Amazon QuickSight Quicksight Folders API

The Quicksight Folders API from Amazon QuickSight — 3 operation(s) for quicksight folders.

Operations 6

POST /accounts/{AwsAccountId}/folders/{FolderId} Create Folder #
DELETE /accounts/{AwsAccountId}/folders/{FolderId} Delete Folder #
GET /accounts/{AwsAccountId}/folders/{FolderId} Describe Folder #
PUT /accounts/{AwsAccountId}/folders/{FolderId} Update Folder #
GET /accounts/{AwsAccountId}/folders List Folders #
GET /accounts/{AwsAccountId}/resource/{ResourceArn}/folders List Folders For Resource #

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OpenAPI Specification

amazon-quicksight-folders-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Amazon QuickSight Folders API
  version: '2018-04-01'
  description: Generated from AWS's published Smithy model for Amazon QuickSight. 6 operation(s).
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    identifier: Apache-2.0
    url: https://github.com/aws/api-models-aws/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://quicksight.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
security:
- sigv4: []
paths:
  /accounts/{AwsAccountId}/folders/{FolderId}:
    post:
      operationId: CreateFolder
      summary: Create Folder
      description: Creates an empty shared folder.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFolderResponse'
        '401':
          description: AccessDeniedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccessDeniedException'
        '409':
          description: ConflictException; LimitExceededException; ResourceExistsException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConflictException'
        '500':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
        '400':
          description: InvalidParameterValueException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterValueException'
        '404':
          description: ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundException'
        '429':
          description: ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
        '403':
          description: UnsupportedUserEditionException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnsupportedUserEditionException'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFolderRequest'
      tags:
      - Folders
    delete:
      operationId: DeleteFolder
      summary: Delete Folder
      description: Deletes an empty folder.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteFolderResponse'
        '401':
          description: AccessDeniedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccessDeniedException'
        '409':
          description: ConflictException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConflictException'
        '500':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
        '400':
          description: InvalidParameterValueException; PreconditionNotMetException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterValueException'
        '404':
          description: ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundException'
        '429':
          description: ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
        '403':
          description: UnsupportedUserEditionException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnsupportedUserEditionException'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteFolderRequest'
      tags:
      - Folders
    get:
      operationId: DescribeFolder
      summary: Describe Folder
      description: Describes a folder.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeFolderResponse'
        '401':
          description: AccessDeniedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccessDeniedException'
        '500':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
        '400':
          description: InvalidParameterValueException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterValueException'
        '404':
          description: ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundException'
        '429':
          description: ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
        '403':
          description: UnsupportedUserEditionException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnsupportedUserEditionException'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeFolderRequest'
      tags:
      - Folders
    put:
      operationId: UpdateFolder
      summary: Update Folder
      description: Updates the name of a folder.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateFolderResponse'
        '401':
          description: AccessDeniedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccessDeniedException'
        '409':
          description: ConflictException; ResourceExistsException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConflictException'
        '500':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
        '400':
          description: InvalidParameterValueException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidParameterValueException'
        '404':
          description: ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundException'
        '429':
          description: ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
        '403':
          description: UnsupportedUserEditionException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnsupportedUserEditionException'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateFolderRequest'
      tags:
      - Folders
  /accounts/{AwsAccountId}/folders:
    get:
      operationId: ListFolders
      summary: List Folders
      description: Lists all folders in an account.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListFoldersResponse'
        '401':
          description: AccessDeniedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccessDeniedException'
        '500':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
        '400':
          description: InvalidNextTokenException; InvalidParameterValueException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidNextTokenException'
        '404':
          description: ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundException'
        '429':
          description: ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
        '403':
          description: UnsupportedUserEditionException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnsupportedUserEditionException'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListFoldersRequest'
      tags:
      - Folders
  /accounts/{AwsAccountId}/resource/{ResourceArn}/folders:
    get:
      operationId: ListFoldersForResource
      summary: List Folders For Resource
      description: List all folders that a resource is a member of.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListFoldersForResourceResponse'
        '401':
          description: AccessDeniedException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccessDeniedException'
        '500':
          description: InternalFailureException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalFailureException'
        '400':
          description: InvalidNextTokenException; InvalidParameterValueException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidNextTokenException'
        '404':
          description: ResourceNotFoundException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundException'
        '429':
          description: ThrottlingException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ThrottlingException'
        '403':
          description: UnsupportedUserEditionException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnsupportedUserEditionException'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListFoldersForResourceRequest'
      tags:
      - Folders
components:
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: AWS Signature Version 4. The Authorization header carries an AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 signature over the canonical
        request, with X-Amz-Date (and X-Amz-Security-Token for temporary credentials). Not a bearer token.
      x-aws-sigv4:
        signingName: quicksight
  schemas:
    AccessDeniedException:
      type: object
      properties:
        Message:
          type: string
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services request ID for this request.
    ConflictException:
      type: object
      properties:
        Message:
          type: string
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services request ID for this request.
    CreateFolderRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        AwsAccountId:
          type: string
          description: The ID for the Amazon Web Services account where you want to create the folder.
        FolderId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the folder.
        Name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the folder.
        FolderType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - SHARED
          - RESTRICTED
          description: The type of folder. By default, folderType is SHARED.
        ParentFolderArn:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the parent folder. ParentFolderArn can be null. An empty parentFolderArn
            creates a root-level folder.
        Permissions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourcePermission'
          description: A structure that describes the principals and the resource-level permissions of a folder. To specify
            no permissions, omit Permissions.
        Tags:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tag'
          description: Tags for the folder.
        SharingModel:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ACCOUNT
          - NAMESPACE
          description: An optional parameter that determines the sharing scope of the folder. The default value for this parameter
            is ACCOUNT.
      required:
      - AwsAccountId
      - FolderId
    CreateFolderResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        Status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status of the request.
        Arn:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the newly created folder.
        FolderId:
          type: string
          description: The folder ID for the newly created folder.
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The request ID for the newly created folder.
    DeleteFolderRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        AwsAccountId:
          type: string
          description: The ID for the Amazon Web Services account that contains the folder.
        FolderId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the folder.
      required:
      - AwsAccountId
      - FolderId
    DeleteFolderResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        Status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status of the request.
        Arn:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Resource Name of the deleted folder.
        FolderId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the folder.
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services request ID for this operation.
    DescribeFolderRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        AwsAccountId:
          type: string
          description: The ID for the Amazon Web Services account that contains the folder.
        FolderId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the folder.
      required:
      - AwsAccountId
      - FolderId
    DescribeFolderResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        Status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status of the request.
        Folder:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Folder'
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services request ID for this operation.
    Folder:
      type: object
      properties:
        FolderId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the folder.
        Arn:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the folder.
        Name:
          type: string
          description: A display name for the folder.
        FolderType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - SHARED
          - RESTRICTED
          description: The type of folder it is.
        FolderPath:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: An array of ancestor ARN strings for the folder.
        CreatedTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time that the folder was created.
        LastUpdatedTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time that the folder was last updated.
        SharingModel:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ACCOUNT
          - NAMESPACE
          description: The sharing scope of the folder.
    FolderSummary:
      type: object
      properties:
        Arn:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the folder.
        FolderId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the folder.
        Name:
          type: string
          description: The display name of the folder.
        FolderType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - SHARED
          - RESTRICTED
          description: The type of folder.
        CreatedTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time that the folder was created.
        LastUpdatedTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time that the folder was last updated.
        SharingModel:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ACCOUNT
          - NAMESPACE
          description: The sharing scope of the folder.
    InternalFailureException:
      type: object
      properties:
        Message:
          type: string
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services request ID for this request.
    InvalidNextTokenException:
      type: object
      properties:
        Message:
          type: string
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services request ID for this request.
    InvalidParameterValueException:
      type: object
      properties:
        Message:
          type: string
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services request ID for this request.
    ListFoldersForResourceRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        AwsAccountId:
          type: string
          description: The ID for the Amazon Web Services account that contains the resource.
        ResourceArn:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) the resource whose folders you need to list.
        NextToken:
          type: string
          description: The token for the next set of results, or null if there are no more results.
        MaxResults:
          type: integer
          description: The maximum number of results to be returned per request.
      required:
      - AwsAccountId
      - ResourceArn
    ListFoldersForResourceResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        Status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status of the request.
        Folders:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: A list that contains the Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) of all folders that the resource is a member
            of.
        NextToken:
          type: string
          description: The token for the next set of results, or null if there are no more results.
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services request ID for this operation.
    ListFoldersRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        AwsAccountId:
          type: string
          description: The ID for the Amazon Web Services account that contains the folder.
        NextToken:
          type: string
          description: The token for the next set of results, or null if there are no more results.
        MaxResults:
          type: integer
          description: The maximum number of results to be returned per request.
      required:
      - AwsAccountId
    ListFoldersResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        Status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status of the request.
        FolderSummaryList:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FolderSummary'
          description: A structure that contains all of the folders in the Amazon Web Services account. This structure provides
            basic information about the folders.
        NextToken:
          type: string
          description: The token for the next set of results, or null if there are no more results.
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services request ID for this operation.
    ResourceNotFoundException:
      type: object
      properties:
        Message:
          type: string
        ResourceType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - USER
          - GROUP
          - NAMESPACE
          - ACCOUNT_SETTINGS
          - IAMPOLICY_ASSIGNMENT
          - DATA_SOURCE
          - DATA_SET
          - VPC_CONNECTION
          - INGESTION
          description: The resource type for this request.
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services request ID for this request.
    ResourcePermission:
      type: object
      properties:
        Principal:
          type: string
          description: 'The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the principal. This can be one of the following: The ARN of an Quick
            Sight user or group associated with a data source or dataset. (This is common.) The ARN of an Quick Sight user,
            group, or namespace associated with an analysis, dashboard, template, or theme. Namespace sharing is not supported
            for action connectors. (This is common.) The ARN of an Amazon Web Services account root: This is an IAM ARN rather
            than a Quick Sight ARN. Use this option only to share resources (templates) across Amazon Web Services accounts.
            Account root sharing is not supported for '
        Actions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The IAM action to grant or revoke permissions on.
      required:
      - Principal
      - Actions
    Tag:
      type: object
      properties:
        Key:
          type: string
          description: Tag key.
        Value:
          type: string
          description: Tag value.
      required:
      - Key
      - Value
    ThrottlingException:
      type: object
      properties:
        Message:
          type: string
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services request ID for this request.
    UnsupportedUserEditionException:
      type: object
      properties:
        Message:
          type: string
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services request ID for this request.
    UpdateFolderRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        AwsAccountId:
          type: string
          description: The ID for the Amazon Web Services account that contains the folder to update.
        FolderId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the folder.
        Name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the folder.
      required:
      - AwsAccountId
      - FolderId
      - Name
    UpdateFolderResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        Status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status of the request.
        Arn:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the folder.
        FolderId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the folder.
        RequestId:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services request ID for this operation.
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Amazon Web Services
  source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/api-models-aws/582e55931c45b944739742a2c1620b6026dd2d13/models/quicksight/service/2018-04-01/quicksight-2018-04-01.json
  note: converted by smithy-to-openapi.py from AWS's Smithy model (roadmap#1001)