Request Syntax URI Request Parameters Request Body Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

CreateResource

Creates a Resource resource.

Request Syntax


POST /restapis/restapi_id/resources/parent_id HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "pathPart": "string"
}

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

parent_id

The parent resource's identifier.

Required: Yes

restapi_id

The string identifier of the associated RestApi.

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

pathPart

The last path segment for this resource.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 201
Content-type: application/json

{
   "id": "string",
   "parentId": "string",
   "path": "string",
   "pathPart": "string",
   "resourceMethods": { 
      "string" : { 
         "apiKeyRequired": boolean,
         "authorizationScopes": [ "string" ],
         "authorizationType": "string",
         "authorizerId": "string",
         "httpMethod": "string",
         "methodIntegration": { 
            "cacheKeyParameters": [ "string" ],
            "cacheNamespace": "string",
            "connectionId": "string",
            "connectionType": "string",
            "contentHandling": "string",
            "credentials": "string",
            "httpMethod": "string",
            "integrationResponses": { 
               "string" : { 
                  "contentHandling": "string",
                  "responseParameters": { 
                     "string" : "string" 
                  },
                  "responseTemplates": { 
                     "string" : "string" 
                  },
                  "selectionPattern": "string",
                  "statusCode": "string"
               }
            },
            "passthroughBehavior": "string",
            "requestParameters": { 
               "string" : "string" 
            },
            "requestTemplates": { 
               "string" : "string" 
            },
            "timeoutInMillis": number,
            "tlsConfig": { 
               "insecureSkipVerification": boolean
            },
            "type": "string",
            "uri": "string"
         },
         "methodResponses": { 
            "string" : { 
               "responseModels": { 
                  "string" : "string" 
               },
               "responseParameters": { 
                  "string" : boolean 
               },
               "statusCode": "string"
            }
         },
         "operationName": "string",
         "requestModels": { 
            "string" : "string" 
         },
         "requestParameters": { 
            "string" : boolean 
         },
         "requestValidatorId": "string"
      }
   }
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 201 response.

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

id

The resource's identifier.

Type: String

parentId

The parent resource's identifier.

Type: String

path

The full path for this resource.

Type: String

pathPart

The last path segment for this resource.

Type: String

resourceMethods

Gets an API resource's method of a given HTTP verb.

Type: String to Method object map

Errors

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

BadRequestException

The submitted request is not valid, for example, the input is incomplete or incorrect. See the accompanying error message for details.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ConflictException

The request configuration has conflicts. For details, see the accompanying error message.

HTTP Status Code: 409

LimitExceededException

The request exceeded the rate limit. Retry after the specified time period.

HTTP Status Code: 429

NotFoundException

The requested resource is not found. Make sure that the request URI is correct.

HTTP Status Code: 404

TooManyRequestsException

The request has reached its throttling limit. Retry after the specified time period.

HTTP Status Code: 429

UnauthorizedException

The request is denied because the caller has insufficient permissions.

HTTP Status Code: 401

Examples

Create a child resource under an API's root resource

This example illustrates one usage of CreateResource.

Sample Request


POST /restapis/fugvjdxtri/resources/3kzxbg5sa2 HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
Host: apigateway.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
X-Amz-Date: 20170223T010429Z
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential={access_key_ID}/20170223/us-east-1/apigateway/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=content-length;content-type;host;x-amz-date, Signature={sig4_hash}

{
    "pathPart" : "res1"
}

Sample Response


{
  "_links": {
    "curies": [
      {
        "href": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/restapi-method-{rel}.html",
        "name": "method",
        "templated": true
      },
      {
        "href": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/restapi-resource-{rel}.html",
        "name": "resource",
        "templated": true
      }
    ],
    "self": {
      "href": "/restapis/fugvjdxtri/resources/47rxl6"
    },
    "method:by-http-method": {
      "href": "/restapis/fugvjdxtri/resources/47rxl6/methods/{http_method}",
      "templated": true
    },
    "method:put": {
      "href": "/restapis/fugvjdxtri/resources/47rxl6/methods/{http_method}",
      "templated": true
    },
    "resource:create-child": {
      "href": "/restapis/fugvjdxtri/resources/47rxl6"
    },
    "resource:delete": {
      "href": "/restapis/fugvjdxtri/resources/47rxl6"
    },
    "resource:update": {
      "href": "/restapis/fugvjdxtri/resources/47rxl6"
    }
  },
  "id": "47rxl6",
  "parentId": "3kzxbg5sa2",
  "path": "/res1",
  "pathPart": "res1"
}