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Creates a new RestApi resource.

post/restapis

Request body

namestring required

The name of the RestApi.

descriptionstring

The description of the RestApi.

versionstring

A version identifier for the API.

cloneFromstring

The ID of the RestApi that you want to clone from.

binaryMediaTypesString[]

The list of binary media types supported by the RestApi. By default, the RestApi supports only UTF-8-encoded text payloads.

minimumCompressionSizeinteger

A nullable integer that is used to enable compression (with non-negative between 0 and 10485760 (10M) bytes, inclusive) or disable compression (with a null value) on an API. When compression is enabled, compression or decompression is not applied on the payload if the payload size is smaller than this value. Setting it to zero allows compression for any payload size.

apiKeySource'HEADER' | 'AUTHORIZER'

The source of the API key for metering requests according to a usage plan. Valid values are: ><code>HEADER</code> to read the API key from the <code>X-API-Key</code> header of a request. <code>AUTHORIZER</code> to read the API key from the <code>UsageIdentifierKey</code> from a custom authorizer.

policystring

A stringified JSON policy document that applies to this RestApi regardless of the caller and Method configuration.

tagsobject

The key-value map of strings. The valid character set is [a-zA-Z+-=._:/]. The tag key can be up to 128 characters and must not start with <code>aws:</code>. The tag value can be up to 256 characters.

disableExecuteApiEndpointboolean

Specifies whether clients can invoke your API by using the default <code>execute-api</code> endpoint. By default, clients can invoke your API with the default <code>https://{api_id}.execute-api.{region}.amazonaws.com</code> endpoint. To require that clients use a custom domain name to invoke your API, disable the default endpoint

Response

Success

idstring

The API's identifier. This identifier is unique across all of your APIs in API Gateway.

namestring

The API's name.

descriptionstring

The API's description.

createdDatestring date-time

The timestamp when the API was created.

versionstring

A version identifier for the API.

warningsString[]

The warning messages reported when <code>failonwarnings</code> is turned on during API import.

binaryMediaTypesString[]

The list of binary media types supported by the RestApi. By default, the RestApi supports only UTF-8-encoded text payloads.

minimumCompressionSizeinteger

A nullable integer that is used to enable compression (with non-negative between 0 and 10485760 (10M) bytes, inclusive) or disable compression (with a null value) on an API. When compression is enabled, compression or decompression is not applied on the payload if the payload size is smaller than this value. Setting it to zero allows compression for any payload size.

apiKeySource'HEADER' | 'AUTHORIZER'

The source of the API key for metering requests according to a usage plan. Valid values are: ><code>HEADER</code> to read the API key from the <code>X-API-Key</code> header of a request. <code>AUTHORIZER</code> to read the API key from the <code>UsageIdentifierKey</code> from a custom authorizer.

policystring

A stringified JSON policy document that applies to this RestApi regardless of the caller and Method configuration.

tagsobject

The collection of tags. Each tag element is associated with a given resource.

disableExecuteApiEndpointboolean

Specifies whether clients can invoke your API by using the default <code>execute-api</code> endpoint. By default, clients can invoke your API with the default <code>https://{api_id}.execute-api.{region}.amazonaws.com</code> endpoint. To require that clients use a custom domain name to invoke your API, disable the default endpoint.