::ApiGateway::UsagePlan'
  Properties:
    ApiStages:
      - ApiId: !Ref MyRestApi
        Stage: !Ref Prod
    Description: Customer ABC's usage plan
    Quota:
      Limit: 5000
      Period: MONTH
    Throttle:
      BurstLimit: 200
      RateLimit: 100
    UsagePlanName: Plan_ABC

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