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# PutEntityType
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Creates or updates an entity type. An entity represents who is performing the event. As part of a fraud prediction, you pass the entity ID to indicate the specific entity who performed the event. An entity type classifies the entity. Example classifications include customer, merchant, or account.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "description": "string",
   "name": "string",
   "tags": [ 
      { 
         "key": "string",
         "value": "string"
      }
   ]
}
```

## Request Parameters
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For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [description](#API_PutEntityType_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="FraudDetector-PutEntityType-request-description"></a>
The description.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Required: No

 ** [name](#API_PutEntityType_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="FraudDetector-PutEntityType-request-name"></a>
The name of the entity type.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
Pattern: `^[0-9a-z_-]+$`   
Required: Yes

 ** [tags](#API_PutEntityType_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="FraudDetector-PutEntityType-request-tags"></a>
A collection of key and value pairs.  
Type: Array of [Tag](API_Tag.md) objects  
Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 200 items.  
Required: No

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

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

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
An exception indicating Amazon Fraud Detector does not have the needed permissions. This can occur if you submit a request, such as `PutExternalModel`, that specifies a role that is not in your account.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ConflictException **   
An exception indicating there was a conflict during a delete operation.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InternalServerException **   
An exception indicating an internal server error.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ThrottlingException **   
An exception indicating a throttling error.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ValidationException **   
An exception indicating a specified value is not allowed.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## 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/frauddetector-2019-11-15/PutEntityType) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/frauddetector-2019-11-15/PutEntityType) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/frauddetector-2019-11-15/PutEntityType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/frauddetector-2019-11-15/PutEntityType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/frauddetector-2019-11-15/PutEntityType) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/frauddetector-2019-11-15/PutEntityType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/frauddetector-2019-11-15/PutEntityType) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/frauddetector-2019-11-15/PutEntityType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/frauddetector-2019-11-15/PutEntityType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/frauddetector-2019-11-15/PutEntityType)