Amazon RDS
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud, providing cost-efficient and resizable capacity while automating time-consuming administration tasks such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups.
Amazon RDS publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including DB Clusters API, DB Engine Versions API, DB Instances API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Cloud Databases, Database Service, DBaaS, Managed Databases, and Relational Databases.
The Amazon RDS catalog on APIs.io includes 2 JSON-LD contexts and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
Amazon RDS’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, signup flow, YouTube channel, and 71 more developer resources.
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APIs 4
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Amazon RDS DB Clusters API
Operations for creating and managing Aurora database clusters
Amazon RDS DB Engine Versions API
Operations for describing available database engine versions
Amazon RDS DB Instances API
Operations for creating, managing, and deleting RDS database instances
Amazon RDS DB Snapshots API
Operations for creating and managing database snapshots
Postman Collections 1
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
Amazon RDS API
POSTMANOpen Collections 1
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Amazon RDS API
OPEN COLLECTIONArazzo Workflows 16
Multi-step API workflows described with the Arazzo specification.
Amazon RDS Add an Aurora Replica Instance
Confirm a cluster is available, add a reader instance, and poll until it joins.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Clean Up a DB Snapshot
Confirm a manual snapshot is available, delete it, then verify removal.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Snapshot and Rebuild a DB Instance
Snapshot a source instance, wait for it, then build a fresh matching instance.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Convert Instance to Multi-AZ
Enable Multi-AZ on a DB instance immediately and poll until stable.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Delete an Aurora DB Cluster
Snapshot member instances, delete them, then delete the Aurora cluster.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Enable Backup Retention
Set an instance backup retention period immediately and poll until stable.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Modify a DB Instance Class
Resize a DB instance class immediately and poll until it stabilizes.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Provision an Aurora DB Cluster
Create an Aurora DB cluster and poll until it reports the available status.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Provision a DB Instance
Create a DB instance and poll until it reports the available status.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Reboot a DB Instance
Reboot a DB instance with optional failover and poll until it recovers.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Rotate Master Password
Reset the master user password immediately and poll until the instance stabilizes.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Scale DB Instance Storage
Increase allocated storage immediately and poll until the instance stabilizes.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Snapshot a DB Instance
Create a manual DB snapshot and poll until it reports the available status.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Snapshot Then Delete a DB Instance
Take a final manual snapshot, wait for it, then safely delete the instance.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Upgrade DB Engine Version
Resolve a target engine version, upgrade the instance, and poll until stable.
ARAZZOAmazon RDS Verify Engine Support Then Provision
Validate the engine version is offered, then provision an instance and wait.
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Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Amazon Rds Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Amazon Rds Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 2
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Amazon Rds Context
JSON-LDAmazon Rds Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Amazon RDS API Rules
SPECTRALAmazon RDS API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 12
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Amazon RDS DB Instance
JSON SCHEMACreateDBClusterResponse
JSON SCHEMACreateDBInstanceResponse
JSON SCHEMACreateDBSnapshotResponse
JSON SCHEMADBCluster
JSON SCHEMADBInstance
JSON SCHEMADBSnapshot
JSON SCHEMADescribeDBClustersResponse
JSON SCHEMADescribeDBInstancesResponse
JSON SCHEMADescribeDBSnapshotsResponse
JSON SCHEMAModifyDBInstanceResponse
JSON SCHEMATag
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JSON Structure 12
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Amazon Rds Instance Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Rds Openapi Create Db Cluster Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Rds Openapi Create Db Instance Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Rds Openapi Create Db Snapshot Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Rds Openapi Db Cluster Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Rds Openapi Db Instance Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Rds Openapi Db Snapshot Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Rds Openapi Modify Db Instance Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Rds Openapi Tag Structure
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Examples 12
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Amazon Rds Instance Example
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Security Posture 4
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 5
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 12
Reference material describing how the API behaves
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Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 31
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 14
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
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Access & Security 6
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type