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

CreateWorkflow

Creates a workflow.

Request Syntax


POST /workflow HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "accelerators": "string",
   "definitionUri": "string",
   "definitionZip": blob,
   "description": "string",
   "engine": "string",
   "main": "string",
   "name": "string",
   "parameterTemplate": { 
      "string" : { 
         "description": "string",
         "optional": boolean
      }
   },
   "requestId": "string",
   "storageCapacity": number,
   "tags": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

accelerators

The computational accelerator specified to run the workflow.

Type: String

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

Valid Values: GPU

Required: No

definitionUri

The URI of a definition for the workflow.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [\p{L}||\p{M}||\p{Z}||\p{S}||\p{N}||\p{P}]+

Required: No

definitionZip

A ZIP archive for the workflow.

Type: Base64-encoded binary data object

Required: No

description

A description for the workflow.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [\p{L}||\p{M}||\p{Z}||\p{S}||\p{N}||\p{P}]+

Required: No

engine

An engine for the workflow.

Type: String

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

Valid Values: WDL | NEXTFLOW | CWL

Required: No

main

The path of the main definition file for the workflow.

Type: String

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

Pattern: [\p{L}||\p{M}||\p{Z}||\p{S}||\p{N}||\p{P}]+

Required: No

name

A name for the workflow.

Type: String

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

Pattern: [\p{L}||\p{M}||\p{Z}||\p{S}||\p{N}||\p{P}]+

Required: No

parameterTemplate

A parameter template for the workflow.

Type: String to WorkflowParameter object map

Map Entries: Maximum number of 1000 items.

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

Key Pattern: [\p{L}||\p{M}||\p{Z}||\p{S}||\p{N}||\p{P}]+

Required: No

requestId

To ensure that requests don't run multiple times, specify a unique ID for each request.

Type: String

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

Pattern: [\p{L}||\p{M}||\p{Z}||\p{S}||\p{N}||\p{P}]+

Required: Yes

storageCapacity

The default storage capacity for the workflow runs, in gibibytes.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 100000.

Required: No

tags

Tags for the workflow.

Type: String to string map

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

Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.

Required: No

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 201
Content-type: application/json

{
   "arn": "string",
   "id": "string",
   "status": "string",
   "tags": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 201 response.

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

arn

The workflow's ARN.

Type: String

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

Pattern: arn:.+

id

The workflow's ID.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 18.

Pattern: [0-9]+

status

The workflow's status.

Type: String

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

tags

The workflow's tags.

Type: String to string map

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

Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.

Errors

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

AccessDeniedException

You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 403

ConflictException

The request cannot be applied to the target resource in its current state.

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalServerException

An unexpected error occurred. Try the request again.

HTTP Status Code: 500

RequestTimeoutException

The request timed out.

HTTP Status Code: 408

ResourceNotFoundException

The target resource was not found in the current Region.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceQuotaExceededException

The request exceeds a service quota.

HTTP Status Code: 402

ThrottlingException

The request was denied due to request throttling.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by an AWS service.

HTTP Status Code: 400