URI HTTP methods Schemas Properties See also

Backend appId Api backendEnvironmentName

The data model for your Amplify project. This resource is used to access data from your project.

URI

/prod/backend/appId/api/backendEnvironmentName

HTTP methods

POST

Operation ID: UpdateBackendAPI

Updates an existing backend API resource.

Path parameters
Name	Type	Required	Description
`appId`	String	True	The app ID.
`backendEnvironmentName`	String	True	The name of the backend environment.

Responses
Status code	Response model	Description
`200`	`BackendAPIRespObj`	200 response
`400`	`BadRequestException`	400 response
`404`	`NotFoundException`	404 response
`429`	`LimitExceededException`	429 response
`504`	`InternalServiceException`	504 response

OPTIONS

Enables CORS by returning the correct headers.

Path parameters
Name	Type	Required	Description
`appId`	String	True	The app ID.
`backendEnvironmentName`	String	True	The name of the backend environment.

Responses
Status code	Response model	Description
`200`	None	200 response

Schemas

Request bodies


{
  "resourceConfig": {
    "apiName": "string",
    "defaultAuthType": {
      "mode": enum,
      "settings": {
        "openIDProviderName": "string",
        "expirationTime": number,
        "openIDIatTTL": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "openIDAuthTTL": "string",
        "openIDClientId": "string",
        "openIDIssueURL": "string",
        "cognitoUserPoolId": "string"
      }
    },
    "transformSchema": "string",
    "service": "string",
    "additionalAuthTypes": [
      {
        "mode": enum,
        "settings": {
          "openIDProviderName": "string",
          "expirationTime": number,
          "openIDIatTTL": "string",
          "description": "string",
          "openIDAuthTTL": "string",
          "openIDClientId": "string",
          "openIDIssueURL": "string",
          "cognitoUserPoolId": "string"
        }
      }
    ],
    "conflictResolution": {
      "resolutionStrategy": enum
    }
  },
  "resourceName": "string"
}

Response bodies


{
  "jobId": "string",
  "appId": "string",
  "error": "string",
  "operation": "string",
  "backendEnvironmentName": "string",
  "status": "string"
}


{
  "message": "string"
}


{
  "message": "string",
  "resourceType": "string"
}


{
  "message": "string",
  "limitType": "string"
}


{
  "message": "string"
}

Properties

BackendAPIAppSyncAuthSettings

The authentication settings for accessing provisioned data models in your Amplify project.

Property	Type	Required	Description
`cognitoUserPoolId`	string	False	The Amazon Cognito user pool ID, if Amazon Cognito was used as an authentication setting to access your data models.
`description`	string	False	The API key description for `API_KEY`, if it was used as an authentication mechanism to access your data models.
`expirationTime`	number	False	The API key expiration time for `API_KEY`, if it was used as an authentication mechanism to access your data models.
`openIDAuthTTL`	string	False	The expiry time for the `OpenID` authentication mechanism.
`openIDClientId`	string	False	The `clientID` for `openID`, if `openID` was used as an authentication setting to access your data models.
`openIDIatTTL`	string	False	The expiry time for the `OpenID` authentication mechanism.
`openIDIssueURL`	string	False	The `openID` issuer URL, if `openID` was used as an authentication setting to access your data models.
`openIDProviderName`	string	False	The OpenID provider name, if OpenID was used as an authentication mechanism to access your data models.

BackendAPIAuthType

Describes the auth types for your configured data models.

Property Type Required Description

Property	Type	Required	Description
`mode`	string Values: `API_KEY \| AWS_IAM \| AMAZON_COGNITO_USER_POOLS \| OPENID_CONNECT`	False	Describes the authentication mode.
`settings`	BackendAPIAppSyncAuthSettings	False	Describes settings for the authentication mode.

mode

string

Values: API_KEY | AWS_IAM | AMAZON_COGNITO_USER_POOLS | OPENID_CONNECT

False

Describes the authentication mode.

settings

BackendAPIAppSyncAuthSettings

False

Describes settings for the authentication mode.

BackendAPIConflictResolution

Describes the conflict resolution configuration for your data model configured in your Amplify project.

Property Type Required Description

Property	Type	Required	Description
`resolutionStrategy`	string Values: `OPTIMISTIC_CONCURRENCY \| LAMBDA \| AUTOMERGE \| NONE`	False	The strategy for conflict resolution.

resolutionStrategy

string

Values: OPTIMISTIC_CONCURRENCY | LAMBDA | AUTOMERGE | NONE

False

The strategy for conflict resolution.

BackendAPIReqObj

The request object for this operation.

Property	Type	Required	Description
`resourceConfig`	BackendAPIResourceConfig	False	Defines the resource configuration for the data model in your Amplify project.
`resourceName`	string	True	The name of this resource.

BackendAPIResourceConfig

The resource config for the data model, configured as a part of the Amplify project.

Property	Type	Required	Description
`additionalAuthTypes`	Array of type BackendAPIAuthType	False	Additional authentication methods used to interact with your data models.
`apiName`	string	False	The API name used to interact with the data model, configured as a part of your Amplify project.
`conflictResolution`	BackendAPIConflictResolution	False	The conflict resolution strategy for your data stored in the data models.
`defaultAuthType`	BackendAPIAuthType	False	The default authentication type for interacting with the configured data models in your Amplify project.
`service`	string	False	The service used to provision and interact with the data model.
`transformSchema`	string	False	The definition of the data model in the annotated transform of the GraphQL schema.

BackendAPIRespObj

The response object sent when a backend is created.

Property	Type	Required	Description
`appId`	string	True	The app ID.
`backendEnvironmentName`	string	True	The name of the backend environment.
`error`	string	False	If the request fails, this error is returned.
`jobId`	string	False	The ID for the job.
`operation`	string	False	The name of the operation.
`status`	string	False	The current status of the request.

BadRequestException

An error returned if a request is not formed properly.

Property	Type	Required	Description
`message`	string	False	An error message to inform that the request failed.

InternalServiceException

An error returned if there's a temporary issue with the service.

Property	Type	Required	Description
`message`	string	False	An error message to inform that the request failed.

LimitExceededException

An error that is returned when a limit of a specific type has been exceeded.

Property	Type	Required	Description
`limitType`	string	False	The type of limit that was exceeded.
`message`	string	False	An error message to inform that the request has failed.

NotFoundException

An error returned when a specific resource type is not found.

Property	Type	Required	Description
`message`	string	False	An error message to inform that the request has failed.
`resourceType`	string	False	The type of resource that is not found.