AWS X-Ray

AWS X-Ray Sampling API

Manage sampling rules

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 5

POST /SamplingRules AWS X-Ray Get All Sampling Rules #
POST /CreateSamplingRule AWS X-Ray Create a Sampling Rule #
POST /UpdateSamplingRule AWS X-Ray Update a Sampling Rule #
POST /DeleteSamplingRule AWS X-Ray Delete a Sampling Rule #
POST /SamplingTargets AWS X-Ray Get Sampling Targets #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/xray/latest/devguide/aws-xray.html
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APIReference
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/xray/latest/api/Welcome.html

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aws-x-ray/refs/heads/main/openapi/aws-x-ray-sampling-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aws-x-ray/refs/heads/main/json-schema/aws-x-ray-trace-segment.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

aws-x-ray-sampling-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: AWS X-Ray Encryption Sampling API
  description: AWS X-Ray provides APIs for managing trace data, sampling rules, groups, and encryption configuration. X-Ray helps developers analyze and debug distributed applications by collecting trace data as requests travel through application components.
  version: '2016-04-12'
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/xray/
servers:
- url: https://xray.{region}.amazonaws.com
  description: AWS X-Ray regional endpoint
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
      description: AWS region
security:
- aws_sig_v4: []
tags:
- name: Sampling
  description: Manage sampling rules
paths:
  /SamplingRules:
    post:
      operationId: GetSamplingRules
      summary: AWS X-Ray Get All Sampling Rules
      description: Retrieves all sampling rules.
      tags:
      - Sampling
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                NextToken:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  SamplingRuleRecords:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/SamplingRuleRecord'
                  NextToken:
                    type: string
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /CreateSamplingRule:
    post:
      operationId: CreateSamplingRule
      summary: AWS X-Ray Create a Sampling Rule
      description: Creates a rule to control sampling behavior for instrumented applications.
      tags:
      - Sampling
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - SamplingRule
              properties:
                SamplingRule:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/SamplingRule'
                Tags:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tag'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  SamplingRuleRecord:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/SamplingRuleRecord'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /UpdateSamplingRule:
    post:
      operationId: UpdateSamplingRule
      summary: AWS X-Ray Update a Sampling Rule
      description: Modifies a sampling rule's configuration.
      tags:
      - Sampling
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - SamplingRuleUpdate
              properties:
                SamplingRuleUpdate:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    RuleName:
                      type: string
                    RuleARN:
                      type: string
                    ResourceARN:
                      type: string
                    Priority:
                      type: integer
                    FixedRate:
                      type: number
                    ReservoirSize:
                      type: integer
                    Host:
                      type: string
                    ServiceName:
                      type: string
                    ServiceType:
                      type: string
                    HTTPMethod:
                      type: string
                    URLPath:
                      type: string
                    Attributes:
                      type: object
                      additionalProperties:
                        type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  SamplingRuleRecord:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/SamplingRuleRecord'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /DeleteSamplingRule:
    post:
      operationId: DeleteSamplingRule
      summary: AWS X-Ray Delete a Sampling Rule
      description: Deletes a sampling rule.
      tags:
      - Sampling
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                RuleName:
                  type: string
                RuleARN:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  SamplingRuleRecord:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/SamplingRuleRecord'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /SamplingTargets:
    post:
      operationId: GetSamplingTargets
      summary: AWS X-Ray Get Sampling Targets
      description: Requests a sampling quota for rules that the service is using to sample requests.
      tags:
      - Sampling
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - SamplingStatisticsDocuments
              properties:
                SamplingStatisticsDocuments:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      RuleName:
                        type: string
                      ClientID:
                        type: string
                      Timestamp:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                      RequestCount:
                        type: integer
                      SampledCount:
                        type: integer
                      BorrowCount:
                        type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  SamplingTargetDocuments:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        RuleName:
                          type: string
                        FixedRate:
                          type: number
                        ReservoirQuota:
                          type: integer
                        ReservoirQuotaTTL:
                          type: string
                          format: date-time
                        Interval:
                          type: integer
                  LastRuleModification:
                    type: string
                    format: date-time
                  UnprocessedStatistics:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        RuleName:
                          type: string
                        ErrorCode:
                          type: string
                        Message:
                          type: string
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    Tag:
      type: object
      required:
      - Key
      - Value
      properties:
        Key:
          type: string
        Value:
          type: string
    SamplingRule:
      type: object
      required:
      - ResourceARN
      - Priority
      - FixedRate
      - ReservoirSize
      - ServiceName
      - ServiceType
      - Host
      - HTTPMethod
      - URLPath
      - Version
      properties:
        RuleName:
          type: string
        RuleARN:
          type: string
        ResourceARN:
          type: string
        Priority:
          type: integer
        FixedRate:
          type: number
        ReservoirSize:
          type: integer
        ServiceName:
          type: string
        ServiceType:
          type: string
        Host:
          type: string
        HTTPMethod:
          type: string
        URLPath:
          type: string
        Version:
          type: integer
        Attributes:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
    SamplingRuleRecord:
      type: object
      properties:
        SamplingRule:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SamplingRule'
        CreatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        ModifiedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    aws_sig_v4:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: AWS Signature Version 4