AWS Step Functions

Describes the state machine associated with a specific execution.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.describe_state_machine_for_execution(
    executionArn='string'
)

type executionArn:

string

param executionArn:

[REQUIRED]

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the execution you want state machine information for.

rtype:

dict

returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'stateMachineArn': 'string',
    'name': 'string',
    'definition': 'string',
    'roleArn': 'string',
    'updateDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1)
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  • stateMachineArn (string) --

    The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the state machine associated with the execution.

  • name (string) --

    The name of the state machine associated with the execution.

  • definition (string) --

    The Amazon States Language definition of the state machine.

  • roleArn (string) --

    The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role of the State Machine for the execution.

  • updateDate (datetime) --

    The date and time the state machine associated with an execution was updated. For a newly created state machine, this is the creation date.

Updates an existing state machine by modifying its definition and/or roleArn. Running executions will continue to use the previous definition and roleArn.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.update_state_machine(
    stateMachineArn='string',
    definition='string',
    roleArn='string'
)

type stateMachineArn:

string

param stateMachineArn:

[REQUIRED]

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the state machine.

type definition:

string

param definition:

The Amazon States Language definition of the state machine.

type roleArn:

string

param roleArn:

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role of the state machine.

rtype:

dict

returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'updateDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1)
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  • updateDate (datetime) --

    The date and time the state machine was updated.