# CreateApplicationSnapshot
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Creates a snapshot of the application's state data.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "ApplicationName": "string",
   "SnapshotName": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [ApplicationName](#API_CreateApplicationSnapshot_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="APIReference-CreateApplicationSnapshot-request-ApplicationName"></a>
The name of an existing application  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+`   
Required: Yes

 ** [SnapshotName](#API_CreateApplicationSnapshot_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="APIReference-CreateApplicationSnapshot-request-SnapshotName"></a>
An identifier for the application snapshot.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+`   
Required: Yes

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

## Errors
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 ** InvalidApplicationConfigurationException **   
The user-provided application configuration is not valid.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidArgumentException **   
The specified input parameter value is not valid.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
The request JSON is not valid for the operation.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** LimitExceededException **   
The number of allowed resources has been exceeded.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceInUseException **   
The application is not available for this operation.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
Specified application can't be found.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** UnsupportedOperationException **   
The request was rejected because a specified parameter is not supported or a specified resource is not valid for this operation.   
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/kinesisanalyticsv2-2018-05-23/CreateApplicationSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/kinesisanalyticsv2-2018-05-23/CreateApplicationSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/kinesisanalyticsv2-2018-05-23/CreateApplicationSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/kinesisanalyticsv2-2018-05-23/CreateApplicationSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/kinesisanalyticsv2-2018-05-23/CreateApplicationSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/kinesisanalyticsv2-2018-05-23/CreateApplicationSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/kinesisanalyticsv2-2018-05-23/CreateApplicationSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/kinesisanalyticsv2-2018-05-23/CreateApplicationSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/kinesisanalyticsv2-2018-05-23/CreateApplicationSnapshot) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/kinesisanalyticsv2-2018-05-23/CreateApplicationSnapshot)