Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

CreateConnection

Creates a connection. A connection defines the authorization type and credentials to use for authorization with an API destination HTTP endpoint.

Request Syntax


{
   "AuthorizationType": "string",
   "AuthParameters": { 
      "ApiKeyAuthParameters": { 
         "ApiKeyName": "string",
         "ApiKeyValue": "string"
      },
      "BasicAuthParameters": { 
         "Password": "string",
         "Username": "string"
      },
      "InvocationHttpParameters": { 
         "BodyParameters": [ 
            { 
               "IsValueSecret": boolean,
               "Key": "string",
               "Value": "string"
            }
         ],
         "HeaderParameters": [ 
            { 
               "IsValueSecret": boolean,
               "Key": "string",
               "Value": "string"
            }
         ],
         "QueryStringParameters": [ 
            { 
               "IsValueSecret": boolean,
               "Key": "string",
               "Value": "string"
            }
         ]
      },
      "OAuthParameters": { 
         "AuthorizationEndpoint": "string",
         "ClientParameters": { 
            "ClientID": "string",
            "ClientSecret": "string"
         },
         "HttpMethod": "string",
         "OAuthHttpParameters": { 
            "BodyParameters": [ 
               { 
                  "IsValueSecret": boolean,
                  "Key": "string",
                  "Value": "string"
               }
            ],
            "HeaderParameters": [ 
               { 
                  "IsValueSecret": boolean,
                  "Key": "string",
                  "Value": "string"
               }
            ],
            "QueryStringParameters": [ 
               { 
                  "IsValueSecret": boolean,
                  "Key": "string",
                  "Value": "string"
               }
            ]
         }
      }
   },
   "Description": "string",
   "Name": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

AuthorizationType

The type of authorization to use for the connection.

Note

OAUTH tokens are refreshed when a 401 or 407 response is returned.

Type: String

Valid Values: BASIC | OAUTH_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS | API_KEY

Required: Yes

AuthParameters

A CreateConnectionAuthRequestParameters object that contains the authorization parameters to use to authorize with the endpoint.

Type: CreateConnectionAuthRequestParameters object

Required: Yes

Description

A description for the connection to create.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 512.

Pattern: .*

Required: No

Name

The name for the connection to create.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

Pattern: [\.\-_A-Za-z0-9]+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "ConnectionArn": "string",
   "ConnectionState": "string",
   "CreationTime": number,
   "LastModifiedTime": number
}

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.

ConnectionArn

The ARN of the connection that was created by the request.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1600.

Pattern: ^arn:aws([a-z]|\-)*:events:([a-z]|\d|\-)*:([0-9]{12})?:connection\/[\.\-_A-Za-z0-9]+\/[\-A-Za-z0-9]+$

ConnectionState

The state of the connection that was created by the request.

Type: String

CreationTime

A time stamp for the time that the connection was created.

Type: Timestamp

LastModifiedTime

A time stamp for the time that the connection was last updated.

Type: Timestamp

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InternalException

This exception occurs due to unexpected causes.

HTTP Status Code: 500

LimitExceededException

The request failed because it attempted to create resource beyond the allowed service quota.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceAlreadyExistsException

The resource you are trying to create already exists.

HTTP Status Code: 400