Amazon Billing And Cost Management Budget Actions API

Automated actions when budget thresholds are exceeded

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amazon-billing-and-cost-management-budget-actions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: AWS Budgets Anomaly Detection Budget Actions API
  description: The AWS Budgets API enables programmatic creation and management of custom budgets that track AWS cost, usage, coverage, and utilization. Supports budget actions that automatically respond when thresholds are exceeded.
  version: '2016-10-20'
  contact:
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  termsOfService: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
servers:
- url: https://budgets.amazonaws.com
  description: AWS Budgets (Global endpoint)
security:
- aws_iam: []
tags:
- name: Budget Actions
  description: Automated actions when budget thresholds are exceeded
paths:
  /CreateBudgetAction:
    post:
      operationId: CreateBudgetAction
      summary: Create Budget Action
      description: Creates a budget action. Budget actions are automated responses that execute when a budget exceeds a threshold, such as applying an IAM policy or running an SSM automation.
      tags:
      - Budget Actions
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateBudgetActionRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Budget action created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  AccountId:
                    type: string
                  BudgetName:
                    type: string
                  ActionId:
                    type: string
  /DescribeBudgetActionsForBudget:
    post:
      operationId: DescribeBudgetActionsForBudget
      summary: Describe Budget Actions For Budget
      description: Describes all of the budget actions for a budget.
      tags:
      - Budget Actions
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - AccountId
              - BudgetName
              properties:
                AccountId:
                  type: string
                BudgetName:
                  type: string
                MaxResults:
                  type: integer
                NextToken:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Budget actions returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  schemas:
    Subscriber:
      type: object
      required:
      - SubscriptionType
      - Address
      properties:
        SubscriptionType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - SNS
          - EMAIL
        Address:
          type: string
    CreateBudgetActionRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - AccountId
      - BudgetName
      - NotificationType
      - ActionType
      - ActionThreshold
      - Definition
      - ExecutionRoleArn
      - ApprovalModel
      - Subscribers
      properties:
        AccountId:
          type: string
        BudgetName:
          type: string
        NotificationType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ACTUAL
          - FORECASTED
        ActionType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - APPLY_IAM_POLICY
          - APPLY_SCP_POLICY
          - RUN_SSM_DOCUMENTS
        ActionThreshold:
          type: object
          properties:
            ActionThresholdValue:
              type: number
            ActionThresholdType:
              type: string
        Definition:
          type: object
        ExecutionRoleArn:
          type: string
        ApprovalModel:
          type: string
          enum:
          - AUTOMATIC
          - MANUAL
        Subscribers:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subscriber'
  securitySchemes:
    aws_iam:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: AWS Signature Version 4 authentication
externalDocs:
  description: AWS Budgets API Reference
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/budgets/latest/APIReference/