AWS Resource Groups

2017/11/30 - AWS Resource Groups - 12 new api methods

Changes  AWS Resource Groups lets you search and group AWS resources from multiple services based on their tags.

GetGroup (new) Link ¶

Returns information about a specified resource group.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.get_group(
    GroupName='string'
)
type GroupName

string

param GroupName

[REQUIRED]

The name of the resource group.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Group': {
        'GroupArn': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'Description': 'string'
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • Group (dict) --

      A full description of the resource group.

      • GroupArn (string) --

        The ARN of a resource group.

      • Name (string) --

        The name of a resource group.

      • Description (string) --

        The description of the resource group.

DeleteGroup (new) Link ¶

Deletes a specified resource group. Deleting a resource group does not delete resources that are members of the group; it only deletes the group structure.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.delete_group(
    GroupName='string'
)
type GroupName

string

param GroupName

[REQUIRED]

The name of the resource group to delete.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Group': {
        'GroupArn': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'Description': 'string'
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • Group (dict) --

      A full description of the deleted resource group.

      • GroupArn (string) --

        The ARN of a resource group.

      • Name (string) --

        The name of a resource group.

      • Description (string) --

        The description of the resource group.

SearchResources (new) Link ¶

Returns a list of AWS resource identifiers that matches a specified query. The query uses the same format as a resource query in a CreateGroup or UpdateGroupQuery operation.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.search_resources(
    ResourceQuery={
        'Type': 'TAG_FILTERS_1_0',
        'Query': 'string'
    },
    MaxResults=123,
    NextToken='string'
)
type ResourceQuery

dict

param ResourceQuery

[REQUIRED]

The search query, using the same formats that are supported for resource group definition.

  • Type (string) -- [REQUIRED]

    The type of the query. The valid value in this release is TAG_FILTERS_1_0 .

    TAG_FILTERS_1_0: A JSON syntax that lets you specify a collection of simple tag filters for resource types and tags, as supported by the AWS Tagging API GetResources operation. When more than one element is present, only resources that match all filters are part of the result. If a filter specifies more than one value for a key, a resource matches the filter if its tag value matches any of the specified values.

  • Query (string) -- [REQUIRED]

    The query that defines a group or a search.

type MaxResults

integer

param MaxResults

The maximum number of group member ARNs returned by SearchResources in paginated output. By default, this number is 50.

type NextToken

string

param NextToken

The NextToken value that is returned in a paginated SearchResources request. To get the next page of results, run the call again, add the NextToken parameter, and specify the NextToken value.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ResourceIdentifiers': [
        {
            'ResourceArn': 'string',
            'ResourceType': 'string'
        },
    ],
    'NextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ResourceIdentifiers (list) --

      The ARNs and resource types of resources that are members of the group that you specified.

      • (dict) --

        The ARN of a resource, and its resource type.

        • ResourceArn (string) --

          The ARN of a resource.

        • ResourceType (string) --

          The resource type of a resource, such as AWS::EC2::Instance .

    • NextToken (string) --

      The NextToken value to include in a subsequent SearchResources request, to get more results.

GetGroupQuery (new) Link ¶

Returns the resource query associated with the specified resource group.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.get_group_query(
    GroupName='string'
)
type GroupName

string

param GroupName

[REQUIRED]

The name of the resource group.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'GroupQuery': {
        'GroupName': 'string',
        'ResourceQuery': {
            'Type': 'TAG_FILTERS_1_0',
            'Query': 'string'
        }
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • GroupQuery (dict) --

      The resource query associated with the specified group.

      • GroupName (string) --

        The name of a resource group that is associated with a specific resource query.

      • ResourceQuery (dict) --

        The resource query which determines which AWS resources are members of the associated resource group.

        • Type (string) --

          The type of the query. The valid value in this release is TAG_FILTERS_1_0 .

          TAG_FILTERS_1_0: A JSON syntax that lets you specify a collection of simple tag filters for resource types and tags, as supported by the AWS Tagging API GetResources operation. When more than one element is present, only resources that match all filters are part of the result. If a filter specifies more than one value for a key, a resource matches the filter if its tag value matches any of the specified values.

        • Query (string) --

          The query that defines a group or a search.

UpdateGroupQuery (new) Link ¶

Updates the resource query of a group.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.update_group_query(
    GroupName='string',
    ResourceQuery={
        'Type': 'TAG_FILTERS_1_0',
        'Query': 'string'
    }
)
type GroupName

string

param GroupName

[REQUIRED]

The name of the resource group for which you want to edit the query.

type ResourceQuery

dict

param ResourceQuery

[REQUIRED]

The resource query that determines which AWS resources are members of the resource group.

  • Type (string) -- [REQUIRED]

    The type of the query. The valid value in this release is TAG_FILTERS_1_0 .

    TAG_FILTERS_1_0: A JSON syntax that lets you specify a collection of simple tag filters for resource types and tags, as supported by the AWS Tagging API GetResources operation. When more than one element is present, only resources that match all filters are part of the result. If a filter specifies more than one value for a key, a resource matches the filter if its tag value matches any of the specified values.

  • Query (string) -- [REQUIRED]

    The query that defines a group or a search.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'GroupQuery': {
        'GroupName': 'string',
        'ResourceQuery': {
            'Type': 'TAG_FILTERS_1_0',
            'Query': 'string'
        }
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • GroupQuery (dict) --

      The resource query associated with the resource group after the update.

      • GroupName (string) --

        The name of a resource group that is associated with a specific resource query.

      • ResourceQuery (dict) --

        The resource query which determines which AWS resources are members of the associated resource group.

        • Type (string) --

          The type of the query. The valid value in this release is TAG_FILTERS_1_0 .

          TAG_FILTERS_1_0: A JSON syntax that lets you specify a collection of simple tag filters for resource types and tags, as supported by the AWS Tagging API GetResources operation. When more than one element is present, only resources that match all filters are part of the result. If a filter specifies more than one value for a key, a resource matches the filter if its tag value matches any of the specified values.

        • Query (string) --

          The query that defines a group or a search.

UpdateGroup (new) Link ¶

Updates an existing group with a new or changed description. You cannot update the name of a resource group.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.update_group(
    GroupName='string',
    Description='string'
)
type GroupName

string

param GroupName

[REQUIRED]

The name of the resource group for which you want to update its description.

type Description

string

param Description

The description of the resource group. Descriptions can have a maximum of 511 characters, including letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores, punctuation, and spaces.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Group': {
        'GroupArn': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'Description': 'string'
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • Group (dict) --

      The full description of the resource group after it has been updated.

      • GroupArn (string) --

        The ARN of a resource group.

      • Name (string) --

        The name of a resource group.

      • Description (string) --

        The description of the resource group.

Tag (new) Link ¶

Adds specified tags to a resource with the specified ARN. Existing tags on a resource are not changed if they are not specified in the request parameters.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.tag(
    Arn='string',
    Tags={
        'string': 'string'
    }
)
type Arn

string

param Arn

[REQUIRED]

The ARN of the resource to which to add tags.

type Tags

dict

param Tags

[REQUIRED]

The tags to add to the specified resource. A tag is a string-to-string map of key-value pairs. Tag keys can have a maximum character length of 127 characters, and tag values can have a maximum length of 255 characters.

  • (string) --

    • (string) --

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Arn': 'string',
    'Tags': {
        'string': 'string'
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • Arn (string) --

      The ARN of the tagged resource.

    • Tags (dict) --

      The tags that have been added to the specified resource.

      • (string) --

        • (string) --

GetTags (new) Link ¶

Returns a list of tags that are associated with a resource, specified by an ARN.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.get_tags(
    Arn='string'
)
type Arn

string

param Arn

[REQUIRED]

The ARN of the resource for which you want a list of tags. The resource must exist within the account you are using.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Arn': 'string',
    'Tags': {
        'string': 'string'
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • Arn (string) --

      The ARN of the tagged resource.

    • Tags (dict) --

      The tags associated with the specified resource.

      • (string) --

        • (string) --

Untag (new) Link ¶

Deletes specified tags from a specified resource.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.untag(
    Arn='string',
    Keys=[
        'string',
    ]
)
type Arn

string

param Arn

[REQUIRED]

The ARN of the resource from which to remove tags.

type Keys

list

param Keys

[REQUIRED]

The keys of the tags to be removed.

  • (string) --

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Arn': 'string',
    'Keys': [
        'string',
    ]
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • Arn (string) --

      The ARN of the resource from which tags have been removed.

    • Keys (list) --

      The keys of tags that have been removed.

      • (string) --

ListGroups (new) Link ¶

Returns a list of existing resource groups in your account.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.list_groups(
    MaxResults=123,
    NextToken='string'
)
type MaxResults

integer

param MaxResults

The maximum number of resource group results that are returned by ListGroups in paginated output. By default, this number is 50.

type NextToken

string

param NextToken

The NextToken value that is returned in a paginated ListGroups request. To get the next page of results, run the call again, add the NextToken parameter, and specify the NextToken value.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Groups': [
        {
            'GroupArn': 'string',
            'Name': 'string',
            'Description': 'string'
        },
    ],
    'NextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • Groups (list) --

      A list of resource groups.

      • (dict) --

        A resource group.

        • GroupArn (string) --

          The ARN of a resource group.

        • Name (string) --

          The name of a resource group.

        • Description (string) --

          The description of the resource group.

    • NextToken (string) --

      The NextToken value to include in a subsequent ListGroups request, to get more results.

CreateGroup (new) Link ¶

Creates a group with a specified name, description, and resource query.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.create_group(
    Name='string',
    Description='string',
    ResourceQuery={
        'Type': 'TAG_FILTERS_1_0',
        'Query': 'string'
    },
    Tags={
        'string': 'string'
    }
)
type Name

string

param Name

[REQUIRED]

The name of the group, which is the identifier of the group in other operations. A resource group name cannot be updated after it is created. A resource group name can have a maximum of 127 characters, including letters, numbers, hyphens, dots, and underscores. The name cannot start with AWS or aws ; these are reserved. A resource group name must be unique within your account.

type Description

string

param Description

The description of the resource group. Descriptions can have a maximum of 511 characters, including letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores, punctuation, and spaces.

type ResourceQuery

dict

param ResourceQuery

[REQUIRED]

The resource query that determines which AWS resources are members of this group.

  • Type (string) -- [REQUIRED]

    The type of the query. The valid value in this release is TAG_FILTERS_1_0 .

    TAG_FILTERS_1_0: A JSON syntax that lets you specify a collection of simple tag filters for resource types and tags, as supported by the AWS Tagging API GetResources operation. When more than one element is present, only resources that match all filters are part of the result. If a filter specifies more than one value for a key, a resource matches the filter if its tag value matches any of the specified values.

  • Query (string) -- [REQUIRED]

    The query that defines a group or a search.

type Tags

dict

param Tags

The tags to add to the group. A tag is a string-to-string map of key-value pairs. Tag keys can have a maximum character length of 127 characters, and tag values can have a maximum length of 255 characters.

  • (string) --

    • (string) --

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Group': {
        'GroupArn': 'string',
        'Name': 'string',
        'Description': 'string'
    },
    'ResourceQuery': {
        'Type': 'TAG_FILTERS_1_0',
        'Query': 'string'
    },
    'Tags': {
        'string': 'string'
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • Group (dict) --

      A full description of the resource group after it is created.

      • GroupArn (string) --

        The ARN of a resource group.

      • Name (string) --

        The name of a resource group.

      • Description (string) --

        The description of the resource group.

    • ResourceQuery (dict) --

      The resource query associated with the group.

      • Type (string) --

        The type of the query. The valid value in this release is TAG_FILTERS_1_0 .

        TAG_FILTERS_1_0: A JSON syntax that lets you specify a collection of simple tag filters for resource types and tags, as supported by the AWS Tagging API GetResources operation. When more than one element is present, only resources that match all filters are part of the result. If a filter specifies more than one value for a key, a resource matches the filter if its tag value matches any of the specified values.

      • Query (string) --

        The query that defines a group or a search.

    • Tags (dict) --

      The tags associated with the group.

      • (string) --

        • (string) --

ListGroupResources (new) Link ¶

Returns a list of ARNs of resources that are members of a specified resource group.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.list_group_resources(
    GroupName='string',
    MaxResults=123,
    NextToken='string'
)
type GroupName

string

param GroupName

[REQUIRED]

The name of the resource group.

type MaxResults

integer

param MaxResults

The maximum number of group member ARNs that are returned in a single call by ListGroupResources, in paginated output. By default, this number is 50.

type NextToken

string

param NextToken

The NextToken value that is returned in a paginated ListGroupResources request. To get the next page of results, run the call again, add the NextToken parameter, and specify the NextToken value.

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'ResourceIdentifiers': [
        {
            'ResourceArn': 'string',
            'ResourceType': 'string'
        },
    ],
    'NextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • ResourceIdentifiers (list) --

      The ARNs and resource types of resources that are members of the group that you specified.

      • (dict) --

        The ARN of a resource, and its resource type.

        • ResourceArn (string) --

          The ARN of a resource.

        • ResourceType (string) --

          The resource type of a resource, such as AWS::EC2::Instance .

    • NextToken (string) --

      The NextToken value to include in a subsequent ListGroupResources request, to get more results.