CreateCustomActionType - CodePipeline

CreateCustomActionType

Creates a new custom action that can be used in all pipelines associated with the AWS account. Only used for custom actions.

Request Syntax

{ "category": "string", "configurationProperties": [ { "description": "string", "key": boolean, "name": "string", "queryable": boolean, "required": boolean, "secret": boolean, "type": "string" } ], "inputArtifactDetails": { "maximumCount": number, "minimumCount": number }, "outputArtifactDetails": { "maximumCount": number, "minimumCount": number }, "provider": "string", "settings": { "entityUrlTemplate": "string", "executionUrlTemplate": "string", "revisionUrlTemplate": "string", "thirdPartyConfigurationUrl": "string" }, "tags": [ { "key": "string", "value": "string" } ], "version": "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.

category

The category of the custom action, such as a build action or a test action.

Type: String

Valid Values: Source | Build | Deploy | Test | Invoke | Approval

Required: Yes

configurationProperties

The configuration properties for the custom action.

Note

You can refer to a name in the configuration properties of the custom action within the URL templates by following the format of {Config:name}, as long as the configuration property is both required and not secret. For more information, see Create a Custom Action for a Pipeline.

Type: Array of ActionConfigurationProperty objects

Array Members: Maximum number of 10 items.

Required: No

inputArtifactDetails

The details of the input artifact for the action, such as its commit ID.

Type: ArtifactDetails object

Required: Yes

outputArtifactDetails

The details of the output artifact of the action, such as its commit ID.

Type: ArtifactDetails object

Required: Yes

provider

The provider of the service used in the custom action, such as CodeDeploy.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 35.

Pattern: [0-9A-Za-z_-]+

Required: Yes

settings

URLs that provide users information about this custom action.

Type: ActionTypeSettings object

Required: No

tags

The tags for the custom action.

Type: Array of Tag objects

Required: No

version

The version identifier of the custom action.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 9.

Pattern: [0-9A-Za-z_-]+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "actionType": { "actionConfigurationProperties": [ { "description": "string", "key": boolean, "name": "string", "queryable": boolean, "required": boolean, "secret": boolean, "type": "string" } ], "id": { "category": "string", "owner": "string", "provider": "string", "version": "string" }, "inputArtifactDetails": { "maximumCount": number, "minimumCount": number }, "outputArtifactDetails": { "maximumCount": number, "minimumCount": number }, "settings": { "entityUrlTemplate": "string", "executionUrlTemplate": "string", "revisionUrlTemplate": "string", "thirdPartyConfigurationUrl": "string" } }, "tags": [ { "key": "string", "value": "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.

actionType

Returns information about the details of an action type.

Type: ActionType object

tags

Specifies the tags applied to the custom action.

Type: Array of Tag objects

Errors

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

ConcurrentModificationException

Unable to modify the tag due to a simultaneous update request.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidTagsException

The specified resource tags are invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

LimitExceededException

The number of pipelines associated with the AWS account has exceeded the limit allowed for the account.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyTagsException

The tags limit for a resource has been exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ValidationException

The validation was specified in an invalid format.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of CreateCustomActionType.

Sample Request

POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: codepipeline.us-east-1.amazonaws.com Accept-Encoding: identity Content-Length: 665 X-Amz-Target: CodePipeline_20150709.CreateCustomActionType X-Amz-Date: 20160707T203658Z User-Agent: aws-cli/1.7.38 Python/2.7.9 Windows/7 Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAI44QH8DHBEXAMPLE/20160707/us-east-1/codepipeline/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=8d9b5998EXAMPLE { "category": "Build", "settings": { "entityUrlTemplate": "https://192.0.2.4/job/{Config:ProjectName}/", "executionUrlTemplate": "https://192.0.2.4/job/{Config:ProjectName}/lastSuccessfulBuild/{ExternalExecutionId}/" }, "configurationProperties": [ { "description": "The name of the build project must be provided when this action is added to the pipeline.", "required": true, "secret": false, "key": true, "type": "String", "queryable": false, "name": "ProjectName" } ], "version": "1", "provider": "JenkinsProviderName", "inputArtifactDetails": { "maximumCount": 1, "minimumCount": 0 }, "outputArtifactDetails": { "maximumCount": 1, "minimumCount": 0 } }

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK x-amzn-RequestId: 620484b7-88cb-11e5-b497-75c49EXAMPLE Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Content-Length: 683 { "actionType": { "actionConfigurationProperties": [ { "description": "The name of the build project must be provided when this action is added to the pipeline.", "key": true, "name": "ProjectName", "queryable": false, "required": true, "secret": false } ], "id": { "__type": "ActionTypeId", "category": "Build", "owner": "Custom", "provider": "JenkinsProviderName", "version": "1" }, "inputArtifactDetails": { "maximumCount": 1, "minimumCount": 0 }, "outputArtifactDetails": { "maximumCount": 1, "minimumCount": 0 }, "settings": { "entityUrlTemplate": "https://192.0.2.4/job/{Config:ProjectName}/", "executionUrlTemplate": "https://192.0.2.4/job/{Config:ProjectName}/lastSuccessfulBuild/{ExternalExecutionId}/" } } }

See Also

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