Operations for starting, stopping, describing, and listing executions
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Amazon Step Functions Executions API
description: Amazon Step Functions is a serverless workflow orchestration service that lets you coordinate distributed applications and microservices using visual workflows. This API enables you to create and manage state machines, start and monitor executions, and retrieve execution history.
version: '2016-11-23'
contact:
name: Amazon Web Services
url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
termsOfService: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
servers:
- url: https://states.{region}.amazonaws.com
description: Amazon Step Functions Regional Endpoint
variables:
region:
default: us-east-1
description: AWS Region
security:
- sigv4Auth: []
tags:
- name: Executions
description: Operations for starting, stopping, describing, and listing executions
paths:
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSStepFunctions.StartExecution:
post:
operationId: startExecution
summary: Amazon Step Functions Start a state machine execution
description: Starts a state machine execution. A qualified state machine ARN can refer to a specific version or alias. StartExecution is idempotent for STANDARD workflows but not for EXPRESS workflows.
tags:
- Executions
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Target-StartExecution'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/x-amz-json-1.0:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/StartExecutionInput'
responses:
'200':
description: Successfully started execution
content:
application/x-amz-json-1.0:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/StartExecutionOutput'
'400':
description: Invalid request parameters
'404':
description: State machine does not exist
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeExecution:
post:
operationId: describeExecution
summary: Amazon Step Functions Describe an execution
description: Provides information about a state machine execution, such as the state machine associated with the execution, the execution input and output, and relevant execution metadata.
tags:
- Executions
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Target-DescribeExecution'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/x-amz-json-1.0:
schema:
type: object
required:
- executionArn
properties:
executionArn:
type: string
description: The ARN of the execution to describe
responses:
'200':
description: Successfully described execution
content:
application/x-amz-json-1.0:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeExecutionOutput'
'400':
description: Invalid request parameters
'404':
description: Execution does not exist
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSStepFunctions.ListExecutions:
post:
operationId: listExecutions
summary: Amazon Step Functions List executions of a state machine
description: Lists all executions of a state machine or a Map Run. Returns a paginated list of execution ARNs, names, statuses, and start dates.
tags:
- Executions
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Target-ListExecutions'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/x-amz-json-1.0:
schema:
type: object
required:
- stateMachineArn
properties:
stateMachineArn:
type: string
description: The ARN of the state machine
statusFilter:
type: string
description: Filter executions by status
enum:
- RUNNING
- SUCCEEDED
- FAILED
- TIMED_OUT
- ABORTED
- PENDING_REDRIVE
maxResults:
type: integer
minimum: 0
maximum: 1000
description: The maximum number of results to return
nextToken:
type: string
description: Pagination token from a previous call
responses:
'200':
description: Successfully listed executions
content:
application/x-amz-json-1.0:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ListExecutionsOutput'
'400':
description: Invalid request parameters
'404':
description: State machine does not exist
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSStepFunctions.StopExecution:
post:
operationId: stopExecution
summary: Amazon Step Functions Stop an execution
description: Stops an execution. This API action is not supported by EXPRESS state machines. For EXPRESS state machines, use a Map Run to stop an execution.
tags:
- Executions
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Target-StopExecution'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/x-amz-json-1.0:
schema:
type: object
required:
- executionArn
properties:
executionArn:
type: string
description: The ARN of the execution to stop
error:
type: string
description: The error code of the failure
cause:
type: string
description: A more detailed explanation of the cause of the failure
responses:
'200':
description: Successfully stopped execution
content:
application/x-amz-json-1.0:
schema:
type: object
properties:
stopDate:
type: string
format: date-time
description: The date the execution was stopped
'400':
description: Invalid request parameters
'404':
description: Execution does not exist
components:
parameters:
X-Amz-Target-DescribeExecution:
name: X-Amz-Target
in: header
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- AWSStepFunctions.DescribeExecution
X-Amz-Target-ListExecutions:
name: X-Amz-Target
in: header
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- AWSStepFunctions.ListExecutions
X-Amz-Target-StartExecution:
name: X-Amz-Target
in: header
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- AWSStepFunctions.StartExecution
X-Amz-Target-StopExecution:
name: X-Amz-Target
in: header
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- AWSStepFunctions.StopExecution
schemas:
ExecutionListItem:
type: object
description: Contains details about an execution
properties:
executionArn:
type: string
description: The ARN of the execution
stateMachineArn:
type: string
description: The ARN of the executed state machine
name:
type: string
description: The name of the execution
status:
type: string
description: The current status of the execution
enum:
- RUNNING
- SUCCEEDED
- FAILED
- TIMED_OUT
- ABORTED
- PENDING_REDRIVE
startDate:
type: string
format: date-time
description: The date the execution started
stopDate:
type: string
format: date-time
description: The date the execution stopped
StartExecutionInput:
type: object
required:
- stateMachineArn
properties:
stateMachineArn:
type: string
description: The ARN of the state machine to execute
name:
type: string
description: Optional name for the execution. Must be unique for your AWS account, region, and state machine for 90 days.
minLength: 1
maxLength: 80
input:
type: string
description: The string that contains the JSON input data for the execution. Maximum length of 262144 characters.
traceHeader:
type: string
description: Passes the X-Ray trace header for the execution
DescribeExecutionOutput:
type: object
properties:
executionArn:
type: string
description: The ARN of the execution
stateMachineArn:
type: string
description: The ARN of the executed state machine
name:
type: string
description: The name of the execution
status:
type: string
description: The current status of the execution
enum:
- RUNNING
- SUCCEEDED
- FAILED
- TIMED_OUT
- ABORTED
- PENDING_REDRIVE
startDate:
type: string
format: date-time
description: The date the execution started
stopDate:
type: string
format: date-time
description: The date the execution stopped (if completed)
input:
type: string
description: The JSON input data of the execution
output:
type: string
description: The JSON output data of the execution (if succeeded)
error:
type: string
description: The error code of the failure (if failed)
cause:
type: string
description: A more detailed explanation of the cause of the failure
StartExecutionOutput:
type: object
properties:
executionArn:
type: string
description: The ARN of the execution
startDate:
type: string
format: date-time
description: The date the execution started
ListExecutionsOutput:
type: object
properties:
executions:
type: array
description: List of executions
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ExecutionListItem'
nextToken:
type: string
description: Pagination token for next page of results
securitySchemes:
sigv4Auth:
type: apiKey
name: Authorization
in: header
description: AWS Signature Version 4 authentication
externalDocs:
description: Amazon Step Functions API Reference
url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/apireference/