AWS Batch

AWS Batch is a fully managed batch computing service that enables developers, scientists, and engineers to run hundreds of thousands of batch and machine learning compute jobs efficiently on AWS by dynamically provisioning the optimal quantity and type of compute resources based on job volume and resource requirements. The AWS Batch API provides programmatic management of compute environments, job queues, job definitions, scheduling policies, and job submission and lifecycle operations, authenticated with AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4).

AWS Batch publishes 8 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Compute Environments API, Job Definitions API, Job Queues API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Batch Computing, Compute, HPC, Job Scheduling, and Containers.

The AWS Batch catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

AWS Batch’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, signup flow, and 6 more developer resources.

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Batch ComputingCompute HPC Job Scheduling Containers Amazon Web Services Managed Service Scheduling

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Information Technology Management

BC-600

Compute Environments

POST /v1/createcomputeenvironment

Kin Score

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Composite quality — 34.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 10.3 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 3.2 / 15

Access Clarity 4.7 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.4 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 38/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks

6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Developer Ergonomics scores 21.4 — up to +15.7 composite points
Access Clarity scores 31.6 — up to +13.7 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 10.5 — up to +11.6 composite points

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

AWS Batch API

REST API for managing AWS Batch compute environments, job queues, job definitions, scheduling policies, consumable resources, and jobs. Operations are exposed as POST endpoints ...

AWS Batch Compute Environments API

The Compute Environments API from AWS Batch — 4 operation(s) for compute environments.

AWS Batch Job Definitions API

The Job Definitions API from AWS Batch — 3 operation(s) for job definitions.

AWS Batch Job Queues API

The Job Queues API from AWS Batch — 4 operation(s) for job queues.

AWS Batch Jobs API

The Jobs API from AWS Batch — 5 operation(s) for jobs.

AWS Batch Scheduling Policies API

The Scheduling Policies API from AWS Batch — 5 operation(s) for scheduling policies.

AWS Batch Tags API

The Tags API from AWS Batch — 1 operation(s) for tags.

AWS Batch Batch Operations API

The Batch Operations API from AWS Batch — 24 operation(s) for batch operations.

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Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

AWS Batch Compute Environments API

OPEN COLLECTION

AWS Batch Compute Environments Job Definitions API

OPEN COLLECTION

AWS Batch Compute Environments Job Queues API

OPEN COLLECTION

AWS Batch Compute Environments Jobs API

OPEN COLLECTION

AWS Batch Compute Environments Scheduling Policies API

OPEN COLLECTION

AWS Batch Compute Environments Tags API

OPEN COLLECTION

AWS Batch API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

AWS Batch API Rules

58 rules · 56 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Aws Batch Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Aws Batch Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Aws Batch Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Aws Batch Trust Center

PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Aws Batch Agentic Access

24 operations · 21 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

24 operations · 21 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: aws-batch
name: AWS Batch
description: AWS Batch is a fully managed batch computing service that enables developers, scientists, and engineers to run
  hundreds of thousands of batch and machine learning compute jobs efficiently on AWS by dynamically provisioning the optimal
  quantity and type of compute resources based on job volume and resource requirements. The AWS Batch API provides programmatic
  management of compute environments, job queues, job definitions, scheduling policies, and job submission and lifecycle operations,
  authenticated with AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4).
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-02'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/aws-batch.png
tags:
- Batch Computing
- Compute
- HPC
- Job Scheduling
- Containers
- Amazon Web Services
- Managed Service
- Scheduling
tags_raw:
- Batch Computing
- Compute
- HPC
- Job Scheduling
- Containers
- AWS
- Managed Service
- Scheduling
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aws-batch/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: aws-batch:api
  name: AWS Batch API
  description: REST API for managing AWS Batch compute environments, job queues, job definitions, scheduling policies, consumable
    resources, and jobs. Operations are exposed as POST endpoints under /v1/ paths with JSON request and response bodies and
    are authenticated using AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4).
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://batch.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Batch Computing
  - Job Scheduling
  - Containers
  - HPC
  - Amazon Web Services
  tags_raw:
  - Batch Computing
  - Job Scheduling
  - Containers
  - HPC
  - AWS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: Actions
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/APIReference/API_Operations.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/userguide/security-iam.html
  - type: Endpoints
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/batch.html
- aid: aws-batch:aws-batch-compute-environments-api
  name: AWS Batch Compute Environments API
  description: The Compute Environments API from AWS Batch — 4 operation(s) for compute environments.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://batch.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Compute Environments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-batch-compute-environments-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-batch:aws-batch-job-definitions-api
  name: AWS Batch Job Definitions API
  description: The Job Definitions API from AWS Batch — 3 operation(s) for job definitions.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://batch.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Job Definitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-batch-job-definitions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-batch:aws-batch-job-queues-api
  name: AWS Batch Job Queues API
  description: The Job Queues API from AWS Batch — 4 operation(s) for job queues.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://batch.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Job Queues
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-batch-job-queues-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-batch:aws-batch-jobs-api
  name: AWS Batch Jobs API
  description: The Jobs API from AWS Batch — 5 operation(s) for jobs.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://batch.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Job
  tags_raw:
  - Jobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-batch-jobs-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-batch:aws-batch-scheduling-policies-api
  name: AWS Batch Scheduling Policies API
  description: The Scheduling Policies API from AWS Batch — 5 operation(s) for scheduling policies.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://batch.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Scheduling - Policies
  tags_raw:
  - Scheduling Policies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-batch-scheduling-policies-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-batch:aws-batch-tags-api
  name: AWS Batch Tags API
  description: The Tags API from AWS Batch — 1 operation(s) for tags.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://batch.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-batch-tags-api-openapi.yml
- aid: aws-batch:aws-batch-operations-api
  name: AWS Batch Batch Operations API
  description: The Batch Operations API from AWS Batch — 24 operation(s) for batch operations.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://batch.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - Batch Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aws-batch-operations-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/aws-batch-capability-edges.yml
  name: AWS Batch Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/aws-batch-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/aws-batch-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/aws-batch-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/aws-batch-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/aws-batch-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/batch/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/batch/pricing/
- type: Signup
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-parent: amazon-web-services
x-relationship: product

AWS Batch API — frequently asked questions

Does AWS Batch have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 8 APIs from AWS Batch, including AWS Batch API, AWS Batch Compute Environments API and AWS Batch Job Definitions API, and 5 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the AWS Batch API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 7 OpenAPI specifications for AWS Batch, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the AWS Batch API?

AWS Batch uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Aws Batch Authentication.

Is the AWS Batch API ready for AI agents?

AWS Batch has a Kin Score of 34.4 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 37.6 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-02.

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