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Synopsis

Calls the AWS Step Functions ValidateStateMachineDefinition API operation.

Syntax

Test-SFNStateMachineDefinitionValidation
-Definition <String>
-Severity <ValidateStateMachineDefinitionSeverity>
-Type <StateMachineType>
-MaxResult <Int32>
-Select <String>
-ClientConfig <AmazonStepFunctionsConfig>

Description

Validates the syntax of a state machine definition specified in Amazon States Language (ASL), a JSON-based, structured language. You can validate that a state machine definition is correct without creating a state machine resource. Suggested uses for ValidateStateMachineDefinition:
  • Integrate automated checks into your code review or Continuous Integration (CI) process to check state machine definitions before starting deployments.
  • Run validation from a Git pre-commit hook to verify the definition before committing to your source repository.
Validation will look for problems in your state machine definition and return a result and a list of diagnostic elements. The result value will be OK when your workflow definition can be successfully created or updated. Note the result can be OK even when diagnostic warnings are present in the response. The result value will be FAIL when the workflow definition contains errors that would prevent you from creating or updating your state machine. The list of ValidateStateMachineDefinitionDiagnostic data elements can contain zero or more WARNING and/or ERROR elements. The ValidateStateMachineDefinition API might add new diagnostics in the future, adjust diagnostic codes, or change the message wording. Your automated processes should only rely on the value of the result field value (OK, FAIL). Do not rely on the exact order, count, or wording of diagnostic messages.

Parameters

-ClientConfig <AmazonStepFunctionsConfig>
Amazon.PowerShell.Cmdlets.SFN.AmazonStepFunctionsClientCmdlet.ClientConfig
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Definition <String>
The Amazon States Language definition of the state machine. For more information, see Amazon States Language (ASL).
Required?True
Position?1
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-MaxResult <Int32>
The maximum number of diagnostics that are returned per call. The default and maximum value is 100. Setting the value to 0 will also use the default of 100.If the number of diagnostics returned in the response exceeds maxResults, the value of the truncated field in the response will be set to true.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesMaxResults
-Select <String>
Use the -Select parameter to control the cmdlet output. The default value is '*'. Specifying -Select '*' will result in the cmdlet returning the whole service response (Amazon.StepFunctions.Model.ValidateStateMachineDefinitionResponse). Specifying the name of a property of type Amazon.StepFunctions.Model.ValidateStateMachineDefinitionResponse will result in that property being returned. Specifying -Select '^ParameterName' will result in the cmdlet returning the selected cmdlet parameter value.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Severity <ValidateStateMachineDefinitionSeverity>
Minimum level of diagnostics to return. ERROR returns only ERROR diagnostics, whereas WARNING returns both WARNING and ERROR diagnostics. The default is ERROR.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Type <StateMachineType>
The target type of state machine for this definition. The default is STANDARD.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)

Common Credential and Region Parameters

-AccessKey <String>
The AWS access key for the user account. This can be a temporary access key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAK
-Credential <AWSCredentials>
An AWSCredentials object instance containing access and secret key information, and optionally a token for session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-EndpointUrl <String>
The endpoint to make the call against.Note: This parameter is primarily for internal AWS use and is not required/should not be specified for normal usage. The cmdlets normally determine which endpoint to call based on the region specified to the -Region parameter or set as default in the shell (via Set-DefaultAWSRegion). Only specify this parameter if you must direct the call to a specific custom endpoint.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-NetworkCredential <PSCredential>
Used with SAML-based authentication when ProfileName references a SAML role profile. Contains the network credentials to be supplied during authentication with the configured identity provider's endpoint. This parameter is not required if the user's default network identity can or should be used during authentication.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-ProfileLocation <String>
Used to specify the name and location of the ini-format credential file (shared with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs)If this optional parameter is omitted this cmdlet will search the encrypted credential file used by the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio first. If the profile is not found then the cmdlet will search in the ini-format credential file at the default location: (user's home directory)\.aws\credentials.If this parameter is specified then this cmdlet will only search the ini-format credential file at the location given.As the current folder can vary in a shell or during script execution it is advised that you use specify a fully qualified path instead of a relative path.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAWSProfilesLocation, ProfilesLocation
-ProfileName <String>
The user-defined name of an AWS credentials or SAML-based role profile containing credential information. The profile is expected to be found in the secure credential file shared with the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio. You can also specify the name of a profile stored in the .ini-format credential file used with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesStoredCredentials, AWSProfileName
-Region <Object>
The system name of an AWS region or an AWSRegion instance. This governs the endpoint that will be used when calling service operations. Note that the AWS resources referenced in a call are usually region-specific.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesRegionToCall
-SecretKey <String>
The AWS secret key for the user account. This can be a temporary secret key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesSK, SecretAccessKey
-SessionToken <String>
The session token if the access and secret keys are temporary session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesST

Outputs

Amazon.StepFunctions.Model.ValidateStateMachineDefinitionResponse
This cmdlet returns an Amazon.StepFunctions.Model.ValidateStateMachineDefinitionResponse object containing multiple properties.
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Supported Version

AWS Tools for PowerShell: 2.x.y.z