Amazon Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeStateMachine API

The #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeStateMachine API from Amazon Step Functions — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=awsstepfunctions.describestatemachine.

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POST /#X-Amz-Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeStateMachine Amazon Describe State Machine #

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: '2016-11-23'
  x-release: v4
  title: 'AWS Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeStateMachine API'
  description: <fullname>Step Functions</fullname> <p>Step Functions is a service that lets you coordinate the components of distributed applications and microservices using visual workflows.</p> <p>You can use Step Functions to build applications from individual components, each of which performs a discrete function, or <i>task</i>, allowing you to scale and change applications quickly. Step Functions provides a console that helps visualize the components of your application as a series of steps. Step Functions automatically triggers and tracks each step, and retries steps when there are errors, so your application executes predictably and in the right order every time. Step Functions logs the state of each step, so you can quickly diagnose and debug any issues.</p> <p>Step Functions manages operations and underlying infrastructure to ensure your application is available at any scale. You can run tasks on Amazon Web Services, your own servers, or any system that has access to Amazon Web Services. You can access and use Step Functions using the console, the Amazon Web Services SDKs, or an HTTP API. For more information about Step Functions, see the <i> <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/welcome.html">Step Functions Developer Guide</a> </i>.</p>
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    name: Apache 2.0 License
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  description: The AWS SFN endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
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  description: The AWS SFN endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
security:
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tags:
- name: '#X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeStateMachine'
paths:
  /#X-Amz-Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeStateMachine:
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    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Algorithm'
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    post:
      operationId: DescribeStateMachine
      description: <p>Provides information about a state machine's definition, its IAM role Amazon Resource Name (ARN), and configuration.</p> <p>A qualified state machine ARN can either refer to a <i>Distributed Map state</i> defined within a state machine, a version ARN, or an alias ARN.</p> <p>The following are some examples of qualified and unqualified state machine ARNs:</p> <ul> <li> <p>The following qualified state machine ARN refers to a <i>Distributed Map state</i> with a label <code>mapStateLabel</code> in a state machine named <code>myStateMachine</code>.</p> <p> <code>arn:partition:states:region:account-id:stateMachine:myStateMachine/mapStateLabel</code> </p> <note> <p>If you provide a qualified state machine ARN that refers to a <i>Distributed Map state</i>, the request fails with <code>ValidationException</code>.</p> </note> </li> <li> <p>The following qualified state machine ARN refers to an alias named <code>PROD</code>.</p> <p> <code>arn:&lt;partition&gt;:states:&lt;region&gt;:&lt;account-id&gt;:stateMachine:&lt;myStateMachine:PROD&gt;</code> </p> <note> <p>If you provide a qualified state machine ARN that refers to a version ARN or an alias ARN, the request starts execution for that version or alias.</p> </note> </li> <li> <p>The following unqualified state machine ARN refers to a state machine named <code>myStateMachine</code>.</p> <p> <code>arn:&lt;partition&gt;:states:&lt;region&gt;:&lt;account-id&gt;:stateMachine:&lt;myStateMachine&gt;</code> </p> </li> </ul> <p>This API action returns the details for a state machine version if the <code>stateMachineArn</code> you specify is a state machine version ARN.</p> <note> <p>This operation is eventually consistent. The results are best effort and may not reflect very recent updates and changes.</p> </note>
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeStateMachineOutput'
              examples:
                DescribeStateMachine200Example:
                  summary: Default DescribeStateMachine 200
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    stateMachineArn: arn:aws:service:us-east-1:123456789012:resource/example
                    name: MyResource
                    status: Active
                    definition: example-value
                    roleArn: arn:aws:service:us-east-1:123456789012:resource/example
                    type: example-value
                    creationDate: example-value
                    loggingConfiguration:
                      level: example-value
                      includeExecutionData: example-value
                      destinations: example-value
                    tracingConfiguration: example-value
                    label: example-value
                    revisionId: example-value
                    description: example-value
        '480':
          description: InvalidArn
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidArn'
              examples:
                DescribeStateMachine480Example:
                  summary: Default DescribeStateMachine 480
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                  value: example-value
        '481':
          description: StateMachineDoesNotExist
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StateMachineDoesNotExist'
              examples:
                DescribeStateMachine481Example:
                  summary: Default DescribeStateMachine 481
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                  value: example-value
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeStateMachineInput'
            examples:
              DescribeStateMachineRequestExample:
                summary: Default DescribeStateMachine request
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                value:
                  stateMachineArn: arn:aws:service:us-east-1:123456789012:resource/example
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        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
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      summary: Amazon Describe State Machine
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      tags:
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components:
  schemas:
    Name:
      type: string
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 80
    Timestamp:
      type: string
      format: date-time
    Arn:
      type: string
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 256
    LoggingConfiguration:
      type: object
      properties:
        level:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/LogLevel'
          - description: Defines which category of execution history events are logged.
        includeExecutionData:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncludeExecutionData'
          - description: Determines whether execution data is included in your log. When set to <code>false</code>, data is excluded.
        destinations:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/LogDestinationList'
          - description: An array of objects that describes where your execution history events will be logged. Limited to size 1. Required, if your log level is not set to <code>OFF</code>.
      description: The <code>LoggingConfiguration</code> data type is used to set CloudWatch Logs options.
    CloudWatchLogsLogGroup:
      type: object
      properties:
        logGroupArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Arn'
          - description: 'The ARN of the the CloudWatch log group to which you want your logs emitted to. The ARN must end with <code>:*</code> '
      description: <p/>
    Enabled:
      type: boolean
    StateMachineType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - STANDARD
      - EXPRESS
    IncludeExecutionData:
      type: boolean
    InvalidArn: {}
    DescribeStateMachineOutput:
      type: object
      required:
      - stateMachineArn
      - name
      - definition
      - roleArn
      - type
      - creationDate
      properties:
        stateMachineArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Arn'
          - description: <p>The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that identifies the state machine.</p> <p>If you specified a state machine version ARN in your request, the API returns the version ARN. The version ARN is a combination of state machine ARN and the version number separated by a colon (:). For example, <code>stateMachineARN:1</code>.</p>
        name:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
          - description: '<p>The name of the state machine.</p> <p>A name must <i>not</i> contain:</p> <ul> <li> <p>white space</p> </li> <li> <p>brackets <code>&lt; &gt; { } [ ]</code> </p> </li> <li> <p>wildcard characters <code>? *</code> </p> </li> <li> <p>special characters <code>" # % \ ^ | ~ ` $ &amp; , ; : /</code> </p> </li> <li> <p>control characters (<code>U+0000-001F</code>, <code>U+007F-009F</code>)</p> </li> </ul> <p>To enable logging with CloudWatch Logs, the name should only contain 0-9, A-Z, a-z, - and _.</p>'
        status:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/StateMachineStatus'
          - description: The current status of the state machine.
        definition:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Definition'
          - description: The Amazon States Language definition of the state machine. See <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/concepts-amazon-states-language.html">Amazon States Language</a>.
        roleArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Arn'
          - description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role used when creating this state machine. (The IAM role maintains security by granting Step Functions access to Amazon Web Services resources.)
        type:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/StateMachineType'
          - description: The <code>type</code> of the state machine (<code>STANDARD</code> or <code>EXPRESS</code>).
        creationDate:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Timestamp'
          - description: <p>The date the state machine is created.</p> <p>For a state machine version, <code>creationDate</code> is the date the version was created.</p>
        loggingConfiguration:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LoggingConfiguration'
        tracingConfiguration:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TracingConfiguration'
          - description: Selects whether X-Ray tracing is enabled.
        label:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/MapRunLabel'
          - description: A user-defined or an auto-generated string that identifies a <code>Map</code> state. This parameter is present only if the <code>stateMachineArn</code> specified in input is a qualified state machine ARN.
        revisionId:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RevisionId'
          - description: <p>The revision identifier for the state machine.</p> <p>Use the <code>revisionId</code> parameter to compare between versions of a state machine configuration used for executions without performing a diff of the properties, such as <code>definition</code> and <code>roleArn</code>.</p>
        description:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/VersionDescription'
          - description: The description of the state machine version.
    MapRunLabel:
      type: string
    LogDestinationList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/LogDestination'
    StateMachineDoesNotExist: {}
    TracingConfiguration:
      type: object
      properties:
        enabled:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Enabled'
          - description: When set to <code>true</code>, X-Ray tracing is enabled.
      description: 'Selects whether or not the state machine''s X-Ray tracing is enabled. Default is <code>false</code> '
    LogLevel:
      type: string
      enum:
      - ALL
      - ERROR
      - FATAL
      - 'OFF'
    StateMachineStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
      - ACTIVE
      - DELETING
    Definition:
      type: string
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 1048576
      format: password
    VersionDescription:
      type: string
      maxLength: 256
      format: password
    LogDestination:
      type: object
      properties:
        cloudWatchLogsLogGroup:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CloudWatchLogsLogGroup'
          - description: An object describing a CloudWatch log group. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-logs-loggroup.html">AWS::Logs::LogGroup</a> in the CloudFormation User Guide.
      description: <p/>
    RevisionId:
      type: string
    DescribeStateMachineInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - stateMachineArn
      title: DescribeStateMachineInput
      properties:
        stateMachineArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Arn'
          - description: <p>The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the state machine for which you want the information.</p> <p>If you specify a state machine version ARN, this API returns details about that version. The version ARN is a combination of state machine ARN and the version number separated by a colon (:). For example, <code>stateMachineARN:1</code>.</p>
  parameters:
    X-Amz-Security-Token:
      name: X-Amz-Security-Token
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
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      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Credential:
      name: X-Amz-Credential
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Date:
      name: X-Amz-Date
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-SignedHeaders:
      name: X-Amz-SignedHeaders
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Content-Sha256:
      name: X-Amz-Content-Sha256
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Algorithm:
      name: X-Amz-Algorithm
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
  securitySchemes:
    hmac:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: Amazon Signature authorization v4
      x-amazon-apigateway-authtype: awsSigv4
externalDocs:
  description: Amazon Web Services documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/states/
x-hasEquivalentPaths: true