CreateEventSourceMapping - AWS Lambda
Request SyntaxURI Request ParametersRequest BodyResponse SyntaxResponse ElementsErrorsSee Also

CreateEventSourceMapping

Creates a mapping between an event source and an AWS Lambda function. Lambda reads items from the event source and invokes the function.

For details about how to configure different event sources, see the following topics.

The following error handling options are available only for DynamoDB and Kinesis event sources:

  • BisectBatchOnFunctionError – If the function returns an error, split the batch in two and retry.

  • MaximumRecordAgeInSeconds – Discard records older than the specified age. The default value is infinite (-1). When set to infinite (-1), failed records are retried until the record expires

  • MaximumRetryAttempts – Discard records after the specified number of retries. The default value is infinite (-1). When set to infinite (-1), failed records are retried until the record expires.

  • ParallelizationFactor – Process multiple batches from each shard concurrently.

For stream sources (DynamoDB, Kinesis, Amazon MSK, and self-managed Apache Kafka), the following option is also available:

  • DestinationConfig – Send discarded records to an Amazon SQS queue, Amazon SNS topic, or Amazon S3 bucket.

For information about which configuration parameters apply to each event source, see the following topics.

Request Syntax

POST /2015-03-31/event-source-mappings/ HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "AmazonManagedKafkaEventSourceConfig": { 
      "ConsumerGroupId": "string"
   },
   "BatchSize": number,
   "BisectBatchOnFunctionError": boolean,
   "DestinationConfig": { 
      "OnFailure": { 
         "Destination": "string"
      },
      "OnSuccess": { 
         "Destination": "string"
      }
   },
   "DocumentDBEventSourceConfig": { 
      "CollectionName": "string",
      "DatabaseName": "string",
      "FullDocument": "string"
   },
   "Enabled": boolean,
   "EventSourceArn": "string",
   "FilterCriteria": { 
      "Filters": [ 
         { 
            "Pattern": "string"
         }
      ]
   },
   "FunctionName": "string",
   "FunctionResponseTypes": [ "string" ],
   "KMSKeyArn": "string",
   "MaximumBatchingWindowInSeconds": number,
   "MaximumRecordAgeInSeconds": number,
   "MaximumRetryAttempts": number,
   "MetricsConfig": { 
      "Metrics": [ "string" ]
   },
   "ParallelizationFactor": number,
   "ProvisionedPollerConfig": { 
      "MaximumPollers": number,
      "MinimumPollers": number
   },
   "Queues": [ "string" ],
   "ScalingConfig": { 
      "MaximumConcurrency": number
   },
   "SelfManagedEventSource": { 
      "Endpoints": { 
         "string" : [ "string" ]
      }
   },
   "SelfManagedKafkaEventSourceConfig": { 
      "ConsumerGroupId": "string"
   },
   "SourceAccessConfigurations": [ 
      { 
         "Type": "string",
         "URI": "string"
      }
   ],
   "StartingPosition": "string",
   "StartingPositionTimestamp": number,
   "Tags": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   },
   "Topics": [ "string" ],
   "TumblingWindowInSeconds": number
}

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

AmazonManagedKafkaEventSourceConfig

Specific configuration settings for an Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) event source.

Type: AmazonManagedKafkaEventSourceConfig object

Required: No

BatchSize

The maximum number of records in each batch that Lambda pulls from your stream or queue and sends to your function. Lambda passes all of the records in the batch to the function in a single call, up to the payload limit for synchronous invocation (6 MB).

  • Amazon Kinesis – Default 100. Max 10,000.

  • Amazon DynamoDB Streams – Default 100. Max 10,000.

  • Amazon Simple Queue Service – Default 10. For standard queues the max is 10,000. For FIFO queues the max is 10.

  • Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka – Default 100. Max 10,000.

  • Self-managed Apache Kafka – Default 100. Max 10,000.

  • Amazon MQ (ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ) – Default 100. Max 10,000.

  • DocumentDB – Default 100. Max 10,000.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 10000.

Required: No

BisectBatchOnFunctionError

(Kinesis and DynamoDB Streams only) If the function returns an error, split the batch in two and retry.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

DestinationConfig

(Kinesis, DynamoDB Streams, Amazon MSK, and self-managed Kafka only) A configuration object that specifies the destination of an event after Lambda processes it.

Type: DestinationConfig object

Required: No

DocumentDBEventSourceConfig

Specific configuration settings for a DocumentDB event source.

Type: DocumentDBEventSourceConfig object

Required: No

Enabled

When true, the event source mapping is active. When false, Lambda pauses polling and invocation.

Default: True

Type: Boolean

Required: No

EventSourceArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the event source.

  • Amazon Kinesis – The ARN of the data stream or a stream consumer.

  • Amazon DynamoDB Streams – The ARN of the stream.

  • Amazon Simple Queue Service – The ARN of the queue.

  • Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka – The ARN of the cluster or the ARN of the VPC connection (for cross-account event source mappings).

  • Amazon MQ – The ARN of the broker.

  • Amazon DocumentDB – The ARN of the DocumentDB change stream.

Type: String

Pattern: arn:(aws[a-zA-Z0-9-]*):([a-zA-Z0-9\-])+:([a-z]{2}(-gov)?-[a-z]+-\d{1})?:(\d{12})?:(.*)

Required: No

FilterCriteria

An object that defines the filter criteria that determine whether Lambda should process an event. For more information, see Lambda event filtering.

Type: FilterCriteria object

Required: No

FunctionName

The name or ARN of the Lambda function.

Name formats

  • Function name – MyFunction.

  • Function ARN – arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:123456789012:function:MyFunction.

  • Version or Alias ARN – arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:123456789012:function:MyFunction:PROD.

  • Partial ARN – 123456789012:function:MyFunction.

The length constraint applies only to the full ARN. If you specify only the function name, it's limited to 64 characters in length.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 140.

Pattern: (arn:(aws[a-zA-Z-]*)?:lambda:)?([a-z]{2}(-gov)?-[a-z]+-\d{1}:)?(\d{12}:)?(function:)?([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)(:(\$LATEST|[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+))?

Required: Yes

FunctionResponseTypes

(Kinesis, DynamoDB Streams, and Amazon SQS) A list of current response type enums applied to the event source mapping.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 1 item.

Valid Values: ReportBatchItemFailures

Required: No

KMSKeyArn

The ARN of the AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) customer managed key that Lambda uses to encrypt your function's filter criteria. By default, Lambda does not encrypt your filter criteria object. Specify this property to encrypt data using your own customer managed key.

Type: String

Pattern: (arn:(aws[a-zA-Z-]*)?:[a-z0-9-.]+:.*)|()

Required: No

MaximumBatchingWindowInSeconds

The maximum amount of time, in seconds, that Lambda spends gathering records before invoking the function. You can configure MaximumBatchingWindowInSeconds to any value from 0 seconds to 300 seconds in increments of seconds.

For Kinesis, DynamoDB, and Amazon SQS event sources, the default batching window is 0 seconds. For Amazon MSK, Self-managed Apache Kafka, Amazon MQ, and DocumentDB event sources, the default batching window is 500 ms. Note that because you can only change MaximumBatchingWindowInSeconds in increments of seconds, you cannot revert back to the 500 ms default batching window after you have changed it. To restore the default batching window, you must create a new event source mapping.

Related setting: For Kinesis, DynamoDB, and Amazon SQS event sources, when you set BatchSize to a value greater than 10, you must set MaximumBatchingWindowInSeconds to at least 1.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 300.

Required: No

MaximumRecordAgeInSeconds

(Kinesis and DynamoDB Streams only) Discard records older than the specified age. The default value is infinite (-1).

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of -1. Maximum value of 604800.

Required: No

MaximumRetryAttempts

(Kinesis and DynamoDB Streams only) Discard records after the specified number of retries. The default value is infinite (-1). When set to infinite (-1), failed records are retried until the record expires.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of -1. Maximum value of 10000.

Required: No

MetricsConfig

The metrics configuration for your event source. For more information, see Event source mapping metrics.

Type: EventSourceMappingMetricsConfig object

Required: No

ParallelizationFactor

(Kinesis and DynamoDB Streams only) The number of batches to process from each shard concurrently.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 10.

Required: No

ProvisionedPollerConfig

(Amazon MSK and self-managed Apache Kafka only) The provisioned mode configuration for the event source. For more information, see provisioned mode.

Type: ProvisionedPollerConfig object

Required: No

Queues

(MQ) The name of the Amazon MQ broker destination queue to consume.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Fixed number of 1 item.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1000.

Pattern: [\s\S]*

Required: No

ScalingConfig

(Amazon SQS only) The scaling configuration for the event source. For more information, see Configuring maximum concurrency for Amazon SQS event sources.

Type: ScalingConfig object

Required: No

SelfManagedEventSource

The self-managed Apache Kafka cluster to receive records from.

Type: SelfManagedEventSource object

Required: No

SelfManagedKafkaEventSourceConfig

Specific configuration settings for a self-managed Apache Kafka event source.

Type: SelfManagedKafkaEventSourceConfig object

Required: No

SourceAccessConfigurations

An array of authentication protocols or VPC components required to secure your event source.

Type: Array of SourceAccessConfiguration objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 22 items.

Required: No

StartingPosition

The position in a stream from which to start reading. Required for Amazon Kinesis and Amazon DynamoDB Stream event sources. AT_TIMESTAMP is supported only for Amazon Kinesis streams, Amazon DocumentDB, Amazon MSK, and self-managed Apache Kafka.

Type: String

Valid Values: TRIM_HORIZON | LATEST | AT_TIMESTAMP

Required: No

StartingPositionTimestamp

With StartingPosition set to AT_TIMESTAMP, the time from which to start reading, in Unix time seconds. StartingPositionTimestamp cannot be in the future.

Type: Timestamp

Required: No

Tags

A list of tags to apply to the event source mapping.

Type: String to string map

Required: No

Topics

The name of the Kafka topic.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Fixed number of 1 item.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 249.

Pattern: ^[^.]([a-zA-Z0-9\-_.]+)

Required: No

TumblingWindowInSeconds

(Kinesis and DynamoDB Streams only) The duration in seconds of a processing window for DynamoDB and Kinesis Streams event sources. A value of 0 seconds indicates no tumbling window.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 900.

Required: No

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 202
Content-type: application/json

{
   "AmazonManagedKafkaEventSourceConfig": { 
      "ConsumerGroupId": "string"
   },
   "BatchSize": number,
   "BisectBatchOnFunctionError": boolean,
   "DestinationConfig": { 
      "OnFailure": { 
         "Destination": "string"
      },
      "OnSuccess": { 
         "Destination": "string"
      }
   },
   "DocumentDBEventSourceConfig": { 
      "CollectionName": "string",
      "DatabaseName": "string",
      "FullDocument": "string"
   },
   "EventSourceArn": "string",
   "EventSourceMappingArn": "string",
   "FilterCriteria": { 
      "Filters": [ 
         { 
            "Pattern": "string"
         }
      ]
   },
   "FilterCriteriaError": { 
      "ErrorCode": "string",
      "Message": "string"
   },
   "FunctionArn": "string",
   "FunctionResponseTypes": [ "string" ],
   "KMSKeyArn": "string",
   "LastModified": number,
   "LastProcessingResult": "string",
   "MaximumBatchingWindowInSeconds": number,
   "MaximumRecordAgeInSeconds": number,
   "MaximumRetryAttempts": number,
   "MetricsConfig": { 
      "Metrics": [ "string" ]
   },
   "ParallelizationFactor": number,
   "ProvisionedPollerConfig": { 
      "MaximumPollers": number,
      "MinimumPollers": number
   },
   "Queues": [ "string" ],
   "ScalingConfig": { 
      "MaximumConcurrency": number
   },
   "SelfManagedEventSource": { 
      "Endpoints": { 
         "string" : [ "string" ]
      }
   },
   "SelfManagedKafkaEventSourceConfig": { 
      "ConsumerGroupId": "string"
   },
   "SourceAccessConfigurations": [ 
      { 
         "Type": "string",
         "URI": "string"
      }
   ],
   "StartingPosition": "string",
   "StartingPositionTimestamp": number,
   "State": "string",
   "StateTransitionReason": "string",
   "Topics": [ "string" ],
   "TumblingWindowInSeconds": number,
   "UUID": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 202 response.

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

AmazonManagedKafkaEventSourceConfig

Specific configuration settings for an Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) event source.

Type: AmazonManagedKafkaEventSourceConfig object

BatchSize

The maximum number of records in each batch that Lambda pulls from your stream or queue and sends to your function. Lambda passes all of the records in the batch to the function in a single call, up to the payload limit for synchronous invocation (6 MB).

Default value: Varies by service. For Amazon SQS, the default is 10. For all other services, the default is 100.

Related setting: When you set BatchSize to a value greater than 10, you must set MaximumBatchingWindowInSeconds to at least 1.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 10000.

BisectBatchOnFunctionError

(Kinesis and DynamoDB Streams only) If the function returns an error, split the batch in two and retry. The default value is false.

Type: Boolean

DestinationConfig

(Kinesis, DynamoDB Streams, Amazon MSK, and self-managed Apache Kafka event sources only) A configuration object that specifies the destination of an event after Lambda processes it.

Type: DestinationConfig object

DocumentDBEventSourceConfig

Specific configuration settings for a DocumentDB event source.

Type: DocumentDBEventSourceConfig object

EventSourceArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the event source.

Type: String

Pattern: arn:(aws[a-zA-Z0-9-]*):([a-zA-Z0-9\-])+:([a-z]{2}(-gov)?-[a-z]+-\d{1})?:(\d{12})?:(.*)

EventSourceMappingArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the event source mapping.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 85. Maximum length of 120.

Pattern: arn:(aws[a-zA-Z-]*)?:lambda:[a-z]{2}((-gov)|(-iso([a-z]?)))?-[a-z]+-\d{1}:\d{12}:event-source-mapping:[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}

FilterCriteria

An object that defines the filter criteria that determine whether Lambda should process an event. For more information, see Lambda event filtering.

If filter criteria is encrypted, this field shows up as null in the response of ListEventSourceMapping API calls. You can view this field in plaintext in the response of GetEventSourceMapping and DeleteEventSourceMapping calls if you have kms:Decrypt permissions for the correct AWS KMS key.

Type: FilterCriteria object

FilterCriteriaError

An object that contains details about an error related to filter criteria encryption.

Type: FilterCriteriaError object

FunctionArn

The ARN of the Lambda function.

Type: String

Pattern: arn:(aws[a-zA-Z-]*)?:lambda:[a-z]{2}(-gov)?-[a-z]+-\d{1}:\d{12}:function:[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+(:(\$LATEST|[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+))?

FunctionResponseTypes

(Kinesis, DynamoDB Streams, and Amazon SQS) A list of current response type enums applied to the event source mapping.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 1 item.

Valid Values: ReportBatchItemFailures

KMSKeyArn

The ARN of the AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) customer managed key that Lambda uses to encrypt your function's filter criteria.

Type: String

Pattern: (arn:(aws[a-zA-Z-]*)?:[a-z0-9-.]+:.*)|()

LastModified

The date that the event source mapping was last updated or that its state changed, in Unix time seconds.

Type: Timestamp

LastProcessingResult

The result of the last Lambda invocation of your function.

Type: String

MaximumBatchingWindowInSeconds

The maximum amount of time, in seconds, that Lambda spends gathering records before invoking the function. You can configure MaximumBatchingWindowInSeconds to any value from 0 seconds to 300 seconds in increments of seconds.

For streams and Amazon SQS event sources, the default batching window is 0 seconds. For Amazon MSK, Self-managed Apache Kafka, Amazon MQ, and DocumentDB event sources, the default batching window is 500 ms. Note that because you can only change MaximumBatchingWindowInSeconds in increments of seconds, you cannot revert back to the 500 ms default batching window after you have changed it. To restore the default batching window, you must create a new event source mapping.

Related setting: For streams and Amazon SQS event sources, when you set BatchSize to a value greater than 10, you must set MaximumBatchingWindowInSeconds to at least 1.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 300.

MaximumRecordAgeInSeconds

(Kinesis and DynamoDB Streams only) Discard records older than the specified age. The default value is -1, which sets the maximum age to infinite. When the value is set to infinite, Lambda never discards old records.

Note

The minimum valid value for maximum record age is 60s. Although values less than 60 and greater than -1 fall within the parameter's absolute range, they are not allowed

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of -1. Maximum value of 604800.

MaximumRetryAttempts

(Kinesis and DynamoDB Streams only) Discard records after the specified number of retries. The default value is -1, which sets the maximum number of retries to infinite. When MaximumRetryAttempts is infinite, Lambda retries failed records until the record expires in the event source.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of -1. Maximum value of 10000.

MetricsConfig

The metrics configuration for your event source. For more information, see Event source mapping metrics.

Type: EventSourceMappingMetricsConfig object

ParallelizationFactor

(Kinesis and DynamoDB Streams only) The number of batches to process concurrently from each shard. The default value is 1.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 10.

ProvisionedPollerConfig

(Amazon MSK and self-managed Apache Kafka only) The provisioned mode configuration for the event source. For more information, see provisioned mode.

Type: ProvisionedPollerConfig object

Queues

(Amazon MQ) The name of the Amazon MQ broker destination queue to consume.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Fixed number of 1 item.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1000.

Pattern: [\s\S]*

ScalingConfig

(Amazon SQS only) The scaling configuration for the event source. For more information, see Configuring maximum concurrency for Amazon SQS event sources.

Type: ScalingConfig object

SelfManagedEventSource

The self-managed Apache Kafka cluster for your event source.

Type: SelfManagedEventSource object

SelfManagedKafkaEventSourceConfig

Specific configuration settings for a self-managed Apache Kafka event source.

Type: SelfManagedKafkaEventSourceConfig object

SourceAccessConfigurations

An array of the authentication protocol, VPC components, or virtual host to secure and define your event source.

Type: Array of SourceAccessConfiguration objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 22 items.

StartingPosition

The position in a stream from which to start reading. Required for Amazon Kinesis and Amazon DynamoDB Stream event sources. AT_TIMESTAMP is supported only for Amazon Kinesis streams, Amazon DocumentDB, Amazon MSK, and self-managed Apache Kafka.

Type: String

Valid Values: TRIM_HORIZON | LATEST | AT_TIMESTAMP

StartingPositionTimestamp

With StartingPosition set to AT_TIMESTAMP, the time from which to start reading, in Unix time seconds. StartingPositionTimestamp cannot be in the future.

Type: Timestamp

State

The state of the event source mapping. It can be one of the following: Creating, Enabling, Enabled, Disabling, Disabled, Updating, or Deleting.

Type: String

StateTransitionReason

Indicates whether a user or Lambda made the last change to the event source mapping.

Type: String

Topics

The name of the Kafka topic.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Fixed number of 1 item.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 249.

Pattern: ^[^.]([a-zA-Z0-9\-_.]+)

TumblingWindowInSeconds

(Kinesis and DynamoDB Streams only) The duration in seconds of a processing window for DynamoDB and Kinesis Streams event sources. A value of 0 seconds indicates no tumbling window.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 900.

UUID

The identifier of the event source mapping.

Type: String

Errors

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

InvalidParameterValueException

One of the parameters in the request is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceConflictException

The resource already exists, or another operation is in progress.

HTTP Status Code: 409

ResourceNotFoundException

The resource specified in the request does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceException

The AWS Lambda service encountered an internal error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

TooManyRequestsException

The request throughput limit was exceeded. For more information, see Lambda quotas.

HTTP Status Code: 429

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: