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

AddPermission

Grants an AWS service or another account permission to use a function. You can apply the policy at the function level, or specify a qualifier to restrict access to a single version or alias. If you use a qualifier, the invoker must use the full Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of that version or alias to invoke the function.

To grant permission to another account, specify the account ID as the Principal. For AWS services, the principal is a domain-style identifier defined by the service, like s3.amazonaws.com or sns.amazonaws.com. For AWS services, you can also specify the ARN of the associated resource as the SourceArn. If you grant permission to a service principal without specifying the source, other accounts could potentially configure resources in their account to invoke your Lambda function.

This action adds a statement to a resource-based permissions policy for the function. For more information about function policies, see Lambda Function Policies.

Request Syntax


POST /2015-03-31/functions/FunctionName/policy?Qualifier=Qualifier HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "Action": "string",
   "EventSourceToken": "string",
   "Principal": "string",
   "RevisionId": "string",
   "SourceAccount": "string",
   "SourceArn": "string",
   "StatementId": "string"
}

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

FunctionName

The name of the Lambda function, version, or alias.

Name formats

Function name - my-function (name-only), my-function:v1 (with alias).
Function ARN - arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:123456789012:function:my-function.
Partial ARN - 123456789012:function:my-function.

You can append a version number or alias to any of the formats. The length constraint applies only to the full ARN. If you specify only the function name, it is limited to 64 characters in length.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 140.

Pattern: (arn:(aws[a-zA-Z-]*)?:lambda:)?([a-z]{2}(-gov)?-[a-z]+-\d{1}:)?(\d{12}:)?(function:)?([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)(:(\$LATEST|[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+))?

Required: Yes

Qualifier

Specify a version or alias to add permissions to a published version of the function.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: (|[a-zA-Z0-9$_-]+)

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Action

The action that the principal can use on the function. For example, lambda:InvokeFunction or lambda:GetFunction.

Type: String

Pattern: (lambda:[*]|lambda:[a-zA-Z]+|[*])

Required: Yes

EventSourceToken

For Alexa Smart Home functions, a token that must be supplied by the invoker.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9._\-]+

Required: No

Principal

The AWS service or account that invokes the function. If you specify a service, use SourceArn or SourceAccount to limit who can invoke the function through that service.

Type: String

Pattern: [^\s]+

Required: Yes

RevisionId

Only update the policy if the revision ID matches the ID that's specified. Use this option to avoid modifying a policy that has changed since you last read it.

Type: String

Required: No

SourceAccount

For Amazon S3, the ID of the account that owns the resource. Use this together with SourceArn to ensure that the resource is owned by the specified account. It is possible for an Amazon S3 bucket to be deleted by its owner and recreated by another account.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 12.

Pattern: \d{12}

Required: No

SourceArn

For AWS services, the ARN of the AWS resource that invokes the function. For example, an Amazon S3 bucket or Amazon SNS topic.

Type: String

Pattern: arn:(aws[a-zA-Z0-9-]*):([a-zA-Z0-9\-])+:([a-z]{2}(-gov)?-[a-z]+-\d{1})?:(\d{12})?:(.*)

Required: No

StatementId

A statement identifier that differentiates the statement from others in the same policy.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: ([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 201
Content-type: application/json

{
   "Statement": "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.

Statement

The permission statement that's added to the function policy.

Type: String

Errors

InvalidParameterValueException

One of the parameters in the request is invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

PolicyLengthExceededException

The permissions policy for the resource is too large. Learn more

HTTP Status Code: 400

PreconditionFailedException

The RevisionId provided does not match the latest RevisionId for the Lambda function or alias. Call the GetFunction or the GetAlias API to retrieve the latest RevisionId for your resource.

HTTP Status Code: 412

ResourceConflictException

The resource already exists, or another operation is in progress.

HTTP Status Code: 409

ResourceNotFoundException

The resource specified in the request does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceException

The AWS Lambda service encountered an internal error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

TooManyRequestsException

The request throughput limit was exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 429