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SlotTypeSummary - Amazon Lex API Reference

SlotTypeSummary

Provides summary information about a slot type.

Contents

description

The description of the slot type.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 200.

Required: No

lastUpdatedDateTime

A timestamp of the date and time that the slot type was last updated.

Type: Timestamp

Required: No

parentSlotTypeSignature

If the slot type is derived from a built-on slot type, the name of the parent slot type.

Type: String

Required: No

slotTypeCategory

Indicates the type of the slot type.

  • Custom - A slot type that you created using custom values. For more information, see Creating custom slot types.

  • Extended - A slot type created by extending the AMAZON.AlphaNumeric built-in slot type. For more information, see AMAZON.AlphaNumeric.

  • ExternalGrammar - A slot type using a custom GRXML grammar to define values. For more information, see Using a custom grammar slot type.

Type: String

Valid Values: Custom | Extended | ExternalGrammar | Composite

Required: No

slotTypeId

The unique identifier assigned to the slot type.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 10.

Pattern: ^[0-9a-zA-Z]+$

Required: No

slotTypeName

The name of the slot type.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: ^([0-9a-zA-Z][_-]?){1,100}$

Required: No

See Also

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

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