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UpdateActionTarget - AWS Security Hub

UpdateActionTarget

Updates the name and description of a custom action target in Security Hub.

Request Syntax

PATCH /actionTargets/ActionTargetArn+ HTTP/1.1 Content-type: application/json { "Description": "string", "Name": "string" }

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

ActionTargetArn

The ARN of the custom action target to update.

Pattern: .*\S.*

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Description

The updated description for the custom action target.

Type: String

Pattern: .*\S.*

Required: No

Name

The updated name of the custom action target.

Type: String

Pattern: .*\S.*

Required: No

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

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

InternalException

Internal server error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidAccessException

The account doesn't have permission to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 401

InvalidInputException

The request was rejected because you supplied an invalid or out-of-range value for an input parameter.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The request was rejected because we can't find the specified resource.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ResourceNotFoundException

The request was rejected because we can't find the specified resource.

HTTP Status Code: 404

See Also

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

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