The Models collection is created and contains two default models named Empty and Error when an API is created.

Example: Get the collection of models defined for an API

Request

The following example request retrieves the collection of models for an API:

GET /restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
Host: apigateway.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Content-Length: 60
X-Amz-Date: 20170223T172652Z
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential={access_key_ID}/20170223/us-east-1/apigateway/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=content-type;host;x-amz-date, Signature={sig4_hash}

Response

The successful response returns the 200 OK status code and a payload similar to the following:

{
  "_links": {
    "curies": {
      "href": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/restapi-model-{rel}.html",
      "name": "model",
      "templated": true
    },
    "self": {
      "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models"
    },
    "item": [
      {
        "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models/Empty?flatten=false"
      },
      {
        "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models/Error?flatten=false"
      }
    ],
    "model:by-name": {
      "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models/{model_name}?flatten=false",
      "templated": true
    }
  },
  "_embedded": {
    "item": [
      {
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models/Empty?flatten=false"
          },
          "model:create": {
            "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models"
          },
          "model:delete": {
            "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models/Empty"
          },
          "model:generate-template": {
            "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models/Empty/default_template"
          },
          "model:update": {
            "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models/Empty"
          }
        },
        "contentType": "application/json",
        "description": "This is a default empty schema model",
        "id": "71l0yh",
        "name": "Empty",
        "schema": "{\n  \"$schema\": \"http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#\",\n  \"title\" : \"Empty Schema\",\n  \"type\" : \"object\"\n}"
      },
      {
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models/Error?flatten=false"
          },
          "model:create": {
            "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models"
          },
          "model:delete": {
            "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models/Error"
          },
          "model:generate-template": {
            "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models/Error/default_template"
          },
          "model:update": {
            "href": "/restapis/l9kujxkzq2/models/Error"
          }
        },
        "contentType": "application/json",
        "description": "This is a default error schema model",
        "id": "sddpxt",
        "name": "Error",
        "schema": "{\n  \"$schema\" : \"http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#\",\n  \"title\" : \"Error Schema\",\n  \"type\" : \"object\",\n  \"properties\" : {\n    \"message\" : { \"type\" : \"string\" }\n  }\n}"
      }
    ]
  }
}