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

CreateGame

Creates a new game with an empty configuration. After creating your game, you can update the configuration using UpdateGameConfiguration or ImportGameConfiguration.

Request Syntax


POST /game HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "ClientToken": "string",
   "Description": "string",
   "GameName": "string",
   "Tags": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

ClientToken

A client-defined token. With an active client token in the request, this action is idempotent.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 33. Maximum length of 126.

Required: No

Description

The description of the game.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 250.

Pattern: ^\S(.*\S)?$|^$

Required: No

GameName

The name of the game.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 36.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$

Required: Yes

Tags

The list of tags to apply to the game.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Maximum number of 50 items.

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

Key Pattern: ^(?!aws:)[a-zA-Z+-=._:/]+$

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

Value Pattern: ^[\s\w+-=\.:/@]*$

Required: No

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "Game": { 
      "Arn": "string",
      "Created": number,
      "Description": "string",
      "LastUpdated": number,
      "Name": "string",
      "State": "string",
      "Tags": { 
         "string" : "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.

Game

Details about the game that was created.

Type: GameDetails object

Errors

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

AccessDeniedException

You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 403

ConflictException

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

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalServerException

The service encountered an internal error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ServiceQuotaExceededException

The request would result in exceeding service quota.

HTTP Status Code: 402

ThrottlingException

The request throughput limit was exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

One of the parameters in the request is invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400