/2018-10-31/layers/{LayerName}/versions
http://lambda.{region}.amazonaws.com/2018-10-31/layers/{LayerName}/versions<p>Creates an <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-layers.html">Lambda layer</a> from a ZIP archive. Each time you call <code>PublishLayerVersion</code> with the same layer name, a new version is created.</p> <p>Add layers to your function with <a>CreateFunction</a> or <a>UpdateFunctionConfiguration</a>.</p>
Path Parameters
The name or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the layer.
Body Params
A ZIP archive that contains the contents of an <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-layers.html">Lambda layer</a>. You can specify either an Amazon S3 location, or upload a layer archive directly.
The description of the version.
<p>The layer's software license. It can be any of the following:</p> <ul> <li> <p>An <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/">SPDX license identifier</a>. For example, <code>MIT</code>.</p> </li> <li> <p>The URL of a license hosted on the internet. For example, <code>https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT</code>.</p> </li> <li> <p>The full text of the license.</p> </li> </ul>
A list of compatible <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/lambda-runtimes.html">function runtimes</a>. Used for filtering with <a>ListLayers</a> and <a>ListLayerVersions</a>.
A list of compatible <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/foundation-arch.html">instruction set architectures</a>.
Responses
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}1curl --request POST \2 --url 'http://lambda.{region}.amazonaws.com/2018-10-31/layers/{LayerName}/versions' \3 --header 'accept: application/json' \4 --header 'content-type: application/json'1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "id": "abc123",5 "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"6 }7}