To send an ActionTrail API request, you must send an HTTP or HTTPS GET request to the ActionTrail endpoint. You must add the request parameters that correspond to the API operation being called. After you call the API, the system returns a response. The request and response are encoded in UTF-8.

For more information about how to sent an API request, see the following topics:

  1. Request syntax
  2. Common parameters
  3. Responses
  4. Request signatures