# CreateActionTarget
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Creates a custom action target in Security Hub CSPM.

You can use custom actions on findings and insights in Security Hub CSPM to trigger target actions in Amazon CloudWatch Events.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /actionTargets HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "Description": "string",
   "Id": "string",
   "Name": "string"
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

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

 ** [Description](#API_CreateActionTarget_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="securityhub-CreateActionTarget-request-Description"></a>
The description for the custom action target.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `.*\S.*`   
Required: Yes

 ** [Id](#API_CreateActionTarget_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="securityhub-CreateActionTarget-request-Id"></a>
The ID for the custom action target. Can contain up to 20 alphanumeric characters.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `.*\S.*`   
Required: Yes

 ** [Name](#API_CreateActionTarget_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="securityhub-CreateActionTarget-request-Name"></a>
The name of the custom action target. Can contain up to 20 characters.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `.*\S.*`   
Required: Yes

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

{
   "ActionTargetArn": "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.

 ** [ActionTargetArn](#API_CreateActionTarget_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="securityhub-CreateActionTarget-response-ActionTargetArn"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the custom action target.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `.*\S.*` 

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

 ** 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

 ** LimitExceededException **   
The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current AWS account or throttling limits. The error code describes the limit exceeded.  
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ResourceConflictException **   
The resource specified in the request conflicts with an existing resource.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

## 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/securityhub-2018-10-26/CreateActionTarget) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/securityhub-2018-10-26/CreateActionTarget) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/securityhub-2018-10-26/CreateActionTarget) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/securityhub-2018-10-26/CreateActionTarget) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/securityhub-2018-10-26/CreateActionTarget) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/securityhub-2018-10-26/CreateActionTarget) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/securityhub-2018-10-26/CreateActionTarget) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/securityhub-2018-10-26/CreateActionTarget) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/securityhub-2018-10-26/CreateActionTarget) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/securityhub-2018-10-26/CreateActionTarget)