Request Syntax URI Request Parameters Request Body Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

StartBatchJob

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Starts a batch job and returns the unique identifier of this execution of the batch job. The associated application must be running in order to start the batch job.

Request Syntax


POST /applications/applicationId/batch-job HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "authSecretsManagerArn": "string",
   "batchJobIdentifier": { ... },
   "jobParams": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

applicationId

The unique identifier of the application associated with this batch job.

Pattern: \S{1,80}

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

authSecretsManagerArn

The AWS Secrets Manager containing user's credentials for authentication and authorization for Start Batch Job execution operation.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.

Required: No

batchJobIdentifier

The unique identifier of the batch job.

Type: BatchJobIdentifier object

Note: This object is a Union. Only one member of this object can be specified or returned.

Required: Yes

jobParams

The collection of batch job parameters. For details about limits for keys and values, see Coding variables in JCL.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 500 items.

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 32.

Key Pattern: [A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]{1,31}

Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1024.

Required: No

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "executionId": "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.

executionId

The unique identifier of this execution of the batch job.

Type: String

Pattern: \S{1,80}

Errors

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

AccessDeniedException

The account or role doesn't have the right permissions to make the request.

HTTP Status Code: 403

ConflictException

The parameters provided in the request conflict with existing resources.

resourceId: The ID of the conflicting resource.
resourceType: The type of the conflicting resource.

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalServerException

An unexpected error occurred during the processing of the request.

retryAfterSeconds: The number of seconds to wait before retrying the request.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified resource was not found.

resourceId: The ID of the missing resource.
resourceType: The type of the missing resource.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ThrottlingException

The number of requests made exceeds the limit.

quotaCode: The identifier of the throttled request.
retryAfterSeconds: The number of seconds to wait before retrying the request.
serviceCode: The identifier of the service that the throttled request was made to.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

One or more parameters provided in the request is not valid.

fieldList: The list of fields that failed service validation.
reason: The reason why it failed service validation.

HTTP Status Code: 400