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Web API Reference (API Version 2017-03-31)

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StartJobRun

Starts a job run using a job definition.

Request Syntax

{
   "AllocatedCapacity": number,
   "Arguments": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   },
   "JobName": "string",
   "JobRunId": "string",
   "MaxCapacity": number,
   "NotificationProperty": { 
      "NotifyDelayAfter": number
   },
   "SecurityConfiguration": "string",
   "Timeout": number
}

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.

AllocatedCapacity

This field is deprecated, use MaxCapacity instead.

The number of AWS Glue data processing units (DPUs) to allocate to this JobRun. From 2 to 100 DPUs can be allocated; the default is 10. A DPU is a relative measure of processing power that consists of 4 vCPUs of compute capacity and 16 GB of memory. For more information, see the AWS Glue pricing page.

Type: Integer

Required: No

Arguments

The job arguments specifically for this run. For this job run, they replace the default arguments set in the job definition itself.

You can specify arguments here that your own job-execution script consumes, as well as arguments that AWS Glue itself consumes.

For information about how to specify and consume your own Job arguments, see the Calling AWS Glue APIs in Python topic in the developer guide.

For information about the key-value pairs that AWS Glue consumes to set up your job, see the Special Parameters Used by AWS Glue topic in the developer guide.

Type: String to string map

Required: No

JobName

The name of the job definition to use.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*

Required: Yes

JobRunId

The ID of a previous JobRun to retry.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*

Required: No

MaxCapacity

The number of AWS Glue data processing units (DPUs) that can be allocated when this job runs. A DPU is a relative measure of processing power that consists of 4 vCPUs of compute capacity and 16 GB of memory. For more information, see the AWS Glue pricing page.

The value that can be allocated for MaxCapacity depends on whether you are running a python shell job, or an Apache Spark ETL job:

  • When you specify a python shell job (JobCommand.Name="pythonshell"), you can allocate either 0.0625 or 1 DPU. The default is 0.0625 DPU.

  • When you specify an Apache Spark ETL job (JobCommand.Name="glueetl"), you can allocate from 2 to 100 DPUs. The default is 10 DPUs. This job type cannot have a fractional DPU allocation.

Type: Double

Required: No

NotificationProperty

Specifies configuration properties of a job run notification.

Type: NotificationProperty object

Required: No

SecurityConfiguration

The name of the SecurityConfiguration structure to be used with this job run.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*

Required: No

Timeout

The JobRun timeout in minutes. This is the maximum time that a job run can consume resources before it is terminated and enters TIMEOUT status. The default is 2,880 minutes (48 hours). This overrides the timeout value set in the parent job.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1.

Required: No

Response Syntax

{
   "JobRunId": "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.

JobRunId

The ID assigned to this job run.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*

Errors

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

ConcurrentRunsExceededException

Too many jobs are being run concurrently.

HTTP Status Code: 400

EntityNotFoundException

A specified entity does not exist

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalServiceException

An internal service error occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidInputException

The input provided was not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OperationTimeoutException

The operation timed out.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNumberLimitExceededException

A resource numerical limit was exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: