# AssociateTrackerConsumer
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Creates an association between a geofence collection and a tracker resource. This allows the tracker resource to communicate location data to the linked geofence collection. 

You can associate up to five geofence collections to each tracker resource.

**Note**  
Currently not supported — Cross-account configurations, such as creating associations between a tracker resource in one account and a geofence collection in another account.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /tracking/v0/trackers/TrackerName/consumers HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "ConsumerArn": "string"
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [TrackerName](#API_AssociateTrackerConsumer_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="location-AssociateTrackerConsumer-request-uri-TrackerName"></a>
The name of the tracker resource to be associated with a geofence collection.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `[-._\w]+`   
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [ConsumerArn](#API_AssociateTrackerConsumer_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="location-AssociateTrackerConsumer-request-ConsumerArn"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the geofence collection to be associated to tracker resource. Used when you need to specify a resource across all AWS.  
+ Format example: `arn:aws:geo:region:account-id:geofence-collection/ExampleGeofenceCollectionConsumer` 
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1600.  
Pattern: `arn(:[a-z0-9]+([.-][a-z0-9]+)*){2}(:([a-z0-9]+([.-][a-z0-9]+)*)?){2}:([^/].*)?`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
The request was denied because of insufficient access or permissions. Check with an administrator to verify your permissions.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
The request was unsuccessful because of a conflict.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
The request has failed to process because of an unknown server error, exception, or failure.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The resource that you've entered was not found in your AWS account.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ServiceQuotaExceededException **   
The operation was denied because the request would exceed the maximum [quota](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location/previous/developerguide/location-quotas.html) set for Amazon Location Service.    
 ** Message **   
A message with the reason for the service quota exceeded exception error.
HTTP Status Code: 402

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The request was denied because of request throttling.  
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
The input failed to meet the constraints specified by the AWS service.     
 ** FieldList **   
The field where the invalid entry was detected.  
 ** Reason **   
A message with the reason for the validation exception error.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/location-2020-11-19/AssociateTrackerConsumer) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/location-2020-11-19/AssociateTrackerConsumer) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/location-2020-11-19/AssociateTrackerConsumer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/location-2020-11-19/AssociateTrackerConsumer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/location-2020-11-19/AssociateTrackerConsumer) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/location-2020-11-19/AssociateTrackerConsumer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/location-2020-11-19/AssociateTrackerConsumer) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/location-2020-11-19/AssociateTrackerConsumer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/location-2020-11-19/AssociateTrackerConsumer) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/location-2020-11-19/AssociateTrackerConsumer)