Tutorial: Subscribe to AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product) on AWS Data Exchange

AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product) is a free product that is made available to subscribers to understand how to interact with an AWS Data Exchange product containing API data sets. You can use this product for testing purposes and to learn how to make API calls to providers in order to retrieve API-based data.

AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product) contains an API data set named AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product) that is in the US East (N. Virginia) Region.

Subscribing to AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product) on AWS Data Exchange

The following procedure shows how to browse the AWS Data Exchange catalog to find and subscribe to AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product).

To find and subscribe to AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product)

1. Open and sign in to the AWS Data Exchange console.

2. From the left navigation pane, under Discover data products, choose Browse catalog.

3. From the search bar, enter AWS Data Exchange for APIs and press Enter.

4. Choose the AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product) and view its details page.

   1. (Optional) To download the sample, choose the Data dictionary and samples tab, choose the option button next to the sample name (ADX for APIs sample.json), and then choose Download.

5. In the top right corner, choose Continue to subscribe.

6. Choose the Product offer.

   Note

   AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product) is a free product.

7. Review the Subscription terms, Data sets, and Support information.

8. Choose whether to enable Offer auto-renewal for the subscription.

   Note

   AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product) doesn't require subscription verification, but some products do. For more information, see Subscription verification for subscribers.

9. Choose Subscribe.

It can take a few minutes for your subscription to become active after you choose Subscribe. Navigating away from this page before your subscription becomes active will not prevent the subscription from processing.

Using AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product)

You can interact with AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product) in the following ways:

Viewing the API

To view the API

1. Open and sign in to the AWS Data Exchange console.

2. From the left navigation pane, under My subscriptions, choose Entitled data.

3. Choose the product titled AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product) and then choose the AWS Data Exchange for APIs data set.

4. Under the Revisions tab, choose a revision.

5. Under API assets, choose the API.

6. View the Asset overview.

7. Follow the guidance in the Integration notes to call the API.

Downloading the API specification

To download the API specification

1. Open and sign in to the AWS Data Exchange console.

2. From the left navigation pane, under My subscriptions, choose Entitled data.

3. Choose the product titled AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product) and then choose the AWS Data Exchange for APIs data set.

4. Under the Revisions tab, choose a revision.

5. Under API assets, choose the API.

6. On the OpenAPI 3.0 specification, choose Download API specification.

   The specification is downloaded onto your local computer. You can then export the asset to a third-party tool for SDK generation.

Making an API call

You can call a single endpoint in the AWS Data Exchange console.

To make an API call from the console

1. Open and sign in to the AWS Data Exchange console.

2. From the left navigation pane, under My subscriptions, choose Entitled data.

3. Choose the product titled AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product) and then choose the AWS Data Exchange for APIs data set.

4. Under the Revisions tab, choose the revision.

5. Under API assets, choose the API.

   You will see the sample Code structure and OpenApi 3.0 specification to structure your API request, which you can use in the AWS Command Line Interface to call the API.

6. Under Integration notes, choose Copy to copy the Code structure and then paste it into the AWS CLI.

7. Replace the sample values with the parameter key-value pairs you need using the information in the specification documentation.

   Following is a sample API request for AWS Data Exchange for APIs (Test Product).

   aws dataexchange send-api-asset \
     --data-set-id 8d494cba5e4720e5f6072e280daf70a8 \
     --revision-id b655d5be3da04fcbdca21a5a2932d789 \
     --asset-id 8550cfab16b444a794402f2c3f11eae1 \
     --method POST \
     --path "someresource" \
     --query-string-parameters 'param1=value1,param2=value2' \
     --request-headers 'header=header_value' \
     --body "{\"body_param\":\"body_param_value\"}"