Optimized integrations for Step Functions - Amazon Step Functions
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Optimized integrations for Step Functions

The following topics include the supported APIs, parameters, and request/response syntax in the Amazon States Language for coordinating other Amazon services. The topics also provide example code. You can call Optimized integrations services directly from the Amazon States Language in the Resource field of a Task state.

You can use three service integration patterns:

Standard Workflows and Express Workflows support the same integrations but do not support the same integration patterns. Express Workflows do not support Run a Job (.sync) or Wait for Callback (.waitForTaskToken). Optimized integrations pattern support is different for each integration. For more information, see Standard vs. Express Workflows.

Standard Workflows
Supported service integrations
Service Request Response Run a Job (.sync) Wait for Callback (.waitForTaskToken)
Optimized integrations Lambda
Amazon Batch
DynamoDB
Amazon ECS/Amazon Fargate
Amazon SNS
Amazon SQS
Amazon Glue
SageMaker
Amazon EMR
Amazon EMR on EKS
CodeBuild
Athena
Amazon EKS
API Gateway
Amazon Glue DataBrew
Amazon EventBridge
Amazon Step Functions
Amazon SDK integrations Over two hundred
Express Workflows