POST
/StartTransaction
http://lakeformation.{region}.amazonaws.com/StartTransactionStarts a new transaction and returns its transaction ID. Transaction IDs are opaque objects that you can use to identify a transaction.
Access Token Required: API Key
Body Params
TransactionTypestring
Indicates whether this transaction should be read only or read and write. Writes made using a read-only transaction ID will be rejected. Read-only transactions do not need to be committed.
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://lakeformation.{region}.amazonaws.com/StartTransaction' \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}