# AppSyncBaseDataSourceProps

Base properties for an AppSync datasource.

- Source: [`aws-appsync/lib/data-source-common.ts`](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/blob/v2.275.0/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-appsync/lib/data-source-common.ts#L87)
- Type last changed: v2.234.0 · 8 Jan 2026

## Example

```ts
// The code below shows an example of how to instantiate this type.
// The values are placeholders you should change.
import { aws_appsync as appsync } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
import { aws_appsync as interfaces_appsync } from 'aws-cdk-lib/interfaces';

declare const apiRef: interfaces_appsync.IApiRef;
const appSyncBaseDataSourceProps: appsync.AppSyncBaseDataSourceProps = {
  api: apiRef,

  // the properties below are optional
  description: 'description',
  name: 'name',
};
```

## Properties

- `api`: [IApiRef](/cdk/api/v2/docs/aws-cdk-lib.interfaces.aws_appsync.IApiRef.html) (required) — The API to attach this data source to.

- `description`: string = None — The description of the data source.

- `name`: string — The name of the data source.

  **Default:** id of data source

  The only allowed pattern is: {[_A-Za-z][_0-9A-Za-z]*}.
  Any invalid characters will be automatically removed.