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Code examples for Step Functions using AWS SDKs

The following code examples show you how to use AWS Step Functions with an AWS software development kit (SDK).

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The following code examples show how to get started using Step Functions.

.NET
AWS SDK for .NET
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

namespace StepFunctionsActions; using Amazon.StepFunctions; using Amazon.StepFunctions.Model; public class HelloStepFunctions { static async Task Main() { var stepFunctionsClient = new AmazonStepFunctionsClient(); Console.Clear(); Console.WriteLine("Welcome to AWS Step Functions"); Console.WriteLine("Let's list up to 10 of your state machines:"); var stateMachineListRequest = new ListStateMachinesRequest { MaxResults = 10 }; // Get information for up to 10 Step Functions state machines. var response = await stepFunctionsClient.ListStateMachinesAsync(stateMachineListRequest); if (response.StateMachines.Count > 0) { response.StateMachines.ForEach(stateMachine => { Console.WriteLine($"State Machine Name: {stateMachine.Name}\tAmazon Resource Name (ARN): {stateMachine.StateMachineArn}"); }); } else { Console.WriteLine("\tNo state machines were found."); } } }
Java
SDK for Java 2.x
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

Java version of Hello.

import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.sfn.SfnClient; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.sfn.model.ListStateMachinesResponse; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.sfn.model.SfnException; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.sfn.model.StateMachineListItem; import java.util.List; /** * Before running this Java V2 code example, set up your development * environment, including your credentials. * * For more information, see the following documentation topic: * * https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/latest/developer-guide/get-started.html */ public class ListStateMachines { public static void main(String[] args) { Region region = Region.US_EAST_1; SfnClient sfnClient = SfnClient.builder() .region(region) .build(); listMachines(sfnClient); sfnClient.close(); } public static void listMachines(SfnClient sfnClient) { try { ListStateMachinesResponse response = sfnClient.listStateMachines(); List<StateMachineListItem> machines = response.stateMachines(); for (StateMachineListItem machine : machines) { System.out.println("The name of the state machine is: " + machine.name()); System.out.println("The ARN value is : " + machine.stateMachineArn()); } } catch (SfnException e) { System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage()); System.exit(1); } } }
Kotlin
SDK for Kotlin
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

import aws.sdk.kotlin.services.sfn.SfnClient import aws.sdk.kotlin.services.sfn.model.ListStateMachinesRequest /** Before running this Kotlin code example, set up your development environment, including your credentials. For more information, see the following documentation topic: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-kotlin/latest/developer-guide/setup.html */ suspend fun main() { println(DASHES) println("Welcome to the AWS Step Functions Hello example.") println("Lets list up to ten of your state machines:") println(DASHES) listMachines() } suspend fun listMachines() { SfnClient { region = "us-east-1" }.use { sfnClient -> val response = sfnClient.listStateMachines(ListStateMachinesRequest {}) response.stateMachines?.forEach { machine -> println("The name of the state machine is ${machine.name}") println("The ARN value is ${machine.stateMachineArn}") } } }
Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

import boto3 def hello_stepfunctions(stepfunctions_client): """ Use the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) to create an AWS Step Functions client and list the state machines in your account. This list might be empty if you haven't created any state machines. This example uses the default settings specified in your shared credentials and config files. :param stepfunctions_client: A Boto3 Step Functions Client object. """ print("Hello, Step Functions! Let's list up to 10 of your state machines:") state_machines = stepfunctions_client.list_state_machines(maxResults=10) for sm in state_machines["stateMachines"]: print(f"\t{sm['name']}: {sm['stateMachineArn']}") if __name__ == "__main__": hello_stepfunctions(boto3.client("stepfunctions"))
  • For API details, see ListStateMachines in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.