# CreateContactFlowModuleAlias
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Creates a named alias that points to a specific version of a contact flow module.

## Request Syntax
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```
PUT /contact-flow-modules/InstanceId/ContactFlowModuleId/alias HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "AliasName": "string",
   "ContactFlowModuleVersion": number,
   "Description": "string"
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [ContactFlowModuleId](#API_CreateContactFlowModuleAlias_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="connect-CreateContactFlowModuleAlias-request-uri-ContactFlowModuleId"></a>
The identifier of the flow module.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.  
Required: Yes

 ** [InstanceId](#API_CreateContactFlowModuleAlias_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="connect-CreateContactFlowModuleAlias-request-uri-InstanceId"></a>
The identifier of the Amazon Connect instance. You can [find the instance ID](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/find-instance-arn.html) in the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the instance.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 250.  
Pattern: `^(arn:(aws|aws-us-gov):connect:[a-z]{2}-[a-z]+-[0-9]{1}:[0-9]{1,20}:instance/)?[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}$`   
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [AliasName](#API_CreateContactFlowModuleAlias_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="connect-CreateContactFlowModuleAlias-request-AliasName"></a>
The name of the alias.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `^([$0-9a-zA-Z][_-]?)+$`   
Required: Yes

 ** [ContactFlowModuleVersion](#API_CreateContactFlowModuleAlias_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="connect-CreateContactFlowModuleAlias-request-ContactFlowModuleVersion"></a>
The version of the flow module.  
Type: Long  
Valid Range: Minimum value of 1.  
Required: Yes

 ** [Description](#API_CreateContactFlowModuleAlias_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="connect-CreateContactFlowModuleAlias-request-Description"></a>
The description of the alias.  
Type: String  
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "ContactFlowModuleArn": "string",
   "Id": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [ContactFlowModuleArn](#API_CreateContactFlowModuleAlias_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="connect-CreateContactFlowModuleAlias-response-ContactFlowModuleArn"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the flow module.  
Type: String

 ** [Id](#API_CreateContactFlowModuleAlias_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="connect-CreateContactFlowModuleAlias-response-Id"></a>
The identifier of the alias.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 500.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Errors](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You do not have sufficient permissions to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** DuplicateResourceException **   
A resource with the specified name already exists.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServiceException **   
Request processing failed because of an error or failure with the service.    
 ** Message **   
The message.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidParameterException **   
One or more of the specified parameters are not valid.    
 ** Message **   
The message about the parameters.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
The request is not valid.    
 ** Message **   
The message about the request.  
 ** Reason **   
Reason why the request was invalid.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** LimitExceededException **   
The allowed limit for the resource has been exceeded.    
 ** Message **   
The message about the limit.
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The specified resource was not found.    
 ** Message **   
The message about the resource.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The throttling limit has been exceeded.  
HTTP Status Code: 429

## Examples
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### Sample Request
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This example illustrates one usage of CreateContactFlowModuleAlias.

```
{
  "AliasName": "production",
  "ContactFlowModuleVersion": 2,
  "Description": "Production version of the customer service module"
}
```

### Sample Response
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This example illustrates one usage of CreateContactFlowModuleAlias.

```
{
  "ContactFlowModuleArn": "arn:aws:connect:us-west-2:123456789012:instance/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012/flow-module/abcdefgh-1234-5678-9012-abcdefghijkl",
  "Id": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012-12345678"
}
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/connect-2017-08-08/CreateContactFlowModuleAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/connect-2017-08-08/CreateContactFlowModuleAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/connect-2017-08-08/CreateContactFlowModuleAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/connect-2017-08-08/CreateContactFlowModuleAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/connect-2017-08-08/CreateContactFlowModuleAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/connect-2017-08-08/CreateContactFlowModuleAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/connect-2017-08-08/CreateContactFlowModuleAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/connect-2017-08-08/CreateContactFlowModuleAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/connect-2017-08-08/CreateContactFlowModuleAlias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/connect-2017-08-08/CreateContactFlowModuleAlias)