Request Syntax URI Request Parameters Request Body Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

CreateRequestValidator

Creates a RequestValidator of a given RestApi.

Request Syntax


POST /restapis/restapi_id/requestvalidators HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "name": "string",
   "validateRequestBody": boolean,
   "validateRequestParameters": boolean
}

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

restapi_id

The string identifier of the associated RestApi.

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

name

The name of the to-be-created RequestValidator.

Type: String

Required: No

validateRequestBody

A Boolean flag to indicate whether to validate request body according to the configured model schema for the method (true) or not (false).

Type: Boolean

Required: No

validateRequestParameters

A Boolean flag to indicate whether to validate request parameters, true, or not false.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 201
Content-type: application/json

{
   "id": "string",
   "name": "string",
   "validateRequestBody": boolean,
   "validateRequestParameters": boolean
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 201 response.

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

id

The identifier of this RequestValidator.

Type: String

name

The name of this RequestValidator

Type: String

validateRequestBody

A Boolean flag to indicate whether to validate a request body according to the configured Model schema.

Type: Boolean

validateRequestParameters

A Boolean flag to indicate whether to validate request parameters (true) or not (false).

Type: Boolean

Errors

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

BadRequestException

The submitted request is not valid, for example, the input is incomplete or incorrect. See the accompanying error message for details.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ConflictException

The request configuration has conflicts. For details, see the accompanying error message.

HTTP Status Code: 409

LimitExceededException

The request exceeded the rate limit. Retry after the specified time period.

HTTP Status Code: 429

NotFoundException

The requested resource is not found. Make sure that the request URI is correct.

HTTP Status Code: 404

TooManyRequestsException

The request has reached its throttling limit. Retry after the specified time period.

HTTP Status Code: 429

UnauthorizedException

The request is denied because the caller has insufficient permissions.

HTTP Status Code: 401

Examples

Create a RequestValidator for an API to validate required request payloads

This example illustrates one usage of CreateRequestValidator.

Sample Request


POST /restapis/mkhqppt4e4/requestvalidators HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
Host: apigateway.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
X-Amz-Date: 20170223T172652Z
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential={access_key_ID}/20170223/us-east-1/apigateway/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=content-type;host;x-amz-date, Signature={sig4_hash}

{
  "name" : "body-only",
  "validateRequestBody" : "true",
  "validateRequestParameters" : "false"
}

Sample Response


{
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/restapis/mkhqppt4e4/requestvalidators/3n5aa0"
    },
    "request-validator-delete": {
      "href": "/restapis/mkhqppt4e4/requestvalidators/3n5aa0"
    },
    "request-validator-update": {
      "href": "/restapis/mkhqppt4e4/requestvalidators/3n5aa0"
    }
  },
  "id": "3n5aa0",
  "name": "body-only",
  "validateRequestBody": true,
  "validateRequestParameters": false
}