POST

/#X-Amz-Target=AWSKendraFrontendService.CreateDataSource

http://kendra.{region}.amazonaws.com/#X-Amz-Target=AWSKendraFrontendService.CreateDataSource

Creates a data source connector that you want to use with an Amazon Kendra index. You specify a name, data source connector type and description for your data source. You also specify configuration information for the data source connector. <code>CreateDataSource</code> is a synchronous operation. The operation returns 200 if the data source was successfully created. Otherwise, an exception is raised. For an example of creating an index and data source using the Python SDK, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kendra/latest/dg/gs-python.html">Getting started with Python SDK</a>. For an example of creating an index and data source using the Java SDK, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kendra/latest/dg/gs-java.html">Getting started with Java SDK</a>.

Access Token Required: API Key

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

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cURL Request

1curl --request POST \
2     --url 'http://kendra.{region}.amazonaws.com/#X-Amz-Target=AWSKendraFrontendService.CreateDataSource' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}