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API Gateway:ImportSwagger

Last Updated:Mar 16, 2026

Creates an API by importing Swagger-compliant data.

Operation description

  • Alibaba Cloud supports extensions based on Swagger 2.0.

  • Alibaba Cloud supports Swagger configuration files in JSON and YAML formats.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

apigateway:ImportSwagger

create

*ApiGroup

acs:apigateway:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:apigroup/{#GroupId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

Overwrite

boolean

Yes

Specifies whether to overwrite the existing API.

APIs with the same HTTP request type and backend request path are considered the same.

true

GlobalCondition

object

No

The global conditions.

{}

DataFormat

string

Yes

The Swagger text format:

  • json

  • yaml

yaml

Data

string

Yes

The Swagger text content.

"A Swagger API definition in YAML"

GroupId

string

Yes

The ID of the API group to which the Swagger is imported.

0009db9c828549768a200320714b****

DryRun

boolean

No

The pre-inspection.

true

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

647CEF05-404C-4125-B3D7-44792EB77392

Success

object

ApiImportSwaggerSuccess

array<object>

The APIs that are created based on the Swagger-compliant data imported this time.

object

The APIs that are created based on the Swagger-compliant data imported this time.

Path

string

The request path configured when the API is created.

/http/get/mapping

HttpMethod

string

The HTTP method configured when the API is created.

get

ApiOperation

string

Specifies whether the operation is CREATE or MODIFY.

CREATE

ApiUid

string

The UID of the successfully imported API.

8e274ec61cf6468e83b683719568****

Failed

object

ApiImportSwaggerFailed

array<object>

The APIs that failed to be created based on the Swagger-compliant data imported this time.

object

The APIs that failed to be created based on the Swagger-compliant data imported this time.

Path

string

The request path configured when the API is created.

/http/get/mapping

HttpMethod

string

The HTTP method configured when the API is created.

post

ErrorMsg

string

The error message returned when the API is created.

api already exists : apiUid ===> 8e274ec61cf6468e83b683719568****

ModelFailed

object

ApiImportModelFailed

array<object>

The models that failed to be imported through the Swagger-compliant data this time.

object

The models that failed to be imported through the Swagger-compliant data this time.

ErrorMsg

string

The error message.

error msg

ModelName

string

The name of the model.

Region

GroupId

string

The ID of the API group.

36d4bcfaec1946e1870d90b2d751****

ModelSuccess

object

ApiImportModelSuccess

array<object>

The models that were imported through the Swagger-compliant data this time.

object

The models that were imported through the Swagger-compliant data this time.

ModelUid

string

The UID of the model.

d4bcfaec1946e1870d

ModelName

string

The name of the model.

NewInstance

GroupId

string

The ID of the API group.

b2d552ed90ca435b86f7bf8d4541****

ModelOperation

string

The model operation

CREATE

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "647CEF05-404C-4125-B3D7-44792EB77392",
  "Success": {
    "ApiImportSwaggerSuccess": [
      {
        "Path": "/http/get/mapping",
        "HttpMethod": "get",
        "ApiOperation": "CREATE",
        "ApiUid": "8e274ec61cf6468e83b683719568****"
      }
    ]
  },
  "Failed": {
    "ApiImportSwaggerFailed": [
      {
        "Path": "/http/get/mapping",
        "HttpMethod": "post",
        "ErrorMsg": "api already exists : apiUid ===> 8e274ec61cf6468e83b683719568****"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ModelFailed": {
    "ApiImportModelFailed": [
      {
        "ErrorMsg": "error msg",
        "ModelName": "Region",
        "GroupId": "36d4bcfaec1946e1870d90b2d751****"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ModelSuccess": {
    "ApiImportModelSuccess": [
      {
        "ModelUid": "d4bcfaec1946e1870d",
        "ModelName": "NewInstance",
        "GroupId": "b2d552ed90ca435b86f7bf8d4541****",
        "ModelOperation": "CREATE"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.