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

CreateBillingGroup

Creates a billing group. If this call is made multiple times using the same billing group name and configuration, the call will succeed. If this call is made with the same billing group name but different configuration a ResourceAlreadyExistsException is thrown.

Requires permission to access the CreateBillingGroup action.

Request Syntax


POST /billing-groups/billingGroupName HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "billingGroupProperties": { 
      "billingGroupDescription": "string"
   },
   "tags": [ 
      { 
         "Key": "string",
         "Value": "string"
      }
   ]
}

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

billingGroupName

The name you wish to give to the billing group.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

billingGroupProperties

The properties of the billing group.

Type: BillingGroupProperties object

Required: No

tags

Metadata which can be used to manage the billing group.

Type: Array of Tag objects

Required: No

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "billingGroupArn": "string",
   "billingGroupId": "string",
   "billingGroupName": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

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

billingGroupArn

The ARN of the billing group.

Type: String

billingGroupId

The ID of the billing group.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9\-]+

billingGroupName

The name you gave to the billing group.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+

Errors

InternalFailureException

An unexpected error has occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

The request is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceAlreadyExistsException

The resource already exists.

HTTP Status Code: 409

ThrottlingException

The rate exceeds the limit.

HTTP Status Code: 400