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CreateDocumentationVersion - Amazon API Gateway

CreateDocumentationVersion

Creates a documentation version

Request Syntax

POST /restapis/restapi_id/documentation/versions HTTP/1.1 Content-type: application/json { "description": "string", "documentationVersion": "string", "stageName": "string" }

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

restapi_id

The string identifier of the associated RestApi.

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

description

A description about the new documentation snapshot.

Type: String

Required: No

documentationVersion

The version identifier of the new snapshot.

Type: String

Required: Yes

stageName

The stage name to be associated with the new documentation snapshot.

Type: String

Required: No

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 201 Content-type: application/json { "createdDate": number, "description": "string", "version": "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.

createdDate

The date when the API documentation snapshot is created.

Type: Timestamp

description

The description of the API documentation snapshot.

Type: String

version

The version identifier of the API documentation snapshot.

Type: String

Errors

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

BadRequestException

The submitted request is not valid, for example, the input is incomplete or incorrect. See the accompanying error message for details.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ConflictException

The request configuration has conflicts. For details, see the accompanying error message.

HTTP Status Code: 409

LimitExceededException

The request exceeded the rate limit. Retry after the specified time period.

HTTP Status Code: 429

NotFoundException

The requested resource is not found. Make sure that the request URI is correct.

HTTP Status Code: 404

TooManyRequestsException

The request has reached its throttling limit. Retry after the specified time period.

HTTP Status Code: 429

UnauthorizedException

The request is denied because the caller has insufficient permissions.

HTTP Status Code: 401

See Also

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

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