Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

CreateCustomActionType

Creates a new custom action that can be used in all pipelines associated with the AWS account. Only used for custom actions.

Request Syntax


{
   "category": "string",
   "configurationProperties": [ 
      { 
         "description": "string",
         "key": boolean,
         "name": "string",
         "queryable": boolean,
         "required": boolean,
         "secret": boolean,
         "type": "string"
      }
   ],
   "inputArtifactDetails": { 
      "maximumCount": number,
      "minimumCount": number
   },
   "outputArtifactDetails": { 
      "maximumCount": number,
      "minimumCount": number
   },
   "provider": "string",
   "settings": { 
      "entityUrlTemplate": "string",
      "executionUrlTemplate": "string",
      "revisionUrlTemplate": "string",
      "thirdPartyConfigurationUrl": "string"
   },
   "tags": [ 
      { 
         "key": "string",
         "value": "string"
      }
   ],
   "version": "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.

category

The category of the custom action, such as a build action or a test action.

Type: String

Required: Yes

configurationProperties

The configuration properties for the custom action.

Note

You can refer to a name in the configuration properties of the custom action within the URL templates by following the format of {Config:name}, as long as the configuration property is both required and not secret. For more information, see Create a Custom Action for a Pipeline.

Type: Array of ActionConfigurationProperty objects

Array Members: Maximum number of 10 items.

Required: No

inputArtifactDetails

The details of the input artifact for the action, such as its commit ID.

Type: ArtifactDetails object

Required: Yes

outputArtifactDetails

The details of the output artifact of the action, such as its commit ID.

Type: ArtifactDetails object

Required: Yes

provider

The provider of the service used in the custom action, such as CodeDeploy.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 35.

Pattern: [0-9A-Za-z_-]+

Required: Yes

settings

URLs that provide users information about this custom action.

Type: ActionTypeSettings object

Required: No

tags

The tags for the custom action.

Type: Array of Tag objects

Required: No

version

The version identifier of the custom action.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 9.

Pattern: [0-9A-Za-z_-]+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "actionType": { 
      "actionConfigurationProperties": [ 
         { 
            "description": "string",
            "key": boolean,
            "name": "string",
            "queryable": boolean,
            "required": boolean,
            "secret": boolean,
            "type": "string"
         }
      ],
      "id": { 
         "category": "string",
         "owner": "string",
         "provider": "string",
         "version": "string"
      },
      "inputArtifactDetails": { 
         "maximumCount": number,
         "minimumCount": number
      },
      "outputArtifactDetails": { 
         "maximumCount": number,
         "minimumCount":