Amazon CloudFormation Resources API

Operations for managing stack resources

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amazon-cloudformation-resources-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Amazon CloudFormation Change Sets Resources API
  description: Amazon CloudFormation is an infrastructure as code service that enables you to model, provision, and manage AWS and third-party resources by treating infrastructure as code. You use templates to define your resources and their dependencies, then deploy them as stacks.
  version: '2010-05-15'
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://cloudformation.amazonaws.com
  description: Amazon CloudFormation regional endpoint
- url: https://cloudformation.{region}.amazonaws.com
  description: Amazon CloudFormation regional endpoint
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
      description: The AWS region
security:
- aws_auth: []
tags:
- name: Resources
  description: Operations for managing stack resources
paths:
  /?Action=ListStackResources:
    get:
      operationId: ListStackResources
      summary: Amazon CloudFormation List stack resources
      description: Returns descriptions of all resources of the specified stack.
      parameters:
      - name: Action
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ListStackResources
      - name: Version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: '2010-05-15'
      - name: StackName
        in: query
        required: true
        description: The name or the unique stack ID.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: NextToken
        in: query
        description: A string that identifies the next page of stack resources to retrieve.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListStackResourcesOutput'
        '400':
          description: Client error
        '500':
          description: Server error
      tags:
      - Resources
  /?Action=DescribeStackResources:
    get:
      operationId: DescribeStackResources
      summary: Amazon CloudFormation Describe stack resources
      description: Returns AWS resource descriptions for running and deleted stacks. If StackName is specified, all the associated resources that are part of the stack are returned.
      parameters:
      - name: Action
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - DescribeStackResources
      - name: Version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: '2010-05-15'
      - name: StackName
        in: query
        description: The name or the unique stack ID.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: LogicalResourceId
        in: query
        description: The logical name of the resource.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: PhysicalResourceId
        in: query
        description: The name or unique identifier that corresponds to a physical instance ID of a resource.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeStackResourcesOutput'
        '400':
          description: Client error
        '500':
          description: Server error
      tags:
      - Resources
components:
  schemas:
    StackResourceDriftInformation:
      type: object
      required:
      - StackResourceDriftStatus
      properties:
        StackResourceDriftStatus:
          type: string
          enum:
          - IN_SYNC
          - MODIFIED
          - DELETED
          - NOT_CHECKED
        LastCheckTimestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    StackResource:
      type: object
      required:
      - LogicalResourceId
      - ResourceType
      - ResourceStatus
      - Timestamp
      properties:
        StackName:
          type: string
          description: The name associated with the stack.
        StackId:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier of the stack.
        LogicalResourceId:
          type: string
          description: The logical name of the resource specified in the template.
        PhysicalResourceId:
          type: string
          description: The name or unique identifier of the resource.
        ResourceType:
          type: string
          description: Type of resource (e.g., AWS::EC2::Instance).
        Timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Time the status was updated.
        ResourceStatus:
          type: string
          enum:
          - CREATE_IN_PROGRESS
          - CREATE_FAILED
          - CREATE_COMPLETE
          - DELETE_IN_PROGRESS
          - DELETE_FAILED
          - DELETE_COMPLETE
          - DELETE_SKIPPED
          - UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS
          - UPDATE_FAILED
          - UPDATE_COMPLETE
          - IMPORT_FAILED
          - IMPORT_COMPLETE
          - IMPORT_IN_PROGRESS
          - IMPORT_ROLLBACK_IN_PROGRESS
          - IMPORT_ROLLBACK_FAILED
          - IMPORT_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE
          description: Current status of the resource.
        ResourceStatusReason:
          type: string
          description: Success or failure message associated with the resource.
        Description:
          type: string
          description: User defined description associated with the resource.
        DriftInformation:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/StackResourceDriftInformation'
    DescribeStackResourcesOutput:
      type: object
      properties:
        StackResources:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/StackResource'
    ListStackResourcesOutput:
      type: object
      properties:
        StackResourceSummaries:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              LogicalResourceId:
                type: string
              PhysicalResourceId:
                type: string
              ResourceType:
                type: string
              ResourceStatus:
                type: string
              ResourceStatusReason:
                type: string
              LastUpdatedTimestamp:
                type: string
                format: date-time
              DriftInformation:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StackResourceDriftInformation'
        NextToken:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    aws_auth:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: AWS Signature Version 4 authentication