CreateWorkflow
Allows you to create a workflow with specified steps and step details the workflow invokes after file transfer completes.
After creating a workflow, you can associate the workflow created with any transfer servers by specifying the workflow-details
field in CreateServer
and UpdateServer
operations.
Request Syntax
{
"Description": "string
",
"OnExceptionSteps": [
{
"CopyStepDetails": {
"DestinationFileLocation": {
"EfsFileLocation": {
"FileSystemId": "string
",
"Path": "string
"
},
"S3FileLocation": {
"Bucket": "string
",
"Key": "string
"
}
},
"Name": "string
",
"OverwriteExisting": "string
",
"SourceFileLocation": "string
"
},
"CustomStepDetails": {
"Name": "string
",
"SourceFileLocation": "string
",
"Target": "string
",
"TimeoutSeconds": number
},
"DecryptStepDetails": {
"DestinationFileLocation": {
"EfsFileLocation": {
"FileSystemId": "string
",
"Path": "string
"
},
"S3FileLocation": {
"Bucket": "string
",
"Key": "string
"
}
},
"Name": "string
",
"OverwriteExisting": "string
",
"SourceFileLocation": "string
",
"Type": "string
"
},
"DeleteStepDetails": {
"Name": "string
",
"SourceFileLocation": "string
"
},
"TagStepDetails": {
"Name": "string
",
"SourceFileLocation": "string
",
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "string
",
"Value": "string
"
}
]
},
"Type": "string
"
}
],
"Steps": [
{
"CopyStepDetails": {
"DestinationFileLocation": {
"EfsFileLocation": {
"FileSystemId": "string
",
"Path": "string
"
},
"S3FileLocation": {
"Bucket": "string
",
"Key": "string
"
}
},
"Name": "string
",
"OverwriteExisting": "string
",
"SourceFileLocation": "string
"
},
"CustomStepDetails": {
"Name": "string
",
"SourceFileLocation": "string
",
"Target": "string
",
"TimeoutSeconds": number
},
"DecryptStepDetails": {
"DestinationFileLocation": {
"EfsFileLocation": {
"FileSystemId": "string
",
"Path": "string
"
},
"S3FileLocation": {
"Bucket": "string
",
"Key": "string
"
}
},
"Name": "string
",
"OverwriteExisting": "string
",
"SourceFileLocation": "string
",
"Type": "string
"
},
"DeleteStepDetails": {
"Name": "string
",
"SourceFileLocation": "string
"
},
"TagStepDetails": {
"Name": "string
",
"SourceFileLocation": "string
",
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "string
",
"Value": "string
"
}
]
},
"Type": "string
"
}
],
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "string
",
"Value": "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.
- Description
-
A textual description for the workflow.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.
Pattern:
[\w- ]*
Required: No
- OnExceptionSteps
-
Specifies the steps (actions) to take if errors are encountered during execution of the workflow.
Note
For custom steps, the Lambda function needs to send
FAILURE
to the call back API to kick off the exception steps. Additionally, if the Lambda does not sendSUCCESS
before it times out, the exception steps are executed.Type: Array of WorkflowStep objects
Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 8 items.
Required: No
- Steps
-
Specifies the details for the steps that are in the specified workflow.
The
TYPE
specifies which of the following actions is being taken for this step.-
COPY
- Copy the file to another location. -
CUSTOM
- Perform a custom step with an Amazon Lambda function target. -
DECRYPT
- Decrypt a file that was encrypted before it was uploaded. -
DELETE
- Delete the file. -
TAG
- Add a tag to the file.
Note
Currently, copying and tagging are supported only on S3.
For file location, you specify either the Amazon S3 bucket and key, or the Amazon EFS file system ID and path.
Type: Array of WorkflowStep objects
Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 8 items.
Required: Yes
-
- Tags
-
Key-value pairs that can be used to group and search for workflows. Tags are metadata attached to workflows for any purpose.
Type: Array of Tag objects
Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 50 items.
Required: No
Response Syntax
{
"WorkflowId": "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.
- WorkflowId
-
A unique identifier for the workflow.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 19.
Pattern:
w-([a-z0-9]{17})
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- AccessDeniedException
-
You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InternalServiceError
-
This exception is thrown when an error occurs in the Amazon Transfer Family service.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- InvalidRequestException
-
This exception is thrown when the client submits a malformed request.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ResourceExistsException
-
The requested resource does not exist, or exists in a region other than the one specified for the command.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ServiceUnavailableException
-
The request has failed because the AmazonTransfer Family service is not available.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- ThrottlingException
-
The request was denied due to request throttling.
HTTP Status Code: 400
Examples
Example
You can save workflow step information into a text file, and then use that file to
create a workflow, as in the following example. The following example assumes you have
saved your workflow steps into
example-file.json
(in the
same folder from where you run the command), and that you wish to create the workflow in
the N. Virginia (us-east-1) region.
aws transfer create-workflow --description "example workflow from a file" --steps file://example-file.json --region us-east-1
// Example file containing workflow steps [ { "Type": "TAG", "TagStepDetails": { "Name": "TagStep", "Tags": [ { "Key": "name", "Value": "testTag" } ] } }, { "Type": "COPY", "CopyStepDetails": { "Name": "CopyStep", "DestinationFileLocation": { "S3FileLocation": { "Bucket": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket", "Key": "DOC-EXAMPLE-KEY/" } }, "OverwriteExisting": "TRUE", "SourceFileLocation": "${original.file}" } }, { "Type": "DELETE", "DeleteStepDetails":{ "Name":"DeleteStep", "SourceFileLocation": "${original.file}" } } ]
Example
The CreateWorkflow
call returns the workflow ID for the new workflow.
Sample Response
{
"WorkflowId": "w-1234abcd5678efghi"
}
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: