# CreateAttributeGroup
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Creates a new attribute group as a container for user-defined attributes. This feature enables users to have full control over their cloud application's metadata in a rich machine-readable format to facilitate integration with automated workflows and third-party tools.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /attribute-groups HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "attributes": "string",
   "clientToken": "string",
   "description": "string",
   "name": "string",
   "tags": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

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

 ** [attributes](#API_app-registry_CreateAttributeGroup_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="servicecatalog-app-registry_CreateAttributeGroup-request-attributes"></a>
A JSON string in the form of nested key-value pairs that represent the attributes in the group and describes an application and its components.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 8000.  
Pattern: `[\u0009\u000A\u000D\u0020-\u00FF]+`   
Required: Yes

 ** [clientToken](#API_app-registry_CreateAttributeGroup_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="servicecatalog-app-registry_CreateAttributeGroup-request-clientToken"></a>
A unique identifier that you provide to ensure idempotency. If you retry a request that completed successfully using the same client token and the same parameters, the retry succeeds without performing any further actions. If you retry a successful request using the same client token, but one or more of the parameters are different, the retry fails.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*`   
Required: Yes

 ** [description](#API_app-registry_CreateAttributeGroup_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="servicecatalog-app-registry_CreateAttributeGroup-request-description"></a>
The description of the attribute group that the user provides.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 1024.  
Required: No

 ** [name](#API_app-registry_CreateAttributeGroup_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="servicecatalog-app-registry_CreateAttributeGroup-request-name"></a>
The name of the attribute group.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `[-.\w]+`   
Required: Yes

 ** [tags](#API_app-registry_CreateAttributeGroup_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="servicecatalog-app-registry_CreateAttributeGroup-request-tags"></a>
Key-value pairs you can use to associate with the attribute group.  
Type: String to string map  
Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 50 items.  
Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Key Pattern: `^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:\/=+\-@]*)$`   
Value Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.  
Value Pattern: `[\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+\-@]*`   
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 201
Content-type: application/json

{
   "attributeGroup": { 
      "arn": "string",
      "creationTime": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "id": "string",
      "lastUpdateTime": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "tags": { 
         "string" : "string" 
      }
   }
}
```

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

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

 ** [attributeGroup](#API_app-registry_CreateAttributeGroup_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="servicecatalog-app-registry_CreateAttributeGroup-response-attributeGroup"></a>
Information about the attribute group.  
Type: [AttributeGroup](API_app-registry_AttributeGroup.md) object

## Errors
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 ** ConflictException **   
There was a conflict when processing the request (for example, a resource with the given name already exists within the account).  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
The service is experiencing internal problems.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ServiceQuotaExceededException **   
 The maximum number of resources per account has been reached.  
HTTP Status Code: 402

 ** ValidationException **   
The request has invalid or missing parameters.  
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/AWS242AppRegistry-2020-06-24/CreateAttributeGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/AWS242AppRegistry-2020-06-24/CreateAttributeGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/AWS242AppRegistry-2020-06-24/CreateAttributeGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/AWS242AppRegistry-2020-06-24/CreateAttributeGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/AWS242AppRegistry-2020-06-24/CreateAttributeGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/AWS242AppRegistry-2020-06-24/CreateAttributeGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/AWS242AppRegistry-2020-06-24/CreateAttributeGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/AWS242AppRegistry-2020-06-24/CreateAttributeGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/AWS242AppRegistry-2020-06-24/CreateAttributeGroup) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/AWS242AppRegistry-2020-06-24/CreateAttributeGroup)