AWS Step Functions · Example Payload

Step Functions Start Execution Example

Example request/response for starting an AWS Step Functions state machine execution

API CompositionServerless OrchestrationWorkflowState MachineAutomation

Step Functions Start Execution Example is an example object payload from AWS Step Functions, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

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Example Payload

{
  "title": "Start Execution",
  "description": "Example request/response for starting an AWS Step Functions state machine execution",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://states.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/",
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/x-amz-json-1.0",
      "X-Amz-Target": "AmazonStates.StartExecution",
      "Authorization": "AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=..."
    },
    "body": {
      "stateMachineArn": "arn:aws:states:us-east-1:123456789012:stateMachine:MyOrderWorkflow",
      "name": "order-12345-2026-05-02",
      "input": "{\"orderId\": \"12345\", \"customerId\": \"cust-001\", \"amount\": 99.99}"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "executionArn": "arn:aws:states:us-east-1:123456789012:execution:MyOrderWorkflow:order-12345-2026-05-02",
      "startDate": 1746180000.0
    }
  }
}