Request Syntax URI Request Parameters Request Body Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

StartPrimaryEmailUpdate

Starts the process to update the Amazon Web Services email address for the specified account.

Request Syntax


POST /startPrimaryEmailUpdate HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "AccountId": "string",
   "PrimaryEmail": "string"
}

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

AccountId

Specifies the 12-digit account ID number of the Amazon Web Services account that you want to access or modify with this operation. To use this parameter, the caller must be an identity in the organization's management account or a delegated administrator account. The specified account ID must be a member account in the same organization. The organization must have all features enabled, and the organization must have trusted access enabled for the Account Management service, and optionally a delegated admin account assigned.

This operation can only be called from the management account or the delegated administrator account of an organization for a member account.

Note

The management account can't specify its own AccountId.

Type: String

Pattern: ^\d{12}$

Required: Yes

PrimaryEmail

The new Amazon Web Services email address to use in the specified account.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 5. Maximum length of 64.

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "Status": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

Status

The status of the Amazon Web Services email update request.

Type: String

Valid Values: PENDING | ACCEPTED

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

The operation failed because the calling identity doesn't have the minimum required permissions.

HTTP Status Code: 403

ConflictException

The request could not be processed because of a conflict in the current status of the resource. For example, this happens if you try to enable a Region that is currently being disabled (in a status of DISABLING) or if you try to change an account’s Amazon Web Services email to an email address which is already in use.

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalServerException

The operation failed because of an error internal to Amazon. Try your operation again later.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

The operation failed because it specified a resource that can't be found.

HTTP Status Code: 404

TooManyRequestsException

The operation failed because it was called too frequently and exceeded a throttle limit.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

The operation failed because one of the input parameters was invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400