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Amazon Lake Formation

AWS Lake Formation is a service that makes it easy to set up a secure data lake in days, providing centralized governance and security for data stored in Amazon S3 and other AWS data stores with fine-grained access control.

Amazon Lake Formation publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Resources API. Tagged areas include Access Control, Analytics, Data Governance, Data Lake, and S3.

The Amazon Lake Formation catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Amazon Lake Formation’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, support, developer console, CLI, developer portal, documentation, and 23 more developer resources.

72.6/100 exemplar ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 APIs 5 Features 3 Use Cases
Access ControlAnalyticsData GovernanceData LakeS3

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 72.6/100 · exemplar
Contract Quality 18.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 17.4 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.6 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 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
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APIs 1

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

Amazon Lake Formation Resources API

Data lake resource management

Postman Collections 1

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Open Collections 1

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

Amazon Lake Formation API

OPEN COLLECTION

Arazzo Workflows 6

Multi-step API workflows described with the Arazzo specification.

Amazon Lake Formation Audit Resource Permissions

Enumerate registered data lake locations and list the permissions on a selected resource.

ARAZZO

Amazon Lake Formation Deregister Resource Lifecycle

Confirm a registered data lake location exists, deregister it, and verify removal.

ARAZZO

Amazon Lake Formation Migrate Principal Permissions

Grant a destination principal the same permissions and then revoke them from the source principal.

ARAZZO

Amazon Lake Formation Register Resource and Grant Permissions

Register an Amazon S3 location as a data lake resource and grant a principal access to it.

ARAZZO

Amazon Lake Formation Rotate Resource Data Access Role

Swap the IAM data access role on a registered data lake location by deregistering and re-registering it.

ARAZZO

Amazon Lake Formation Revoke Permissions and Verify

Revoke a principal's permissions on a resource and verify they were removed.

ARAZZO

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Features 5

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Fine-Grained Access Control

Grant table, column, row, and cell-level permissions to data in your data lake.

Centralized Governance

Centrally define and manage security, governance, and auditing policies across the data lake.

Data Catalog Integration

Integrates with AWS Glue Data Catalog to discover, catalog, and share metadata.

Cross-Account Data Sharing

Securely share data across AWS accounts without copying it.

Governed Tables

ACID transactions and automatic compaction for governed tables stored in S3.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Amazon Lake Formation Context

2 classes · 7 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Amazon Lake Formation API Rules

4 rules · 3 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Amazon Lake Formation API Rules

22 rules · 9 errors 13 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Permission

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DataLakeResource

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Amazon Lake Formation Permission Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Amazon Lake Formation Resource Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Security Posture 4

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

Amazon Lake Formation Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Amazon Lake Formation Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Amazon Lake Formation Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Amazon Lake Formation Trust Center

PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Amazon Lake Formation Agentic Access

7 operations · 4 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

7 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 3

What developers build with this provider.

Data Lake Security

Implement fine-grained access control for data stored in S3 with row and column-level security.

Self-Service Analytics

Enable business users to discover and access approved data without manual provisioning.

Cross-Account Data Sharing

Share data lake resources across AWS accounts and organizations.

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 8

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Scroll for all 8

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
name: Amazon Lake Formation
segments:
- Data Lakes
- Analytics
description: AWS Lake Formation is a service that makes it easy to set up a secure data lake in days, providing centralized
  governance and security for data stored in Amazon S3 and other AWS data stores with fine-grained access control.
url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
tags:
- Access Control
- Analytics
- AWS
- Data Governance
- Data Lake
- S3
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-05-19'
apis:
- aid: amazon-lake-formation:amazon-lake-formation-resources-api
  name: Amazon Lake Formation Resources API
  description: Data lake resource management
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/
  baseURL: https://lakeformation.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Resources
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-lake-formation-resources-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/latest/dg/what-is-lake-formation.html
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/getting-started/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/faqs/
  - type: Features
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/features/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-lake-formation-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-lake-formation-resource-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-lake-formation-permission-schema.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-lake-formation-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-lake-formation-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-lake-formation-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-lake-formation-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/amazon-lake-formation-authentication.yml
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/amazon-lake-formation/overview
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-lake-formation-audit-resource-permissions-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Lake Formation Audit Resource Permissions
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-lake-formation-deregister-resource-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Lake Formation Deregister Resource Lifecycle
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-lake-formation-migrate-principal-permissions-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Lake Formation Migrate Principal Permissions
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-lake-formation-register-and-grant-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Lake Formation Register Resource and Grant Permissions
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-lake-formation-reregister-resource-role-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Lake Formation Rotate Resource Data Access Role
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-lake-formation-revoke-and-verify-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Lake Formation Revoke Permissions and Verify
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/category/analytics/aws-lake-formation/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/lakeformation/home
- type: CLI
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/lakeformation/
- type: SDKs
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.aws.amazon.com/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/pricing/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/getting-started/
- type: FAQ
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/faqs/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Signup
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Fine-Grained Access Control
    description: Grant table, column, row, and cell-level permissions to data in your data lake.
  - name: Centralized Governance
    description: Centrally define and manage security, governance, and auditing policies across the data lake.
  - name: Data Catalog Integration
    description: Integrates with AWS Glue Data Catalog to discover, catalog, and share metadata.
  - name: Cross-Account Data Sharing
    description: Securely share data across AWS accounts without copying it.
  - name: Governed Tables
    description: ACID transactions and automatic compaction for governed tables stored in S3.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Data Lake Security
    description: Implement fine-grained access control for data stored in S3 with row and column-level security.
  - name: Self-Service Analytics
    description: Enable business users to discover and access approved data without manual provisioning.
  - name: Cross-Account Data Sharing
    description: Share data lake resources across AWS accounts and organizations.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon S3
    description: Manage and secure data stored in S3 as the data lake storage layer.
  - name: AWS Glue
    description: Use Glue Data Catalog as the metadata store and Glue ETL for data transformation.
  - name: Amazon Athena
    description: Query data lake data using Athena with Lake Formation access controls enforced.
  - name: Amazon Redshift
    description: Use Redshift Spectrum to query data lake with Lake Formation permissions.
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-lake-formation-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-lake-formation-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace
integrations:
- name: Sign in
- name: Agent Mode
- name: Why AWS Marketplace?
- name: Get started in AWS Marketplace
- name: Industry
- name: Resources
- name: Become a Channel Partner
- name: Sell in AWS Marketplace
- name: Manage Your Account
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com
include: []