# CreateComponentData
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Represents all of the information that is required to create a component.

## Contents
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 ** bindingProperties **   <a name="amplifyuibuilder-Type-CreateComponentData-bindingProperties"></a>
The data binding information for the component's properties.  
Type: String to [ComponentBindingPropertiesValue](API_ComponentBindingPropertiesValue.md) object map  
Required: Yes

 ** componentType **   <a name="amplifyuibuilder-Type-CreateComponentData-componentType"></a>
The component type. This can be an Amplify custom UI component or another custom component.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.  
Required: Yes

 ** name **   <a name="amplifyuibuilder-Type-CreateComponentData-name"></a>
The name of the component  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.  
Required: Yes

 ** overrides **   <a name="amplifyuibuilder-Type-CreateComponentData-overrides"></a>
Describes the component properties that can be overriden to customize an instance of the component.  
Type: String to string to string map map  
Required: Yes

 ** properties **   <a name="amplifyuibuilder-Type-CreateComponentData-properties"></a>
Describes the component's properties.  
Type: String to [ComponentProperty](API_ComponentProperty.md) object map  
Required: Yes

 ** variants **   <a name="amplifyuibuilder-Type-CreateComponentData-variants"></a>
A list of the unique variants of this component.  
Type: Array of [ComponentVariant](API_ComponentVariant.md) objects  
Required: Yes

 ** children **   <a name="amplifyuibuilder-Type-CreateComponentData-children"></a>
A list of child components that are instances of the main component.  
Type: Array of [ComponentChild](API_ComponentChild.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** collectionProperties **   <a name="amplifyuibuilder-Type-CreateComponentData-collectionProperties"></a>
The data binding configuration for customizing a component's properties. Use this for a collection component.  
Type: String to [ComponentDataConfiguration](API_ComponentDataConfiguration.md) object map  
Required: No

 ** events **   <a name="amplifyuibuilder-Type-CreateComponentData-events"></a>
The event configuration for the component. Use for the workflow feature in Amplify Studio that allows you to bind events and actions to components.  
Type: String to [ComponentEvent](API_ComponentEvent.md) object map  
Required: No

 ** schemaVersion **   <a name="amplifyuibuilder-Type-CreateComponentData-schemaVersion"></a>
The schema version of the component when it was imported.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** sourceId **   <a name="amplifyuibuilder-Type-CreateComponentData-sourceId"></a>
The unique ID of the component in its original source system, such as Figma.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** tags **   <a name="amplifyuibuilder-Type-CreateComponentData-tags"></a>
One or more key-value pairs to use when tagging the component data.  
Type: String to string map  
Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Key Pattern: `(?!aws:)[a-zA-Z+-=._:/]+`   
Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/amplifyuibuilder-2021-08-11/CreateComponentData) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/amplifyuibuilder-2021-08-11/CreateComponentData) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/amplifyuibuilder-2021-08-11/CreateComponentData)