# DirectKinesisSource
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Specifies a direct Amazon Kinesis data source.

## Contents
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 ** Name **   <a name="Glue-Type-DirectKinesisSource-Name"></a>
The name of the data source.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `([^\r\n])*`   
Required: Yes

 ** DataPreviewOptions **   <a name="Glue-Type-DirectKinesisSource-DataPreviewOptions"></a>
Additional options for data preview.  
Type: [StreamingDataPreviewOptions](API_StreamingDataPreviewOptions.md) object  
Required: No

 ** DetectSchema **   <a name="Glue-Type-DirectKinesisSource-DetectSchema"></a>
Whether to automatically determine the schema from the incoming data.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** StreamingOptions **   <a name="Glue-Type-DirectKinesisSource-StreamingOptions"></a>
Additional options for the Kinesis streaming data source.  
Type: [KinesisStreamingSourceOptions](API_KinesisStreamingSourceOptions.md) object  
Required: No

 ** WindowSize **   <a name="Glue-Type-DirectKinesisSource-WindowSize"></a>
The amount of time to spend processing each micro batch.  
Type: Integer  
Valid Range: Minimum value of 0.  
Required: No

## 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 SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/glue-2017-03-31/DirectKinesisSource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/glue-2017-03-31/DirectKinesisSource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/glue-2017-03-31/DirectKinesisSource)