# Ec2AmiResource
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A JSON-formatted object that contains the IDs for an Amazon Machine Image (AMI), including the Amazon EC2-compatible AMI ID and the Snow device AMI ID. Each AMI has these two IDs to simplify identifying the AMI in both the AWS Cloud and on the device.

## Contents
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 ** AmiId **   <a name="Snowball-Type-Ec2AmiResource-AmiId"></a>
The ID of the AMI in Amazon EC2.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 12. Maximum length of 21.  
Pattern: `(ami-[0-9a-f]{8})|(ami-[0-9a-f]{17})`   
Required: Yes

 ** SnowballAmiId **   <a name="Snowball-Type-Ec2AmiResource-SnowballAmiId"></a>
The ID of the AMI on the Snow device.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.  
Pattern: `.*`   
Required: No

## 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 SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/snowball-2016-06-30/Ec2AmiResource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/snowball-2016-06-30/Ec2AmiResource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/snowball-2016-06-30/Ec2AmiResource)