Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS AppSync - Service Authorization Reference

Actions, resources, and condition keys for AWS AppSync

AWS AppSync (service prefix: appsync ) provides the following service-specific resources, actions, and condition context keys for use in IAM permission policies.

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Actions defined by AWS AppSync

You can specify the following actions in the Action element of an IAM policy statement. Use policies to grant permissions to perform an operation in AWS. When you use an action in a policy, you usually allow or deny access to the API operation or CLI command with the same name. However, in some cases, a single action controls access to more than one operation. Alternatively, some operations require several different actions.

The Resource types column indicates whether each action supports resource-level permissions. If there is no value for this column, you must specify all resources ("*") in the Resource element of your policy statement. If the column includes a resource type, then you can specify an ARN of that type in a statement with that action. Required resources are indicated in the table with an asterisk (*). If you specify a resource-level permission ARN in a statement using this action, then it must be of this type. Some actions support multiple resource types. If the resource type is optional (not indicated as required), then you can choose to use one but not the other.

For details about the columns in the following table, see The actions table .

Actions Description Access level Resource types (*required) Condition keys Dependent actions
CreateApiCache Grants permissions to create an API cache in AppSync Write
CreateApiKey Grants permissions to create a unique key that you can distribute to clients who are executing your API Write
CreateDataSource Grants permissions to create a DataSource object Write
CreateFunction Grants permissions to create a new Function object Write
CreateGraphqlApi Grants permissions to creates a GraphqlApi object, which is the top level AppSync resource Tagging

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}

aws:TagKeys

iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole

CreateResolver Grants permissions to create a Resolver object. A resolver converts incoming requests into a format that a data source can understand, and converts the data source's responses into GraphQL Write
CreateType Grants permissions to create a Type object Write
DeleteApiCache Grants permissions to delete an API cache in AppSync Write
DeleteApiKey Grants permissions to delete an API key Write
DeleteDataSource Grants permissions to delete a DataSource object Write
DeleteFunction Grants permissions to delete a Function object Write
DeleteGraphqlApi Grants permissions to delete a GraphqlApi object. This will also clean up every AppSync resource below that API Write

graphqlapi*

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

DeleteResolver Grants permissions to delete a Resolver object Write
DeleteType Grants permissions to delete a Type object Write
FlushApiCache Grants permissions to flush an API cache in AppSync Write
GetApiCache Grants permissions to read information about an API cache in AppSync Read
GetDataSource Grants permissions to retrieve a DataSource object Read
GetFunction Grants permissions to retrieve a Function object Read
GetGraphqlApi Grants permissions to retrieve a GraphqlApi object Read

graphqlapi*

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

GetIntrospectionSchema Grants permissions to retrieve the introspection schema for a GraphQL API Read
GetResolver Grants permissions to retrieve a Resolver object Read
GetSchemaCreationStatus Grants permissions to retrieve the current status of a schema creation operation Read
GetType Grants permissions to retrieve a Type object Read
GraphQL Grants permissions to send a GraphQL query to a GraphQL API Write

field*

graphqlapi*

ListApiKeys Grants permissions to list the API keys for a given API List
ListDataSources Grants permissions to list the data sources for a given API List
ListFunctions Grants permissions to list the functions for a given API List
ListGraphqlApis Grants permissions to list your GraphQL APIs List
ListResolvers Grants permissions to list the resolvers for a given API and type List
ListResolversByFunction Grants permissions to list the resolvers that are associated with a specific function List
ListTagsForResource Grants permissions to list the tags for a resource Read

graphqlapi

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

ListTypes Grants permissions to list the types for a given API List
SetWebACL Grants permissions to set web ACL Write
StartSchemaCreation Grants permissions to add a new schema to your GraphQL API. This operation is asynchronous - GetSchemaCreationStatus can show when it has completed Write
TagResource Grants permissions to tag a resource Tagging

graphqlapi

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey}

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

aws:TagKeys

UntagResource Grants permissions to untag a resource Tagging

graphqlapi

aws:TagKeys

UpdateApiCache Grants permissions to update an API cache in AppSync Write
UpdateApiKey Grants permissions to update an API key for a given API Write
UpdateDataSource Grants permissions to update a DataSource object Write
UpdateFunction Grants permissions to update an existing Function object Write
UpdateGraphqlApi Grants permissions to updates a GraphqlApi object Write

graphqlapi*

iam:CreateServiceLinkedRole

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

UpdateResolver Grants permissions to update a Resolver object Write
UpdateType Grants permissions to update a Type object Write

Resource types defined by AWS AppSync

The following resource types are defined by this service and can be used in the Resource element of IAM permission policy statements. Each action in the Actions table identifies the resource types that can be specified with that action. A resource type can also define which condition keys you can include in a policy. These keys are displayed in the last column of the table. For details about the columns in the following table, see The resource types table .

Resource types ARN Condition keys
datasource arn:$ { Partition}:appsync:$ { Region}:$ { Account}:apis/$ { GraphQLAPIId}/datasources/$ { DatasourceName}
graphqlapi arn:$ { Partition}:appsync:$ { Region}:$ { Account}:apis/$ { GraphQLAPIId}

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey}

field arn:$ { Partition}:appsync:$ { Region}:$ { Account}:apis/$ { GraphQLAPIId}/types/$ { TypeName}/fields/$ { FieldName}
type arn:$ { Partition}:appsync:$ { Region}:$ { Account}:apis/$ { GraphQLAPIId}/types/$ { TypeName}
function arn:$ { Partition}:appsync:$ { Region}:$ { Account}:apis/$ { GraphQLAPIId}/functions/$ { FunctionId}

Condition keys for AWS AppSync

AWS AppSync defines the following condition keys that can be used in the Condition element of an IAM policy. You can use these keys to further refine the conditions under which the policy statement applies. For details about the columns in the following table, see The condition keys table .

To view the global condition keys that are available to all services, see Available global condition keys .

Condition keys Description Type
aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} Filters actions based on the presence of tag key-value pairs in the request String
aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} Filters actions based on tag key-value pairs attached to the resource String
aws:TagKeys Filters actions based on the presence of tag keys in the request String