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Creates a new crawler with specified targets, role, configuration, and optional schedule. At least one crawl target must be specified, in the <code>s3Targets</code> field, the <code>jdbcTargets</code> field, or the <code>DynamoDBTargets</code> field.

post/#X-Amz-Target=AWSGlue.CreateCrawler

Headers

X-Amz-Target'AWSGlue.CreateCrawler' required

Request body

Namestring required

Name of the new crawler.

Rolestring required

The IAM role or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an IAM role used by the new crawler to access customer resources.

DatabaseNamestring

The Glue database where results are written, such as: <code>arn:aws:daylight:us-east-1::database/sometable/*</code>.

Descriptionstring

A description of the new crawler.

Schedulestring

A <code>cron</code> expression used to specify the schedule (see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/monitor-data-warehouse-schedule.html">Time-Based Schedules for Jobs and Crawlers</a>. For example, to run something every day at 12:15 UTC, you would specify: <code>cron(15 12 * * ? *)</code>.

ClassifiersNameString[]

A list of custom classifiers that the user has registered. By default, all built-in classifiers are included in a crawl, but these custom classifiers always override the default classifiers for a given classification.

TablePrefixstring

The table prefix used for catalog tables that are created.

Configurationstring

Crawler configuration information. This versioned JSON string allows users to specify aspects of a crawler's behavior. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/crawler-configuration.html">Setting crawler configuration options</a>.

CrawlerSecurityConfigurationstring

The name of the <code>SecurityConfiguration</code> structure to be used by this crawler.

Tagsobject

The tags to use with this crawler request. You may use tags to limit access to the crawler. For more information about tags in Glue, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/monitor-tags.html">Amazon Web Services Tags in Glue</a> in the developer guide.

Response

Success

CreateCrawlerResponse required