DescribeFlow - AmazonAppFlow

DescribeFlow

Provides a description of the specified flow.

Request Syntax

POST /describe-flow HTTP/1.1 Content-type: application/json { "flowName": "string" }

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

flowName

The specified name of the flow. Spaces are not allowed. Use underscores (_) or hyphens (-) only.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9][\w!@#.-]+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "createdAt": number, "createdBy": "string", "description": "string", "destinationFlowConfigList": [ { "apiVersion": "string", "connectorProfileName": "string", "connectorType": "string", "destinationConnectorProperties": { "CustomConnector": { "customProperties": { "string" : "string" }, "entityName": "string", "errorHandlingConfig": { "bucketName": "string", "bucketPrefix": "string", "failOnFirstDestinationError": boolean }, "idFieldNames": [ "string" ], "writeOperationType": "string" }, "CustomerProfiles": { "domainName": "string", "objectTypeName": "string" }, "EventBridge": { "errorHandlingConfig": { "bucketName": "string", "bucketPrefix": "string", "failOnFirstDestinationError": boolean }, "object": "string" }, "Honeycode": { "errorHandlingConfig": { "bucketName": "string", "bucketPrefix": "string", "failOnFirstDestinationError": boolean }, "object": "string" }, "LookoutMetrics": { }, "Marketo": { "errorHandlingConfig": { "bucketName": "string", "bucketPrefix": "string", "failOnFirstDestinationError": boolean }, "object": "string" }, "Redshift": { "bucketPrefix": "string", "errorHandlingConfig": { "bucketName": "string", "bucketPrefix": "string", "failOnFirstDestinationError": boolean }, "intermediateBucketName": "string", "object": "string" }, "S3": { "bucketName": "string", "bucketPrefix": "string", "s3OutputFormatConfig": { "aggregationConfig": { "aggregationType": "string", "targetFileSize": number }, "fileType": "string", "prefixConfig": { "pathPrefixHierarchy": [ "string" ], "prefixFormat": "string", "prefixType": "string" }, "preserveSourceDataTyping": boolean } }, "Salesforce": { "dataTransferApi": "string", "errorHandlingConfig": { "bucketName": "string", "bucketPrefix": "string", "failOnFirstDestinationError": boolean }, "idFieldNames": [ "string" ], "object": "string", "writeOperationType": "string" }, "SAPOData": { "errorHandlingConfig": { "bucketName": "string", "bucketPrefix": "string", "failOnFirstDestinationError": boolean }, "idFieldNames": [ "string" ], "objectPath": "string", "successResponseHandlingConfig": { "bucketName": "string", "bucketPrefix": "string" }, "writeOperationType": "string" }, "Snowflake": { "bucketPrefix": "string", "errorHandlingConfig": { "bucketName": "string", "bucketPrefix": "string", "failOnFirstDestinationError": boolean }, "intermediateBucketName": "string", "object": "string" }, "Upsolver": { "bucketName": "string", "bucketPrefix": "string", "s3OutputFormatConfig": { "aggregationConfig": { "aggregationType": "string", "targetFileSize": number }, "fileType": "string", "prefixConfig": { "pathPrefixHierarchy": [ "string" ], "prefixFormat": "string", "prefixType": "string" } } }, "Zendesk": { "errorHandlingConfig": { "bucketName": "string", "bucketPrefix": "string", "failOnFirstDestinationError": boolean }, "idFieldNames": [ "string" ], "object": "string", "writeOperationType": "string" } } } ], "flowArn": "string", "flowName": "string", "flowStatus": "string", "flowStatusMessage": "string", "kmsArn": "string", "lastRunExecutionDetails": { "mostRecentExecutionMessage": "string", "mostRecentExecutionStatus": "string", "mostRecentExecutionTime": number }, "lastRunMetadataCatalogDetails": [ { "catalogType": "string", "partitionRegistrationOutput": { "message": "string", "result": "string", "status": "string" }, "tableName": "string", "tableRegistrationOutput": { "message": "string", "result": "string", "status": "string" } } ], "lastUpdatedAt": number, "lastUpdatedBy": "string", "metadataCatalogConfig": { "glueDataCatalog": { "databaseName": "string", "roleArn": "string", "tablePrefix": "string" } }, "schemaVersion": number, "sourceFlowConfig": { "apiVersion": "string", "connectorProfileName": "string", "connectorType": "string", "incrementalPullConfig": { "datetimeTypeFieldName": "string" }, "sourceConnectorProperties": { "Amplitude": { "object": "string" }, "CustomConnector": { "customProperties": { "string" : "string" }, "dataTransferApi": { "Name": "string", "Type": "string" }, "entityName": "string" }, "Datadog": { "object": "string" }, "Dynatrace": { "object": "string" }, "GoogleAnalytics": { "object": "string" }, "InforNexus": { "object": "string" }, "Marketo": { "object": "string" }, "Pardot": { "object": "string" }, "S3": { "bucketName": "string", "bucketPrefix": "string", "s3InputFormatConfig": { "s3InputFileType": "string" } }, "Salesforce": { "dataTransferApi": "string", "enableDynamicFieldUpdate": boolean, "includeDeletedRecords": boolean, "object": "string" }, "SAPOData": { "objectPath": "string" }, "ServiceNow": { "object": "string" }, "Singular": { "object": "string" }, "Slack": { "object": "string" }, "Trendmicro": { "object": "string" }, "Veeva": { "documentType": "string", "includeAllVersions": boolean, "includeRenditions": boolean, "includeSourceFiles": boolean, "object": "string" }, "Zendesk": { "object": "string" } } }, "tags": { "string" : "string" }, "tasks": [ { "connectorOperator": { "Amplitude": "string", "CustomConnector": "string", "Datadog": "string", "Dynatrace": "string", "GoogleAnalytics": "string", "InforNexus": "string", "Marketo": "string", "Pardot": "string", "S3": "string", "Salesforce": "string", "SAPOData": "string", "ServiceNow": "string", "Singular": "string", "Slack": "string", "Trendmicro": "string", "Veeva": "string", "Zendesk": "string" }, "destinationField": "string", "sourceFields": [ "string" ], "taskProperties": { "string" : "string" }, "taskType": "string" } ], "triggerConfig": { "triggerProperties": { "Scheduled": { "dataPullMode": "string", "firstExecutionFrom": number, "flowErrorDeactivationThreshold": number, "scheduleEndTime": number, "scheduleExpression": "string", "scheduleOffset": number, "scheduleStartTime": number, "timezone": "string" } }, "triggerType": "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.

createdAt

Specifies when the flow was created.

Type: Timestamp

createdBy

The ARN of the user who created the flow.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: \S+

description

A description of the flow.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: [\w!@#\-.?,\s]*

destinationFlowConfigList

The configuration that controls how Amazon AppFlow transfers data to the destination connector.

Type: Array of DestinationFlowConfig objects

flowArn

The flow's Amazon Resource Name (ARN).

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 512.

Pattern: arn:aws:appflow:.*:[0-9]+:.*

flowName

The specified name of the flow. Spaces are not allowed. Use underscores (_) or hyphens (-) only.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9][\w!@#.-]+

flowStatus

Indicates the current status of the flow.

Type: String

Valid Values: Active | Deprecated | Deleted | Draft | Errored | Suspended

flowStatusMessage

Contains an error message if the flow status is in a suspended or error state. This applies only to scheduled or event-triggered flows.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: [\s\w/!@#+=.-]*

kmsArn

The ARN (Amazon Resource Name) of the Key Management Service (KMS) key you provide for encryption. This is required if you do not want to use the Amazon AppFlow-managed KMS key. If you don't provide anything here, Amazon AppFlow uses the Amazon AppFlow-managed KMS key.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: arn:aws:kms:.*:[0-9]+:.*

lastRunExecutionDetails

Describes the details of the most recent flow run.

Type: ExecutionDetails object

lastRunMetadataCatalogDetails

Describes the metadata catalog, metadata table, and data partitions that Amazon AppFlow used for the associated flow run.

Type: Array of MetadataCatalogDetail objects

lastUpdatedAt

Specifies when the flow was last updated.

Type: Timestamp

lastUpdatedBy

Specifies the user name of the account that performed the most recent update.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: \S+

metadataCatalogConfig

Specifies the configuration that Amazon AppFlow uses when it catalogs the data that's transferred by the associated flow. When Amazon AppFlow catalogs the data from a flow, it stores metadata in a data catalog.

Type: MetadataCatalogConfig object

schemaVersion

The version number of your data schema. Amazon AppFlow assigns this version number. The version number increases by one when you change any of the following settings in your flow configuration:

  • Source-to-destination field mappings

  • Field data types

  • Partition keys

Type: Long

sourceFlowConfig

The configuration that controls how Amazon AppFlow retrieves data from the source connector.

Type: SourceFlowConfig object

tags

The tags used to organize, track, or control access for your flow.

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.

Key Pattern: ^(?!aws:)[a-zA-Z+-=._:/]+$

Value Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

Value Pattern: [\s\w+-=\.:/@]*

tasks

A list of tasks that Amazon AppFlow performs while transferring the data in the flow run.

Type: Array of Task objects

triggerConfig

The trigger settings that determine how and when the flow runs.

Type: TriggerConfig object

Errors

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

InternalServerException

An internal service error occurred during the processing of your request. Try again later.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

The resource specified in the request (such as the source or destination connector profile) is not found.

HTTP Status Code: 404

Examples

DescribeFlow example

This example shows a sample request and response for the DescribeFlow API.

Sample Request

{ "flowName": "name" }

Sample Response

{ "createdAt": "2022-02-22T15:31:41.467000-08:00", "createdBy": "user", "description": null, "destinationFlowConfigList": [ { "aggregationConfig": null, "connectorProfileName": "connector_profile_name", "connectorType": "S3", "destinationConnectorProps": { "Redshift": null, "S3": { "bucketKey": null, "bucketName": "salesforceaccountflowbucket" }, "Salesforce": null, "Snowflake": null } } ], "flowArn": "flow_arn_value", "flowName": "test_flow_ondemand_10", "flowStatus": "Active", "flowStatusMessage": null, "kmsArn": null, "lastRunExecutionDetails": null, "lastUpdatedAt": "2022-02-22T15:31:41.467000-08:00", "lastUpdatedBy": "user", "sourceFlowConfig": { "connectorProfileName": "connectorProfileName", "connectorType": "Salesforce", "sourceConnectorProps": { "Amplitude": null, "Datadog": null, "Dynatrace": null, "GoogleAnalytics": null, "InforNexus": null, "Marketo": null, "Redshift": null, "S3": null, "Salesforce": { "object": "Account" }, "ServiceNow": null, "Singular": null, "Slack": null, "Snowflake": null, "Trendmicro": null, "Veeva": null, "Zendesk": null } }, "tags": { "internalId": "Internal_Id_value", "resourceArn": "resource_arn_value" }, "tasks": [ { "connectorOperator": null, "destinationField": "Id", "operator": "NO_OP", "sourceFields": ["Id"], "taskProperties": { "DESTINATION_DATA_TYPE": "id", "SOURCE_DATA_TYPE": "id" }, "taskType": "Mapping" }, { "connectorOperator": null, "destinationField": "Name", "operator": "NO_OP", "sourceFields": ["Name"], "taskProperties": { "DESTINATION_DATA_TYPE": "string", "SOURCE_DATA_TYPE": "string" }, "taskType": "Mapping" }, { "connectorOperator": null, "destinationField": null, "operator": "PROJECTION", "sourceFields": ["Id","Name"], "taskProperties": {}, "taskType": "Filtering" } ], "triggerConfig": { "triggerProps": { "ScheduledTriggerProps": null }, "triggerType": "OnDemand" } }

See Also

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