CreateMatchmakingConfiguration

Defines a new matchmaking configuration for use with FlexMatch. A matchmaking configuration sets out guidelines for matching players and getting the matches into games. You can set up multiple matchmaking configurations to handle the scenarios needed for your game. Each matchmaking ticket (StartMatchmaking or StartMatchBackfill) specifies a configuration for the match and provides player attributes to support the configuration being used.

To create a matchmaking configuration, at a minimum you must specify the following: configuration name; a rule set that governs how to evaluate players and find acceptable matches; a game session queue to use when placing a new game session for the match; and the maximum time allowed for a matchmaking attempt.

There are two ways to track the progress of matchmaking tickets: (1) polling ticket status with DescribeMatchmaking; or (2) receiving notifications with Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS). To use notifications, you first need to set up an SNS topic to receive the notifications, and provide the topic ARN in the matchmaking configuration. Since notifications promise only "best effort" delivery, we recommend calling DescribeMatchmaking if no notifications are received within 30 seconds.

Learn more

Design a FlexMatch Matchmaker

Setting up Notifications for Matchmaking

Related operations

Request Syntax


{
   "AcceptanceRequired": boolean,
   "AcceptanceTimeoutSeconds": number,
   "AdditionalPlayerCount": number,
   "BackfillMode": "string",
   "CustomEventData": "string",
   "Description": "string",
   "GameProperties": [ 
      { 
         "Key": "string",
         "Value": "string"
      }
   ],
   "GameSessionData": "string",
   "GameSessionQueueArns": [ "string" ],
   "Name": "string",
   "NotificationTarget": "string",
   "RequestTimeoutSeconds": number,
   "RuleSetName": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Note

In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

AcceptanceRequired

A flag that determines whether a match that was created with this configuration must be accepted by the matched players. To require acceptance, set to TRUE.

Type: Boolean

Required: Yes

GameSessionQueueArns

An Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that is assigned to a game session queue and uniquely identifies it. The format is arn:aws:gamelift:<region>:<aws account>:gamesessionqueue/<queue name>. These queues are used when placing game sessions for matches that are created with this matchmaking configuration. Queues can be located in any Region.

Type: Array of strings

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9:/-]+

Required: Yes

Name

A unique identifier for a matchmaking configuration. This name is used to identify the configuration associated with a matchmaking request or ticket.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9-\.]*

Required: Yes

RequestTimeoutSeconds

The maximum duration, in seconds, that a matchmaking ticket can remain in process before timing out. Requests that fail due to timing out can be resubmitted as needed.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 43200.

Required: Yes

RuleSetName

A unique identifier for a matchmaking rule set to use with this configuration. A matchmaking configuration can only use rule sets that are defined in the same Region.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9-\.]*

Required: Yes

AcceptanceTimeoutSeconds

The length of time (in seconds) to wait for players to accept a proposed match. If any player rejects the match or fails to accept before the timeout, the ticket continues to look for an acceptable match.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 600.

Required: No

AdditionalPlayerCount

The number of player slots in a match to keep open for future players. For example, assume that the configuration's rule set specifies a match for a single 12-person team. If the additional player count is set to 2, only 10 players are initially selected for the match.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0.

Required: No

BackfillMode

The method used to backfill game sessions that are created with this matchmaking configuration. Specify MANUAL when your game manages backfill requests manually or does not use the match backfill feature. Specify AUTOMATIC to have GameLift create a StartMatchBackfill request whenever a game session has one or more open slots. Learn more about manual and automatic backfill in Backfill Existing Games with FlexMatch.

Type: String

Valid Values: AUTOMATIC | MANUAL

Required: No

CustomEventData

Information to be added to all events related to this matchmaking configuration.

Type: String

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

Required: No

Description

A human-readable description of the matchmaking configuration.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Required: No

GameProperties

A set of custom properties for a game session, formatted as key-value pairs. These properties are passed to a game server process in the GameSession object with a request to start a new game session (see Start a Game Session). This information is added to the new GameSession object that is created for a successful match.

Type: Array of GameProperty objects

Array Members: Maximum number of 16 items.

Required: No

GameSessionData

A set of custom game session properties, formatted as a single string value. This data is passed to a game server process in the GameSession object with a request to start a new game session (see Start a Game Session). This information is added to the new GameSession object that is created for a successful match.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 4096.

Required: No

NotificationTarget

An SNS topic ARN that is set up to receive matchmaking notifications.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 300.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9:_/-]*

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "Configuration": { 
      "AcceptanceRequired": boolean,
      "AcceptanceTimeoutSeconds": number,
      "AdditionalPlayerCount": number,
      "BackfillMode": "string",
      "CreationTime": number,
      "CustomEventData": "string",
      "Description": "string",
      "GameProperties": [ 
         { 
            "Key": "string",
            "Value": "string"
         }
      ],
      "GameSessionData": "string",
      "GameSessionQueueArns": [ "string" ],
      "Name": "string",
      "NotificationTarget": "string",
      "RequestTimeoutSeconds": number,
      "RuleSetName": "string"
   }
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

Configuration

Object that describes the newly created matchmaking configuration.

Type: MatchmakingConfiguration object

Errors

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

InternalServiceException

The service encountered an unrecoverable internal failure while processing the request. Clients can retry such requests immediately or after a waiting period.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

One or more parameter values in the request are invalid. Correct the invalid parameter values before retrying.

HTTP Status Code: 400

LimitExceededException

The requested operation would cause the resource to exceed the allowed service limit. Resolve the issue before retrying.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotFoundException

A service resource associated with the request could not be found. Clients should not retry such requests.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnsupportedRegionException

The requested operation is not supported in the Region specified.

HTTP Status Code: 400

CreateMatchmakingConfiguration

Request Syntax

Request Parameters

Response Syntax

Response Elements

Errors

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