CreateApplication
Creates an application. In Amazon AppConfig, an application is simply an organizational construct like a folder. This organizational construct has a relationship with some unit of executable code. For example, you could create an application called MyMobileApp to organize and manage configuration data for a mobile application installed by your users.
Request Syntax
POST /applications HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json
{
"Description": "string",
"Name": "string",
"Tags": {
"string" : "string"
}
}URI Request Parameters
The request does not use any URI parameters.
Request Body
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
- Description
-
A description of the application.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1024.
Required: No
- Name
-
A name for the application.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.
Required: Yes
- Tags
-
Metadata to assign to the application. Tags help organize and categorize your Amazon AppConfig resources. Each tag consists of a key and an optional value, both of which you define.
Type: String to string map
Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 50 items.
Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Value Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.
Required: No
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 201
Content-type: application/json
{
"Description": "string",
"Id": "string",
"Name": "string"
}Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 201 response.
The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.
- Description
-
The description of the application.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1024.
- Id
-
The application ID.
Type: String
Pattern:
[a-z0-9]{4,7} - Name
-
The application name.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- BadRequestException
-
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by an Amazon service.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InternalServerException
-
There was an internal failure in the Amazon AppConfig service.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- ServiceQuotaExceededException
-
The number of one more Amazon AppConfig resources exceeds the maximum allowed. Verify that your environment doesn't exceed the following service quotas:
Applications: 100 max
Deployment strategies: 20 max
Configuration profiles: 100 max per application
Environments: 20 max per application
To resolve this issue, you can delete one or more resources and try again. Or, you can request a quota increase. For more information about quotas and to request an increase, see Service quotas for Amazon AppConfig in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.
HTTP Status Code: 402
Examples
Example
This example illustrates one usage of CreateApplication.
Sample Request
POST /applications HTTP/1.1
Host: appconfig.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Accept-Encoding: identity
User-Agent: aws-cli/2.2.4 Python/3.8.8 Linux/5.4.134-73.228.amzn2int.x86_64 exe/x86_64.amzn.2 prompt/off command/appconfig.create-application
X-Amz-Date: 20210916T175455Z
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE/20210916/us-east-1/appconfig/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=host;x-amz-date, Signature=39c3b3042cd2aEXAMPLE
Content-Length: 91
{
"Name": "test-application",
"Description": "An application used for creating an example."
}Sample Response
{
"Description": "An application used for creating an example.",
"Id": "abc1234",
"Name": "test-application"
}See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: