InputDescription - Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for SQL Applications Developer Guide
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InputDescription

Describes the application input configuration. For more information, see Configuring Application Input.

Contents

InAppStreamNames

Returns the in-application stream names that are mapped to the stream source.

Type: Array of strings

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 32.

Required: No

InputId

Input ID associated with the application input. This is the ID that Amazon Kinesis Analytics assigns to each input configuration you add to your application.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 50.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+

Required: No

InputParallelism

Describes the configured parallelism (number of in-application streams mapped to the streaming source).

Type: InputParallelism object

Required: No

InputProcessingConfigurationDescription

The description of the preprocessor that executes on records in this input before the application's code is run.

Type: InputProcessingConfigurationDescription object

Required: No

InputSchema

Describes the format of the data in the streaming source, and how each data element maps to corresponding columns in the in-application stream that is being created.

Type: SourceSchema object

Required: No

InputStartingPositionConfiguration

Point at which the application is configured to read from the input stream.

Type: InputStartingPositionConfiguration object

Required: No

KinesisFirehoseInputDescription

If an Amazon Kinesis Firehose delivery stream is configured as a streaming source, provides the delivery stream's ARN and an IAM role that enables Amazon Kinesis Analytics to access the stream on your behalf.

Type: KinesisFirehoseInputDescription object

Required: No

KinesisStreamsInputDescription

If an Amazon Kinesis stream is configured as streaming source, provides Amazon Kinesis stream's Amazon Resource Name (ARN) and an IAM role that enables Amazon Kinesis Analytics to access the stream on your behalf.

Type: KinesisStreamsInputDescription object

Required: No

NamePrefix

In-application name prefix.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 32.

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: