Amazon AppFlow · JSON Structure
Appflow Create Flow Request Structure
CreateFlowRequest schema from Amazon AppFlow API
Type: object
Properties: 10
Required: 5
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Appflow Create Flow Request Structure is a JSON Structure definition published by Amazon AppFlow, describing 10 properties, of which 5 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
Properties
flowName
clientToken
description
kmsArn
metadataCatalogConfig
triggerConfig
sourceFlowConfig
destinationFlowConfigList
tasks
tags
Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#
JSON Structure
{
"type": "object",
"description": "CreateFlowRequest schema from Amazon AppFlow API",
"properties": {
"flowName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The specified name of the flow. Spaces are not allowed. Use underscores or hyphens only.",
"pattern": "[a-zA-Z0-9][\\w!@#.-]+",
"maxLength": 256,
"example": "my-salesforce-to-s3-flow"
},
"clientToken": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Idempotency token to ensure CreateFlow completes only once.",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 256,
"example": "client-token-500123"
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A description of the flow you want to create.",
"maxLength": 2048,
"example": "Transfer Salesforce accounts to S3 daily"
},
"kmsArn": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ARN of the KMS key for encryption.",
"minLength": 20,
"maxLength": 2048,
"example": "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:123456789012:key/mrk-1234abcd"
},
"metadataCatalogConfig": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"glueDataCatalog": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Specifies the configuration that Amazon AppFlow uses when it catalogs data with the Glue Data Catalog.",
"properties": {
"roleArn": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ARN of an IAM role that grants AppFlow the permissions it needs to create Data Catalog tables, databases, and partitions.",
"example": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/AppFlowGlueRole"
},
"databaseName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The name of an existing Glue Data Catalog database.",
"example": "appflow-catalog-db"
},
"tablePrefix": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A naming prefix for each Data Catalog table that Amazon AppFlow creates.",
"example": "sf_"
}
}
}
}
},
"triggerConfig": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"triggerType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Specifies the type of flow trigger. It can be OnDemand, Scheduled, or Event.",
"enum": [
"Scheduled",
"Event",
"OnDemand"
],
"example": "Scheduled"
},
"triggerProperties": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Specifies the configuration details of a schedule-triggered flow as defined by the user.",
"properties": {
"Scheduled": {}
}
}
},
"required": [
"triggerType"
]
},
"sourceFlowConfig": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"connectorType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The type of connector used as a source.",
"example": "Salesforce"
},
"apiVersion": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The API version of the connector used in the source.",
"example": "v55.0"
},
"connectorProfileName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The name of the connector profile. Required for all connectors except Amplitude, Datadog, Dynatrace, GoogleAnalytics, Marketo, SAPOData, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Singular, Slack, Trendmicro, and Veeva.",
"example": "my-salesforce-profile"
},
"sourceConnectorProperties": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Specifies the information that is required to query a particular source connector.",
"example": {
"Salesforce": {
"object": "Account"
}
}
},
"incrementalPullConfig": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Defines the configuration for a scheduled incremental data pull. If a valid configuration is provided, the fields specified in the configuration are used when querying for the incremental data pull.",
"properties": {
"datetimeTypeFieldName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A field that specifies the date time or timestamp field as the criteria to use when importing incremental records from the source.",
"example": "LastModifiedDate"
}
}
}
},
"required": [
"connectorType",
"sourceConnectorProperties"
]
},
"destinationFlowConfigList": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The configuration that controls how Amazon AppFlow places data in the destination connector.",
"items": {}
},
"tasks": {
"type": "array",
"description": "A list of tasks that Amazon AppFlow performs while transferring data in the flow run.",
"items": {}
},
"tags": {
"type": "object",
"description": "The tags used to organize, track, or control access for your flow.",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
},
"example": {
"environment": "production"
}
}
},
"required": [
"flowName",
"triggerConfig",
"sourceFlowConfig",
"destinationFlowConfigList",
"tasks"
],
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-appflow/refs/heads/main/json-structure/appflow-create-flow-request-structure.json"
}