AWS Kinesis

aid: kinesis
name: AWS Kinesis
description: Amazon Kinesis is a family of fully managed AWS services for collecting, processing, and analyzing real-time
  streaming data. The family includes Kinesis Data Streams for scalable record ingestion, Amazon Data Firehose (formerly Kinesis
  Data Firehose) for delivery to data lakes and analytics destinations, Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink (formerly
  Kinesis Data Analytics) for stateful stream processing, and Kinesis Video Streams for ingest and playback of media from
  connected devices.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Analytics
- Apache Flink
- AWS
- Big Data
- Data Processing
- Real-Time
- Streaming
- Video
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kinesis/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: kinesis:data-streams-api
  name: Amazon Kinesis Data Streams API
  description: Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is a scalable and durable real-time data streaming service that can continuously
    capture gigabytes of data per second from hundreds of thousands of sources. The API supports stream creation and lifecycle
    management, record put and get operations, shard discovery and resharding, enhanced fan-out consumers, and stream consumer
    registration for downstream processing.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/
  baseURL: https://kinesis.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Data Streams
  - Ingestion
  - Real-Time
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/latest/APIReference/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-kinesis-data-streams-openapi-original.yml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/getting-started/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/faqs/
  - type: DeveloperGuide
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/introduction.html
  - type: Security
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/security.html
  - type: Customers
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/customers/
  - type: Integrations
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/integrations/
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/amazon-kinesis-data-streams.yaml
  contact:
  - FN: AWS Support
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- aid: kinesis:data-firehose-api
  name: Amazon Data Firehose API
  description: Amazon Data Firehose (formerly Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose) is the easiest way to reliably load streaming
    data into data lakes, data stores, and analytics services. Firehose can capture, transform with Lambda or built-in conversions,
    and deliver streaming data to Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, Amazon OpenSearch Service, Splunk, and supported partner destinations
    with automatic scaling and retry handling.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/firehose/
  baseURL: https://firehose.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Data Delivery
  - ETL
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/firehose/latest/APIReference/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-data-firehose-openapi-original.yml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-firehose/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-firehose/getting-started/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-firehose/faqs/
  - type: DeveloperGuide
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/firehose/latest/dev/what-is-this-service.html
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/amazon-data-firehose.yaml
  contact:
  - FN: AWS Support
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- aid: kinesis:data-analytics-api
  name: Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics API
  description: Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is a managed service for analyzing streaming data using SQL or Apache Flink.
    The API enables creation and management of streaming applications, input and output stream configuration, application
    code deployment, and runtime monitoring, enabling near real-time insights and event-driven actions on continuously arriving
    data.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-analytics/
  baseURL: https://kinesisanalytics.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Apache Flink
  - SQL
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisanalytics/latest/apiv2/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-kinesis-data-analytics-openapi-original.yml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-analytics/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-analytics/getting-started/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-analytics/faqs/
  - type: DeveloperGuide
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisanalytics/latest/dev/how-it-works.html
  - type: Security
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisanalytics/latest/dev/security.html
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/amazon-kinesis-data-analytics.yaml
  contact:
  - FN: AWS Support
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- aid: kinesis:managed-flink-api
  name: Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink API
  description: Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink (formerly Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink) is a fully
    managed service for processing and analyzing streaming data using Apache Flink. Developers build streaming applications
    in Java, Python, SQL, or Scala, and the service handles infrastructure provisioning, scaling, state management, and high
    availability for stateful stream processing.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/
  baseURL: https://kinesisanalytics.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Apache Flink
  - Real-Time
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managed-flink/latest/apiv2/Welcome.html
  - type: DeveloperGuide
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managed-flink/latest/java/getting-started.html
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/getting-started/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/faqs/
  contact:
  - FN: AWS Support
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- aid: kinesis:video-streams-api
  name: Amazon Kinesis Video Streams API
  description: Amazon Kinesis Video Streams makes it easy to securely stream video, audio, and time-encoded data from connected
    devices to AWS for analytics, machine learning, playback, and other processing. The API supports stream lifecycle management,
    media ingest and retrieval, HLS and DASH playback URL generation, signaling for WebRTC peer connections, and integration
    with AWS Rekognition for video analysis.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/
  baseURL: https://kinesisvideo.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - IoT
  - Machine Learning
  - Streaming
  - Video
  - WebRTC
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/API_Reference.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-openapi-original.yml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/getting-started/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/faqs/
  - type: DeveloperGuide
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/what-is-kinesis-video.html
  - type: Security
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/security.html
  - type: Customers
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/customers/
  - type: Features
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/features/
  - type: Resources
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/resources/
  - type: WebRTCGuide
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams-webrtc-dg/latest/devguide/what-is-kvswebrtc.html
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/amazon-kinesis-video-streams.yaml
  contact:
  - FN: AWS Support
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/category/analytics/amazon-kinesis/
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/
- type: SDKs
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.aws.amazon.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: SLA
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/sla/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/getting-started/
- type: Legal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/legal/service-level-agreements/
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
integrations:
- name: AWS Partners
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com