# TrafficPolicy


A complex type that contains settings for a traffic policy.

## Contents


 ** Document **   <a name="Route53-Type-TrafficPolicy-Document"></a>
The definition of a traffic policy in JSON format. You specify the JSON document to use for a new traffic policy in the `CreateTrafficPolicy` request. For more information about the JSON format, see [Traffic Policy Document Format](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/api-policies-traffic-policy-document-format.html).  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 102400.  
Required: Yes

 ** Id **   <a name="Route53-Type-TrafficPolicy-Id"></a>
The ID that Amazon Route 53 assigned to a traffic policy when you created it.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 36.  
Required: Yes

 ** Name **   <a name="Route53-Type-TrafficPolicy-Name"></a>
The name that you specified when you created the traffic policy.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 512.  
Required: Yes

 ** Type **   <a name="Route53-Type-TrafficPolicy-Type"></a>
The DNS type of the resource record sets that Amazon Route 53 creates when you use a traffic policy to create a traffic policy instance.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `SOA | A | TXT | NS | CNAME | MX | NAPTR | PTR | SRV | SPF | AAAA | CAA | DS | TLSA | SSHFP | SVCB | HTTPS`   
Required: Yes

 ** Version **   <a name="Route53-Type-TrafficPolicy-Version"></a>
The version number that Amazon Route 53 assigns to a traffic policy. For a new traffic policy, the value of `Version` is always 1.  
Type: Integer  
Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 1000.  
Required: Yes

 ** Comment **   <a name="Route53-Type-TrafficPolicy-Comment"></a>
The comment that you specify in the `CreateTrafficPolicy` request, if any.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 1024.  
Required: No

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/route53-2013-04-01/TrafficPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/route53-2013-04-01/TrafficPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/route53-2013-04-01/TrafficPolicy)