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

CreateEmailContact

Creates an email contact for the provided email address.

Request Syntax


POST /2022-09-19/emailcontacts HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "emailAddress": "string",
   "name": "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.

emailAddress

The email address this email contact points to. The activation email and any subscribed emails are sent here.

Note

This email address can't receive emails until it's activated.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 6. Maximum length of 254.

Pattern: (.+)@(.+)

Required: Yes

name

The name of the email contact.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

Pattern: .*[\w-.~]+.*

Required: Yes

tags

A map of tags assigned to a resource. A tag is a string-to-string map of key-value pairs.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 200 items.

Key Pattern: (?!aws:).{1,128}

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

Required: No

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 201
Content-type: application/json

{
   "arn": "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.

arn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the resource.

Type: String

Pattern: arn:aws:notifications-contacts::[0-9]{12}:emailcontact/[a-z0-9]{27}

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

Updating or deleting a resource can cause an inconsistent state.

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalServerException

Unexpected error during processing of request.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ServiceQuotaExceededException

Request would cause a service quota to be exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 402

ThrottlingException

The request was denied due to request throttling.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by an AWS service.

HTTP Status Code: 400