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

CreateSampleFindings

Generates sample findings of types specified by the list of finding types. If 'NULL' is specified for findingTypes, the API generates sample findings of all supported finding types.

Request Syntax


POST /detector/detectorId/findings/create HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "findingTypes": [ "string" ]
}

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

detectorId

The ID of the detector for which you need to create sample findings.

To find the detectorId in the current Region, see the Settings page in the GuardDuty console, or run the ListDetectors API.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 300.

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

findingTypes

The types of sample findings to generate.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 50 items.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 50.

Required: No

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200

Response Elements

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

Errors

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

BadRequestException

A bad request exception object.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalServerErrorException

An internal server error exception object.

HTTP Status Code: 500