aws:executeAwsApi – Call and run AWS API operations

Calls and runs AWS API operations. Most API operations are supported, although not all API operations have been tested. Streaming API operations, such as the GetObject operation, aren't supported. If you're not sure if an API operation you want to use is a streaming operation, review the Boto3 documentation for the service to determine if an API requires streaming inputs. We regularly update the Boto3 version used by this action. However, following the release of a new Boto3 version it can take up to a few weeks for changes to be reflected in this action. Each aws:executeAwsApi action can run up to a maximum duration of 25 seconds. For more examples of how to use this action, see Additional runbook examples.

Inputs

Inputs are defined by the API operation that you choose.

YAML

action: aws:executeAwsApi
inputs:
  Service: The official namespace of the service
  Api: The API operation or method name
  API operation inputs or parameters: A value
outputs: # These are user-specified outputs
- Name: The name for a user-specified output key
  Selector: A response object specified by using jsonpath format
  Type: The data type

JSON

{
   "action":"aws:executeAwsApi",
   "inputs":{
      "Service":"The official namespace of the service",
      "Api":"The API operation or method name",
      "API operation inputs or parameters":"A value"
   },
   "outputs":[ These are user-specified outputs
      {
         "Name":"The name for a user-specified output key",
         "Selector":"A response object specified by using JSONPath format",
         "Type":"The data type"
      }
   ]
}

Service

The AWS service namespace that contains the API operation that you want to run. You can view a list of supported AWS service namespaces in Available services of the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3). The namespace can be found in the Client section. For example, the namespace for Systems Manager is ssm. The namespace for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is ec2.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Api

The name of the API operation that you want to run. You can view the API operations (also called methods) by choosing a service in the left navigation on the following Services Reference page. Choose a method in the Client section for the service that you want to invoke. For example, all API operations (methods) for Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) are listed on the following page: Amazon RDS methods.

Type: String

Required: Yes

API operation inputs

One or more API operation inputs. You can view the available inputs (also called parameters) by choosing a service in the left navigation on the following Services Reference page. Choose a method in the Client section for the service that you want to invoke. For example, all methods for Amazon RDS are listed on the following page: Amazon RDS methods. Choose the describe_db_instances method and scroll down to see the available parameters, such as DBInstanceIdentifier, Name, and Values.

YAML

inputs:
  Service: The official namespace of the service
  Api: The API operation name
  API input 1: A value
  API Input 2: A value
  API Input 3: A value

JSON

"inputs":{
      "Service":"The official namespace of the service",
      "Api":"The API operation name",
      "API input 1":"A value",
      "API Input 2":"A value",
      "API Input 3":"A value"
}

Type: Determined by chosen API operation

Required: Yes

Outputs

Outputs are specified by the user based on the response from the chosen API operation.

Name

A name for the output.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Selector

The JSONPath to a specific attribute in the response object. You can view the response objects by choosing a service in the left navigation on the following Services Reference page. Choose a method in the Client section for the service that you want to invoke. For example, all methods for Amazon RDS are listed on the following page: Amazon RDS methods. Choose the describe_db_instances method and scroll down to the Response Structure section. DBInstances is listed as a response object.

Type: Integer, Boolean, String, StringList, StringMap, or MapList

Required: Yes

Type

The data type for the response element.

Type: Varies

Required: Yes