APIs.io Engineering Platform #Action=CreateServiceSpecificCredential API

The #Action=CreateServiceSpecificCredential API from APIs.io Engineering Platform — 1 operation(s) for #action=createservicespecificcredential.

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GET /#Action=CreateServiceSpecificCredential #
POST /#Action=CreateServiceSpecificCredential #

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 2010-05-08
  x-release: v4
  title: 'APIs.io Engineering Platform AWS Identity and Access Management #Action=Create Service Specific Credential API'
  description: <fullname>Identity and Access Management</fullname> <p>Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a web service for securely controlling access to Amazon Web Services services. With IAM, you can centrally manage users, security credentials such as access keys, and permissions that control which Amazon Web Services resources users and applications can access. For more information about IAM, see <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/iam/">Identity and Access Management (IAM)</a> and the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/">Identity and Access Management User Guide</a>.</p>
  x-logo:
    url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/cache/logo/https_twitter.com_awscloud_profile_image.png
    backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF'
  termsOfService: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
  contact:
    name: Mike Ralphson
    email: mike.ralphson@gmail.com
    url: https://github.com/mermade/aws2openapi
    x-twitter: PermittedSoc
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0 License
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/
  x-providerName: amazonaws.com
  x-serviceName: iam
  x-origin:
  - contentType: application/json
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/aws-sdk-js/master/apis/iam-2010-05-08.normal.json
    converter:
      url: https://github.com/mermade/aws2openapi
      version: 1.0.0
    x-apisguru-driver: external
  x-apiClientRegistration:
    url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/registration/index.html?nc2=h_ct
  x-apisguru-categories:
  - cloud
  x-preferred: true
servers:
- url: https://iam.amazonaws.com
  variables: {}
  description: The general IAM multi-region endpoint
- url: http://iam.us-gov.amazonaws.com
  variables: {}
  description: The general IAM endpoint for AWS GovCloud (US) and AWS GovCloud (US-East)
- url: https://iam.us-gov.amazonaws.com
  variables: {}
  description: The general IAM endpoint for AWS GovCloud (US) and AWS GovCloud (US-East)
- url: http://iam.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables: {}
  description: The general IAM endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
- url: https://iam.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables: {}
  description: The general IAM endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
security:
- hmac: []
tags:
- name: '#Action=CreateServiceSpecificCredential'
paths:
  /#Action=CreateServiceSpecificCredential:
    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'
    get:
      x-aws-operation-name: CreateServiceSpecificCredential
      operationId: GET_CreateServiceSpecificCredential
      description: '<p>Generates a set of credentials consisting of a user name and password that can be used to access the service specified in the request. These credentials are generated by IAM, and can be used only for the specified service. </p> <p>You can have a maximum of two sets of service-specific credentials for each supported service per user.</p> <p>You can create service-specific credentials for CodeCommit and Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra).</p> <p>You can reset the password to a new service-generated value by calling <a>ResetServiceSpecificCredential</a>.</p> <p>For more information about service-specific credentials, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_ssh-keys.html">Using IAM with CodeCommit: Git credentials, SSH keys, and Amazon Web Services access keys</a> in the <i>IAM User Guide</i>.</p>'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateServiceSpecificCredentialResponse'
        '480':
          description: LimitExceededException
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LimitExceededException'
        '481':
          description: NoSuchEntityException
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NoSuchEntityException'
        '482':
          description: ServiceNotSupportedException
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceNotSupportedException'
      parameters:
      - name: UserName
        in: query
        required: true
        description: '<p>The name of the IAM user that is to be associated with the credentials. The new service-specific credentials have the same permissions as the associated user except that they can be used only to access the specified service.</p> <p>This parameter allows (through its <a href="http://wikipedia.org/wiki/regex">regex pattern</a>) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-</p>'
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: '[\w+=,.@-]+'
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 64
      - name: ServiceName
        in: query
        required: true
        description: The name of the Amazon Web Services service that is to be associated with the credentials. The service you specify here is the only service that can be accessed using these credentials.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: Action
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - CreateServiceSpecificCredential
      - name: Version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - 2010-05-08
      tags:
      - '#Action=CreateServiceSpecificCredential'
    post:
      x-aws-operation-name: CreateServiceSpecificCredential
      operationId: POST_CreateServiceSpecificCredential
      description: '<p>Generates a set of credentials consisting of a user name and password that can be used to access the service specified in the request. These credentials are generated by IAM, and can be used only for the specified service. </p> <p>You can have a maximum of two sets of service-specific credentials for each supported service per user.</p> <p>You can create service-specific credentials for CodeCommit and Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra).</p> <p>You can reset the password to a new service-generated value by calling <a>ResetServiceSpecificCredential</a>.</p> <p>For more information about service-specific credentials, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_ssh-keys.html">Using IAM with CodeCommit: Git credentials, SSH keys, and Amazon Web Services access keys</a> in the <i>IAM User Guide</i>.</p>'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateServiceSpecificCredentialResponse'
        '480':
          description: LimitExceededException
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LimitExceededException'
        '481':
          description: NoSuchEntityException
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NoSuchEntityException'
        '482':
          description: ServiceNotSupportedException
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceNotSupportedException'
      requestBody:
        content:
          text/xml:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateServiceSpecificCredentialRequest'
      parameters:
      - name: Action
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - CreateServiceSpecificCredential
      - name: Version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - 2010-05-08
      tags:
      - '#Action=CreateServiceSpecificCredential'
components:
  parameters:
    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-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-Algorithm:
      name: X-Amz-Algorithm
      in: header
      schema:
        type: string
      required: false
    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
  schemas:
    servicePassword:
      type: string
      format: password
    CreateServiceSpecificCredentialResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        ServiceSpecificCredential:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceSpecificCredential'
          - description: <p>A structure that contains information about the newly created service-specific credential.</p> <important> <p>This is the only time that the password for this credential set is available. It cannot be recovered later. Instead, you must reset the password with <a>ResetServiceSpecificCredential</a>.</p> </important>
    NoSuchEntityException: {}
    serviceName:
      type: string
    LimitExceededException: {}
    dateType:
      type: string
      format: date-time
    serviceSpecificCredentialId:
      type: string
      pattern: '[\w]+'
      minLength: 20
      maxLength: 128
    serviceUserName:
      type: string
      pattern: '[\w+=,.@-]+'
      minLength: 17
      maxLength: 200
    ServiceSpecificCredential:
      type: object
      required:
      - CreateDate
      - ServiceName
      - ServiceUserName
      - ServicePassword
      - ServiceSpecificCredentialId
      - UserName
      - Status
      properties:
        CreateDate:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/dateType'
          - description: The date and time, in <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/iso8601">ISO 8601 date-time format</a>, when the service-specific credential were created.
        ServiceName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/serviceName'
          - description: The name of the service associated with the service-specific credential.
        ServiceUserName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/serviceUserName'
          - description: The generated user name for the service-specific credential. This value is generated by combining the IAM user's name combined with the ID number of the Amazon Web Services account, as in <code>jane-at-123456789012</code>, for example. This value cannot be configured by the user.
        ServicePassword:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/servicePassword'
          - description: The generated password for the service-specific credential.
        ServiceSpecificCredentialId:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/serviceSpecificCredentialId'
          - description: The unique identifier for the service-specific credential.
        UserName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/userNameType'
          - description: The name of the IAM user associated with the service-specific credential.
        Status:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/statusType'
          - description: The status of the service-specific credential. <code>Active</code> means that the key is valid for API calls, while <code>Inactive</code> means it is not.
      description: Contains the details of a service-specific credential.
    CreateServiceSpecificCredentialRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - UserName
      - ServiceName
      title: CreateServiceSpecificCredentialRequest
      properties:
        UserName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/userNameType'
          - description: '<p>The name of the IAM user that is to be associated with the credentials. The new service-specific credentials have the same permissions as the associated user except that they can be used only to access the specified service.</p> <p>This parameter allows (through its <a href="http://wikipedia.org/wiki/regex">regex pattern</a>) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-</p>'
        ServiceName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/serviceName'
          - description: The name of the Amazon Web Services service that is to be associated with the credentials. The service you specify here is the only service that can be accessed using these credentials.
    statusType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - Active
      - Inactive
    userNameType:
      type: string
      pattern: '[\w+=,.@-]+'
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 64
    ServiceNotSupportedException: {}
  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/iam/
x-hasEquivalentPaths: true