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

CreateJob

Creates a job. A job is a set of instructions that Deadline Cloud uses to schedule and run work on available workers. For more information, see Deadline Cloud jobs.

Request Syntax


POST /2023-10-12/farms/farmId/queues/queueId/jobs HTTP/1.1
X-Amz-Client-Token: clientToken
Content-type: application/json

{
   "attachments": { 
      "fileSystem": "string",
      "manifests": [ 
         { 
            "fileSystemLocationName": "string",
            "inputManifestHash": "string",
            "inputManifestPath": "string",
            "outputRelativeDirectories": [ "string" ],
            "rootPath": "string",
            "rootPathFormat": "string"
         }
      ]
   },
   "maxFailedTasksCount": number,
   "maxRetriesPerTask": number,
   "maxWorkerCount": number,
   "parameters": { 
      "string" : { ... }
   },
   "priority": number,
   "sourceJobId": "string",
   "storageProfileId": "string",
   "targetTaskRunStatus": "string",
   "template": "string",
   "templateType": "string"
}

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

clientToken

The unique token which the server uses to recognize retries of the same request.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

farmId

The farm ID of the farm to connect to the job.

Pattern: farm-[0-9a-f]{32}

Required: Yes

queueId

The ID of the queue that the job is submitted to.

Pattern: queue-[0-9a-f]{32}

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

attachments

The attachments for the job. Attach files required for the job to run to a render job.

Type: Attachments object

Required: No

maxFailedTasksCount

The number of task failures before the job stops running and is marked as FAILED.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 2147483647.

Required: No

maxRetriesPerTask

The maximum number of retries for each task.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 2147483647.

Required: No

maxWorkerCount

The maximum number of worker hosts that can concurrently process a job. When the maxWorkerCount is reached, no more workers will be assigned to process the job, even if the fleets assigned to the job's queue has available workers.

You can't set the maxWorkerCount to 0. If you set it to -1, there is no maximum number of workers.

If you don't specify the maxWorkerCount, Deadline Cloud won't throttle the number of workers used to process the job.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of -1. Maximum value of 2147483647.

Required: No

parameters

The parameters for the job.

Type: String to JobParameter object map

Required: No

priority

The priority of the job on a scale of 0 to 100. The highest priority (first scheduled) is 100. When two jobs have the same priority, the oldest job is scheduled first.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 100.

Required: Yes

sourceJobId

The job ID for the source job.

Type: String

Pattern: job-[0-9a-f]{32}

Required: No

storageProfileId

The storage profile ID for the storage profile to connect to the job.

Type: String

Pattern: sp-[0-9a-f]{32}

Required: No

targetTaskRunStatus

The initial job status when it is created. Jobs that are created with a SUSPENDED status will not run until manually requeued.

Type: String

Valid Values: READY | SUSPENDED

Required: No

template

The job template to use for this job.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 300000.

Required: No

templateType

The file type for the job template.

Type: String

Valid Values: JSON | YAML

Required: No

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 201
Content-type: application/json

{
   "jobId": "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.

jobId

The job ID.

Type: String

Pattern: job-[0-9a-f]{32}

Errors

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

AccessDeniedException

You don't have permission to perform the action.

HTTP Status Code: 403

InternalServerErrorException

Deadline Cloud can't process your request right now. Try again later.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

The requested resource can't be found.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceQuotaExceededException

You exceeded your service quota. Service quotas, also referred to as limits, are the maximum number of service resources or operations for your AWS account.

HTTP Status Code: 402

ThrottlingException

Your request exceeded a request rate quota.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

The request isn't valid. This can occur if your request contains malformed JSON or unsupported characters.

HTTP Status Code: 400