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OpenAPI Specification

aws-step-functions-aws-step-functions-x-amz-target-awsstepfunctions-describest-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: 'AWS Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeSt…'
  version: '2016-11-23'
  x-refined-note:
  - x-apiClientRegistration differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-apisguru-categories differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-logo differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-origin differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-preferred differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-providerName differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-release differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  - x-serviceName differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  description: 'Operations tagged AWS Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeSt… across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: amazon-step-functions-x-amz-target-awsstepfunctions-describestatemachinealias-api-openapi.yml, aws-step-functions-aws-step-functions-x-amz-target-awsstepfunctions-describest-api-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: http://states.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - us-east-1
      - us-east-2
      - us-west-1
      - us-west-2
      - us-gov-west-1
      - us-gov-east-1
      - ca-central-1
      - eu-north-1
      - eu-west-1
      - eu-west-2
      - eu-west-3
      - eu-central-1
      - eu-south-1
      - af-south-1
      - ap-northeast-1
      - ap-northeast-2
      - ap-northeast-3
      - ap-southeast-1
      - ap-southeast-2
      - ap-east-1
      - ap-south-1
      - sa-east-1
      - me-south-1
      default: us-east-1
  description: The AWS SFN multi-region endpoint
- url: https://states.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - us-east-1
      - us-east-2
      - us-west-1
      - us-west-2
      - us-gov-west-1
      - us-gov-east-1
      - ca-central-1
      - eu-north-1
      - eu-west-1
      - eu-west-2
      - eu-west-3
      - eu-central-1
      - eu-south-1
      - af-south-1
      - ap-northeast-1
      - ap-northeast-2
      - ap-northeast-3
      - ap-southeast-1
      - ap-southeast-2
      - ap-east-1
      - ap-south-1
      - sa-east-1
      - me-south-1
      default: us-east-1
  description: The AWS SFN multi-region endpoint
- url: http://states.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - cn-north-1
      - cn-northwest-1
      default: cn-north-1
  description: The AWS SFN endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
- url: https://states.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - cn-north-1
      - cn-northwest-1
      default: cn-north-1
  description: The AWS SFN endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
tags:
- name: 'AWS Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeSt…'
paths:
  /#X-Amz-Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeStateMachineAlias:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Content-Sha256'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Date'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Algorithm'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Credential'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Security-Token'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-Signature'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/X-Amz-SignedHeaders'
    post:
      operationId: DescribeStateMachineAlias
      description: 'Returns details about a state machine alias.


        Related operations:


        CreateStateMachineAlias


        ListStateMachineAliases


        UpdateStateMachineAlias


        DeleteStateMachineAlias'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeStateMachineAliasOutput'
              examples:
                DescribeStateMachineAlias200Example:
                  summary: Default DescribeStateMachineAlias 200
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    stateMachineAliasArn: arn:aws:service:us-east-1:123456789012:resource/example
                    name: MyResource
                    description: example-value
                    routingConfiguration: example-value
                    creationDate: example-value
                    updateDate: example-value
        '480':
          description: ValidationException
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationException'
              examples:
                DescribeStateMachineAlias480Example:
                  summary: Default DescribeStateMachineAlias 480
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value: example-value
        '481':
          description: InvalidArn
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidArn'
              examples:
                DescribeStateMachineAlias481Example:
                  summary: Default DescribeStateMachineAlias 481
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value: example-value
        '482':
          description: ResourceNotFound
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFound'
              examples:
                DescribeStateMachineAlias482Example:
                  summary: Default DescribeStateMachineAlias 482
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value: example-value
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeStateMachineAliasInput'
            examples:
              DescribeStateMachineAliasRequestExample:
                summary: Default DescribeStateMachineAlias request
                x-microcks-default: true
                value:
                  stateMachineAliasArn: arn:aws:service:us-east-1:123456789012:resource/example
      parameters:
      - name: X-Amz-Target
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - AWSStepFunctions.DescribeStateMachineAlias
      summary: Amazon Describe State Machine Alias
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      tags:
      - 'AWS Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeSt…'
      security:
      - hmac: []
    servers:
    - url: http://states.{region}.amazonaws.com
      variables:
        region:
          description: The AWS region
          enum:
          - us-east-1
          - us-east-2
          - us-west-1
          - us-west-2
          - us-gov-west-1
          - us-gov-east-1
          - ca-central-1
          - eu-north-1
          - eu-west-1
          - eu-west-2
          - eu-west-3
          - eu-central-1
          - eu-south-1
          - af-south-1
          - ap-northeast-1
          - ap-northeast-2
          - ap-northeast-3
          - ap-southeast-1
          - ap-southeast-2
          - ap-east-1
          - ap-south-1
          - sa-east-1
          - me-south-1
          default: us-east-1
      description: The AWS SFN multi-region endpoint
    - url: https://states.{region}.amazonaws.com
      variables:
        region:
          description: The AWS region
          enum:
          - us-east-1
          - us-east-2
          - us-west-1
          - us-west-2
          - us-gov-west-1
          - us-gov-east-1
          - ca-central-1
          - eu-north-1
          - eu-west-1
          - eu-west-2
          - eu-west-3
          - eu-central-1
          - eu-south-1
          - af-south-1
          - ap-northeast-1
          - ap-northeast-2
          - ap-northeast-3
          - ap-southeast-1
          - ap-southeast-2
          - ap-east-1
          - ap-south-1
          - sa-east-1
          - me-south-1
          default: us-east-1
      description: The AWS SFN multi-region endpoint
    - url: http://states.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
      variables:
        region:
          description: The AWS region
          enum:
          - cn-north-1
          - cn-northwest-1
          default: cn-north-1
      description: The AWS SFN endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
    - url: https://states.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
      variables:
        region:
          description: The AWS region
          enum:
          - cn-north-1
          - cn-northwest-1
          default: cn-north-1
      description: The AWS SFN endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
  /#DescribeStateMachineAlias:
    post:
      operationId: post#DescribeStateMachineAlias
      summary: Describe State Machine Alias
      description: 'Returns details about a state machine alias. Related operations: CreateStateMachineAlias ListStateMachineAliases UpdateStateMachineAlias DeleteStateMachineAlias'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.0:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeStateMachineAliasOutput_2'
        '400':
          description: InvalidArn; ValidationException
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.0:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidArn_2'
        '404':
          description: ResourceNotFound
          content:
            application/x-amz-json-1.0:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFound_2'
      parameters:
      - name: X-Amz-Target
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - AWSStepFunctions.DescribeStateMachineAlias
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-amz-json-1.0:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeStateMachineAliasInput_2'
      tags:
      - 'AWS Step Functions #X Amz Target=AWSStepFunctions.DescribeSt…'
      security:
      - sigv4: []
      x-operation-id-source: normalized
      x-operation-id-original: DescribeStateMachineAlias
    servers:
    - url: https://states.{region}.amazonaws.com
      variables:
        region:
          default: us-east-1
components:
  parameters:
    X-Amz-Signature:
      name: X-Amz-Signature
      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-Credential:
      name: X-Amz-Credential
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Algorithm:
      name: X-Amz-Algorithm
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Security-Token:
      name: X-Amz-Security-Token
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-SignedHeaders:
      name: X-Amz-SignedHeaders
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    X-Amz-Date:
      name: X-Amz-Date
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
  schemas:
    VersionWeight:
      type: integer
      minimum: 0
      maximum: 100
    InvalidArn: {}
    RoutingConfigurationListItem:
      type: object
      required:
      - stateMachineVersionArn
      - weight
      properties:
        stateMachineVersionArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Arn'
          - description: <p>The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that identifies one or two state machine versions defined in the routing configuration.</p> <p>If you specify the ARN of a second version, it must belong to the same state machine as the first version.</p>
        weight:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/VersionWeight'
          - description: The percentage of traffic you want to route to the second state machine version. The sum of the weights in the routing configuration must be equal to 100.
      description: Contains details about the routing configuration of a state machine alias. In a routing configuration, you define an array of objects that specify up to two state machine versions. You also specify the percentage of traffic to be routed to each version.
    Timestamp:
      type: string
      format: date-time
    ResourceNotFound: {}
    ValidationException: {}
    Arn:
      type: string
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 256
    DescribeStateMachineAliasOutput:
      type: object
      properties:
        stateMachineAliasArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Arn'
          - description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the state machine alias.
        name:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
          - description: The name of the state machine alias.
        description:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AliasDescription'
          - description: A description of the alias.
        routingConfiguration:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RoutingConfigurationList'
          - description: The routing configuration of the alias.
        creationDate:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Timestamp'
          - description: The date the state machine alias was created.
        updateDate:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Timestamp'
          - description: <p>The date the state machine alias was last updated.</p> <p>For a newly created state machine, this is the same as the creation date.</p>
    DescribeStateMachineAliasInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - stateMachineAliasArn
      title: DescribeStateMachineAliasInput
      properties:
        stateMachineAliasArn:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Arn'
          - description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the state machine alias.
    Name:
      type: string
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 80
    RoutingConfigurationList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/RoutingConfigurationListItem'
      minItems: 1
      maxItems: 2
    AliasDescription:
      type: string
      maxLength: 256
      format: password
    RoutingConfigurationListItem_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        stateMachineVersionArn:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that identifies one or two state machine versions defined in the routing configuration. If you specify the ARN of a second version, it must belong to the same state machine as the first version.
        weight:
          type: integer
          description: The percentage of traffic you want to route to a state machine version. The sum of the weights in the routing configuration must be equal to 100.
      required:
      - stateMachineVersionArn
      - weight
    DescribeStateMachineAliasOutput_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        stateMachineAliasArn:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the state machine alias.
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the state machine alias.
        description:
          type: string
          description: A description of the alias.
        routingConfiguration:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RoutingConfigurationListItem_2'
          description: The routing configuration of the alias.
        creationDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date the state machine alias was created.
        updateDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The date the state machine alias was last updated. For a newly created state machine, this is the same as the creation date.
    DescribeStateMachineAliasInput_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        stateMachineAliasArn:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the state machine alias.
      required:
      - stateMachineAliasArn
    InvalidArn_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
    ResourceNotFound_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        resourceName:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    hmac:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: Amazon Signature authorization v4
      x-amazon-apigateway-authtype: awsSigv4
    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: states
externalDocs:
  description: Amazon Web Services documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/states/
x-refined-from:
- amazon-step-functions-x-amz-target-awsstepfunctions-describestatemachinealias-api-openapi.yml
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