Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

CreateCustomEntityType

Creates a custom pattern that is used to detect sensitive data across the columns and rows of your structured data.

Each custom pattern you create specifies a regular expression and an optional list of context words. If no context words are passed only a regular expression is checked.

Request Syntax


{
   "ContextWords": [ "string" ],
   "Name": "string",
   "RegexString": "string",
   "Tags": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

ContextWords

A list of context words. If none of these context words are found within the vicinity of the regular expression the data will not be detected as sensitive data.

If no context words are passed only a regular expression is checked.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 20 items.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*

Required: No

Name

A name for the custom pattern that allows it to be retrieved or deleted later. This name must be unique per AWS account.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*

Required: Yes

RegexString

A regular expression string that is used for detecting sensitive data in a custom pattern.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*

Required: Yes

Tags

A list of tags applied to the custom entity type.

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: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "Name": "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.

Name

The name of the custom pattern you created.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*

Errors

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

AccessDeniedException

Access to a resource was denied.

HTTP Status Code: 400

AlreadyExistsException

A resource to be created or added already exists.

HTTP Status Code: 400

IdempotentParameterMismatchException

The same unique identifier was associated with two different records.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalServiceException

An internal service error occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidInputException

The input provided was not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OperationTimeoutException

The operation timed out.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNumberLimitExceededException

A resource numerical limit was exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 400