Work with SaaS products using the AWS Marketplace APIs
You can use the AWS Marketplace Catalog API to automate tasks for working with SaaS-based products. For information about creating SaaS-based products, see Create a product. The following topics describe how to perform Catalog API actions:
For information about Quick Launch options, see the following resources:
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(Buyers) For Quick Launch options for SaaS products, see Configuring and launching Saas products using Quick Launch in the AWS Marketplace Buyer Guide.
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(Sellers) For Quick Launch options for SaaS products, see Configure Quick Launch in the AWS Marketplace Seller Guide.
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For a Quick Launch workshop for SaaS products, see Lab: Enable SaaS Quick Launch
in the AWS Marketplace seller workshop.
Add delivery options
You can use the Catalog API to add delivery options for a SaaS product in AWS Marketplace.
To add detailed information for delivery options, call the
StartChangeSet
API operation with the
AddDeliveryOptions
change type to add delivery details, as shown in
the following example.
Note
This is only supported for one delivery option:
SaaSUrlDeliveryOptionDetails
. It allows you to add the
FulfillmentUrl
to the SaaS product.
Request Syntax
POST /StartChangeSet HTTP/1.1 Content-type: application/json { "Catalog": "AWSMarketplace", "ChangeSet": [ { "ChangeType": "AddDeliveryOptions", "Entity": { "Identifier": "example1-abcd-1234-5ef6-7890abcdef12@1", "Type": "SaaSProduct@1.0" }, "DetailsDocument": { "DeliveryOptions": [ { "Details": { "SaaSUrlDeliveryOptionDetails": { "FulfillmentUrl": "url to seller's account registration/login page", "QuickLaunchEnabled": true, "LaunchUrl": "URL", "UsageInstructions": "Instructions", "DeploymentTemplates": [ { "Title": "CloudFormation Template 123", "Description": "CloudFormation description", "IamPolicy": "{\"Version\":\"2012-10-17\",\"Statement\":[{\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"Action\":[\"s3:Get*\",\"s3:List*\"],\"Resource\":\n[\"arn:aws:s3:::EXAMPLE-BUCKET\",\"arn:aws:s3:::EXAMPLE-BUCKET/*\"]}]}", "CloudFormationDetails": { "TemplateUrl": "URL", "DefaultStackName": "Name" } } ] } } } ] } } ] }
Provide information for the fields to add the AddDeliveryOptions
change type:
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Entity (object) (required) – Your SaaS-based product.
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Identifier (string) (required) – Your product ID. For more information, see Identifier.
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Type (string) (required) – The
Type
is based on the delivery method (product type) that your product will be using:SaaSProduct@1.0
.
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DetailsDocument (object) (required) – Details of the request.
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DeliveryOptions (array) – Details of the delivery options being added.
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Details (object) – Contains the
SaaSUrlDeliveryOptionDetails
of a delivery option to be added.-
SaaSUrlDeliveryOptionDetails (object) – Contains the
FulfillmentUrl
of a delivery option for SaaS product.-
FulfillmentUrl (string) – The URL to be added to the SaaS product.
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QuickLaunchEnabled (boolean) – Determines if buyers can use Quick Launch to configure and launch the software. The default value is
FALSE
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LaunchUrl (string) – The URL to your SaaS product’s landing page. This is required if
QuickLaunchEnabled
is set toTrue
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DeploymentTemplates (array) – Deployment templates that customers can use to set up and configure the SaaS product and any related AWS resources.
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Title (string) – The display name of the deployment template.
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Description (string) – A description for what the deployment template contains.
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IamPolicy (string) – An IAM policy describing the permissions needed to deploy the template. Buyers can use this IAM policy to quickly deploy the template.
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CloudFormationDetails (object) – The details of a AWS CloudFormation template.
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TemplateUrl (string) – The URL for the deployment template.
Note
For support obtaining your CloudFormation template URL, contact your AWS Marketplace business development partner or the AWS Marketplace Seller Operations
team. -
DefaultStackName (string) – The default name used in CloudFormation when the seller creates the stack.
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UsageInstructions (string) – (Optional) Instructions for using this delivery option. Include documentation for manual steps for customers who won’t use
DeploymentTemplates
.
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Response Syntax
A change set is created for your request. The response to this request gives you the ID for the change set and looks like the following.
{ "ChangeSetId": "example123456789012abcdef", "ChangeSetArn": "arn:aws:aws-marketplace:us-east- 1:123456789012:AWSMarketplace/ChangeSet/example123456789012abcdef" }
Synchronous Validations
Error condition | Message | HTTP code |
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Invalid Fulfillment Url | Provide a valid fulfillment URL beginning with "https://". | 422 |
Multiple URL Delivery Options | You provided more than one URL delivery option. Provide one URL delivery option. | 422 |
Invalid Delivery Option Types | You provided invalid delivery option details. You must provide a valid parameter for SaaSUrlDeliveryOptionDetails. | 422 |
Invalid Launch URL | Provide a valid launch URL beginning with "https://". | 422 |
Missing Launch Url | Required parameter LaunchUrl is missing. You must
provide a LaunchUrl . |
422 |
Missing deployment templates | The deployment template is missing. Provide at least one deployment template. | 422 |
Too many deployment templates | You cannot provide more than 20 deployment templates. | 422 |
Invalid template URL | Quick Start URL is invalid. Provide deployment template URL that is published through AWS QuickStarts to Amazon S3. Invalid deployment templates URL: [x] | 422 |
Invalid deployment template stack name | The deployment template stack name is invalid. Provide a valid stack name using only alphanumeric characters and hyphens. It must start with an alphabetical character and can't be longer than 128 characters. | 422 |
Duplicate deployment template title | You provided duplicate deployment template titles. Provide unique deployment template titles. | 422 |
Duplicate deployment template URL | You provided duplicate deployment template urls. Provide unique deployment template urls. | 422 |
Invalid deployment template type | The deployment template type is invalid. Provide a valid deployment template type. Supported values are ["CloudFormation@1.0"]. | 422 |
Invalid deployment template IAM policy | The deployment template IAM policy is invalid. Provide a valid IAM policy. | 422 |
Invalid usage instructions |
|
422 |
Asynchronous Errors
Error code | Error message |
---|---|
DUPLICATE_DELIVERY_OPTIONS | You provided one or more delivery option types that
already exist for this product. Provide a unique delivery option
type or use |
INVALID_FULFILLMENT_URL | The URL you provided returned HTTP status code [x]. Provide a fulfillment URL that renders with a 200. |
INVALID_LAUNCH_URL | The URL you provided returned HTTP status code [x]. Provide a launch URL that renders with a 200. |
INVALID_TEMPLATE_URL | Quick Start URL is invalid. Provide deployment template URL that is published through AWS QuickStarts to Amazon S3. Invalid deployment templates URL: [x] |
Update delivery options
You can use the Catalog API to update the delivery options for a SaaS product in AWS Marketplace.
To update the delivery options, call the StartChangeSet
API operation
with the UpdateDeliveryOptions
change type, as shown in the following
example.
Note
This is only supported for one delivery option:
SaaSUrlDeliveryOptionDetails
. It allows you to update the
FulfillmentUrl
.
Request Syntax
POST /StartChangeSet HTTP/1.1 Content-type: application/json { "Catalog": "AWSMarketplace", "ChangeSet": [ { "ChangeType": "UpdateDeliveryOptions", "Entity": { "Identifier": "example1-abcd-1234-5ef6-7890abcdef12@1", "Type": "SaaSProduct@1.0" }, "DetailsDocument": { "DeliveryOptions": [ { "Id": "do-1234567891234567891234", "Details": { "SaaSUrlDeliveryOptionDetails": { "FulfillmentUrl": "https://www.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/management", "LaunchUrl": "URL", "UsageInstructions": "Instructions", "DeploymentTemplates": [ { "Title": "CloudFormation Template 123", "Description": "CloudFormation description", "IamPolicy": "{\"Version\":\"2012-10-17\",\"Statement\":[{\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"Action\":[\"s3:Get*\",\"s3:List*\"],\"Resource\":\n[\"arn:aws:s3:::EXAMPLE-BUCKET\",\"arn:aws:s3:::EXAMPLE-BUCKET/*\"]}]}" } ] } } } ] } } ] }
Provide information for the fields to add the AddDeliveryOptions
change type:
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Entity (object) (required) – Your SaaS-based product.
-
Identifier (string) (required) – Your product ID. For more information, see Identifier.
-
Type (string) (required) – The
Type
is based on the delivery method (product type) that your product will be using:SaaSProduct@1.0
.
-
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DetailsDocument (object) (required) – Details of the request.
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DeliveryOptions (array) – Contains the details of the delivery options being updated.
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Id (string) – Unique identifier for the
DeliveryOption
. (Get the unique identifier for theDeliveryOption
by calling theDescribeEntity
action on the product you are updating.) -
Details (object) – Contains the
SaaSUrlDeliveryOptionDetails
of the delivery option to be updated.-
SaaSUrlDeliveryOptionDetails (object) – Contains the
FulfillmentUrl
of a delivery option for SaaS product.-
FulfillmentUrl (string) – The URL to be updated for the SaaS product.
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LaunchUrl (string) – The URL to your SaaS product’s landing page. This is required if
QuickLaunchEnabled
is set toTrue
. -
UsageInstructions (string) – Instructions for using this delivery option. Include documentation for manual steps for customers who won’t use
DeploymentTemplates
. -
DeploymentTemplates (array) – Deployment templates that customers can use to set up and configure the SaaS product and any related AWS resources.
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Title (string) – The display name of the deployment template.
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Description (string) – A description for what the deployment template contains.
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IamPolicy (string) – An IAM policy describing the permissions needed to deploy the template. Buyers can use this IAM policy to quickly deploy the template.
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CloudFormationDetails (object) – The details of a CloudFormation template.
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TemplateUrl (string) – The URL for the deployment template.
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DefaultStackName (string) – The default name used in AWS CloudFormation when the customer is creating the template.
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Response Syntax
{ "ChangeSetId": "example123456789012abcdef", "ChangeSetArn": "arn:aws:aws-marketplace:us-east- 1:123456789012:AWSMarketplace/ChangeSet/example123456789012abcdef" }
The change request is added to a queue and processed. This includes validating
information to ensure it meets the AWS Marketplace guidelines. The validation process can take
anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. You can check the status of the request
through the AWS Marketplace Management Portal, or in the Catalog API with the DescribeChangeSet
action.
Synchronous Validations
Error condition | Message | HTTP code |
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Empty Delivery Option Ids | Provided Details is not valid. String '' at /DeliveryOptions/0/Id does not match required schema regex, '^do-[a-zA-Z0-9]+$' | 422 |
Missing Delivery Option Ids | Provided Details is not valid. JSON at /DeliveryOptions/0 is missing required properties: ['Id']. | 422 |
Duplicate Delivery Option Ids | Provide unique delivery option IDs. | 422 |
Invalid Fulfillment Url | Provide a valid fulfillment URL beginning with "https://". | 422 |
Invalid Delivery Option IDs | Provide delivery option IDs that can be found in the product. IDs not found: [x] | 422 |
Multiple URL Delivery Options | You provided more than one URL delivery option. Provide one URL delivery option. | 422 |
Missing delivery option ids | The delivery option ID is missing. Provide one or more valid
delivery option IDs that you wish to update, or use
AddDeliveryOptions if you intended to add a new
delivery option. |
422 |
Invalid Launch URL | Provide a valid launch URL beginning with "https://". | 422 |
Missing Launch Url | Required parameter LaunchUrl is missing. You must
provide a LaunchUrl . |
422 |
Missing deployment templates | The deployment template is missing. Provide at least one deployment template. | 422 |
Too many deployment templates | You cannot provide more than 20 deployment templates. | 422 |
Invalid template URL | Quick Start URL is invalid. Provide deployment template URL that is published through AWS QuickStarts to Amazon S3. Invalid deployment templates URL: [x] | 422 |
Invalid deployment template stack name | The deployment template stack name is invalid. Provide a valid stack name using only alphanumeric characters and hyphens. It must start with an alphabetical character and can't be longer than 128 characters. | 422 |
Duplicate deployment template title | You provided duplicate deployment template titles. Provide unique deployment template titles. | 422 |
Duplicate deployment template URL | You provided duplicate deployment template urls. Provide unique deployment template urls. | 422 |
Invalid deployment template type | The deployment template type is invalid. Provide a valid deployment template type. Supported values are ["CloudFormation@1.0"]. | 422 |
Invalid deployment template IAM policy | The deployment template IAM policy is invalid. Provide a valid IAM policy. | 422 |
Invalid usage instructions |
|
422 |
Asynchronous Errors
Error code | Error message |
---|---|
INVALID_DELIVERY_OPTION_IDS | Provide delivery option IDs that can be found in the
product. IDs not found: [x] |
AUDIT_ERROR | AWS MP Catalog Audits List - CQ
team |
INVALID_FULFILLMENT_URL | The URL you provided returned HTTP status code [x].
Provide a fulfillment URL that renders with a
200. |
INVALID_LAUNCH_URL | The URL you provided returned HTTP status code [x].
Provide a launch URL that renders with a
200. |
INVALID_TEMPLATE_URL | Quick Start URL is invalid. Provide deployment
template URL that is published through AWS QuickStarts to
Amazon S3. Invalid deployment templates URL: [x] |
Update delivery option visibility
You can use the Catalog API to configure permissions so that only some users can change the visibility for a SaaS product in AWS Marketplace.
To configure permissions so that only some users can change the visibility for a
SaaS product, call the StartChangeSet
API operation with the
UpdateDeliveryOptionsVisibility
change type, as shown in the
following example.
Note
This is only supported for one delivery option:
SaaSUrlDeliveryOptionDetails
.
Request Syntax
POST /StartChangeSet HTTP/1.1 Content-type: application/json { "Catalog": "AWSMarketplace", "ChangeSet": [ { "ChangeType": "UpdateDeliveryOptionsVisibility", "Entity": { "Identifier": "prod-example12345", "Type": "SaaSProduct@1.0" }, "DetailsDocument": { "DeliveryOptions": [ { "Id": "do-1234567891234567891234", "TargetVisibility": "Public" }, { "Id": "do-43210987654321", "TargetVisibility": "Limited", "Targeting": { "PositiveTargeting": { "BuyerAccounts": [ "123456789012" ] } } } ] } } ] }
Provide information for the fields to add the
UpdateDeliveryOptionsVisibility
change type:
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Entity (object) (required) – Your SaaS-based product.
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Identifier (string) (required) – Your product ID. For more information, see Identifier.
-
Type (string) (required) – The
Type
is based on the delivery method (product type) that your product will be using:SaaSProduct@1.0
.
-
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DetailsDocument (object) (required) – Details of the request.
-
DeliveryOptions (array) – List of
DeliveryOptions
to be updated.-
Id (string) – The delivery option id to be updated.
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TargetVisibility (string) – The intended new visibility of the delivery option.
Possible values:
Limited
,Public
, andUnavailable
.Note
There is always exactly one
Public
delivery option, and a maximum of oneLimited
delivery option. -
Targeting (object) optional – Targeting of the delivery option, used in conjunction with the
Limited
visibility status to be able to test the new delivery option before changing the visibility toPublic
.-
PositiveTargeting (object) – Specifying inclusive targeting.
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BuyerAccounts (array of strings) – The list of buyer AWS account ids who will be able to use the new delivery option.
Min size: 0. Max size: 100.
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Response Syntax
{ "ChangeSetId": "example123456789012abcdef", "ChangeSetArn": "arn:aws:aws-marketplace:us-east- 1:123456789012:AWSMarketplace/ChangeSet/example123456789012abcdef" }
The change request is added to a queue and processed. This includes validating
information to ensure that it meets the AWS Marketplace guidelines. The validation process can
take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. You can check the status of the
request through the AWS Marketplace Management Portal, or in the Catalog API with the
DescribeChangeSet
action.
Synchronous Validations
Error condition | Message | HTTP code |
---|---|---|
Missing delivery option ids | The delivery option ID is missing. Provide one or more valid
delivery option IDs that you wish to update, or use
AddDeliveryOptions if you intended to add a new
delivery option. |
422 |
Invalid visibility | You provided invalid option for TargetVisibility .
Allowed options are: Limited , Public ,
Unavailable . |
422 |
Invalid targeting | You provided invalid option for PositiveTargeting .
You must provide a valid parameter for
BuyerAccounts . |
422 |
Missing Visibility and Targeting | You provided invalid delivery option visibility details. You must
provide a valid parameter for at least one of
TargetVisibility or Targeting . |
422 |
Too many AWS account ids | You cannot provide more than 100 targeted buyer accounts. | 422 |
Asynchronous Errors
Error code | Error message |
---|---|
INVALID_DELIVERY_OPTION_IDS | You provided invalid delivery option details. Provide
delivery option IDs that can be found in the product. IDs not
found: [x] |
INVALID_VISIBILITY | You provided more than one delivery option for the
pubic state. Provide only one public delivery
option. |
INVALID_VISIBILITY | You didn't provide a public delivery option. Provide
one public delivery option. |
AUDIT_ERROR | Varies based on MCO manual review. |