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TagResource - Amazon Elastic Container Registry

TagResource

Adds specified tags to a resource with the specified ARN. Existing tags on a resource are not changed if they are not specified in the request parameters.

Request Syntax

{ "resourceArn": "string", "tags": [ { "Key": "string", "Value": "string" } ] }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

resourceArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the the resource to which to add tags. Currently, the only supported resource is an Amazon ECR repository.

Type: String

Required: Yes

tags

The tags to add to the resource. A tag is an array of key-value pairs. Tag keys can have a maximum character length of 128 characters, and tag values can have a maximum length of 256 characters.

Type: Array of Tag objects

Required: Yes

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.

InvalidParameterException

The specified parameter is invalid. Review the available parameters for the API request.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidTagParameterException

An invalid parameter has been specified. Tag keys can have a maximum character length of 128 characters, and tag values can have a maximum length of 256 characters.

HTTP Status Code: 400

RepositoryNotFoundException

The specified repository could not be found. Check the spelling of the specified repository and ensure that you are performing operations on the correct registry.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServerException

These errors are usually caused by a server-side issue.

HTTP Status Code: 500

TooManyTagsException

The list of tags on the repository is over the limit. The maximum number of tags that can be applied to a repository is 50.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

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

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