POST /2015-03-31/functions/{FunctionName}/aliases

Creates an alias for a Lambda function version. Use aliases to provide clients with a function identifier that you can update to invoke a different version.

You can also map an alias to split invocation requests between two versions. Use the RoutingConfig parameter to specify a second version and the percentage of invocation requests that it receives.

Servers

Path parameters

Name Type Required Description
FunctionName String Yes

The name of the Lambda function.

Name formats

  • Function name - MyFunction.

  • Function ARN - arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:123456789012:function:MyFunction.

  • Partial ARN - 123456789012:function:MyFunction.

The length constraint applies only to the full ARN. If you specify only the function name, it is limited to 64 characters in length.

Request headers

Name Type Required Description
X-Amz-Content-Sha256 String No
X-Amz-Credential String No
Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "application/json"

X-Amz-Date String No
X-Amz-Algorithm String No
X-Amz-SignedHeaders String No
X-Amz-Security-Token String No
X-Amz-Signature String No

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
FunctionVersion String Yes

The function version that the alias invokes.

Name String Yes

The name of the alias.

RoutingConfig Object No

The traffic-shifting configuration of a Lambda function alias.

Description String No

A description of the alias.

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