# StartAuditMitigationActionsTask
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Starts a task that applies a set of mitigation actions to the specified target.

Requires permission to access the [StartAuditMitigationActionsTask](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions) action.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /audit/mitigationactions/tasks/taskId HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "auditCheckToActionsMapping": { 
      "string" : [ "string" ]
   },
   "clientRequestToken": "string",
   "target": { 
      "auditCheckToReasonCodeFilter": { 
         "string" : [ "string" ]
      },
      "auditTaskId": "string",
      "findingIds": [ "string" ]
   }
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [taskId](#API_StartAuditMitigationActionsTask_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-StartAuditMitigationActionsTask-request-uri-taskId"></a>
A unique identifier for the task. You can use this identifier to check the status of the task or to cancel it.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+`   
Required: Yes

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

 ** [auditCheckToActionsMapping](#API_StartAuditMitigationActionsTask_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-StartAuditMitigationActionsTask-request-auditCheckToActionsMapping"></a>
For an audit check, specifies which mitigation actions to apply. Those actions must be defined in your AWS accounts.  
Type: String to array of strings map  
Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 5 items.  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+`   
Required: Yes

 ** [clientRequestToken](#API_StartAuditMitigationActionsTask_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-StartAuditMitigationActionsTask-request-clientRequestToken"></a>
Each audit mitigation task must have a unique client request token. If you try to start a new task with the same token as a task that already exists, an exception occurs. If you omit this value, a unique client request token is generated automatically.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
Pattern: `^[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+$`   
Required: Yes

 ** [target](#API_StartAuditMitigationActionsTask_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-StartAuditMitigationActionsTask-request-target"></a>
Specifies the audit findings to which the mitigation actions are applied. You can apply them to a type of audit check, to all findings from an audit, or to a specific set of findings.  
Type: [AuditMitigationActionsTaskTarget](API_AuditMitigationActionsTaskTarget.md) object  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "taskId": "string"
}
```

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

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

 ** [taskId](#API_StartAuditMitigationActionsTask_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="iot-StartAuditMitigationActionsTask-response-taskId"></a>
The unique identifier for the audit mitigation task. This matches the `taskId` that you specified in the request.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+` 

## Errors
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 ** InternalFailureException **   
An unexpected error has occurred.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
The request is not valid.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** LimitExceededException **   
A limit has been exceeded.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 410

 ** TaskAlreadyExistsException **   
 This exception occurs if you attempt to start a task with the same task-id as an existing task but with a different clientRequestToken.   
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The rate exceeds the limit.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
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/iot-2015-05-28/StartAuditMitigationActionsTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/iot-2015-05-28/StartAuditMitigationActionsTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iot-2015-05-28/StartAuditMitigationActionsTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/iot-2015-05-28/StartAuditMitigationActionsTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iot-2015-05-28/StartAuditMitigationActionsTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/iot-2015-05-28/StartAuditMitigationActionsTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/iot-2015-05-28/StartAuditMitigationActionsTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/iot-2015-05-28/StartAuditMitigationActionsTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/iot-2015-05-28/StartAuditMitigationActionsTask) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iot-2015-05-28/StartAuditMitigationActionsTask)