Amazon Kinesis

name: Amazon Kinesis
description: >-
  Amazon Kinesis makes it easy to collect, process, and analyze real-time streaming data so you can get timely insights
  and react quickly to new information. Amazon Kinesis offers key capabilities to cost-effectively process streaming
  data at any scale, along with the flexibility to choose the tools that best suit the requirements of your application.
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-search/amazon-web-services/main/apis/kinesis.yml
created: 2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.18'
tags:
  - Analytics
  - Big Data
  - Data Processing
  - Real-Time
  - Streaming
apis:
  - name: Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
    description: >-
      Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is a massively scalable and durable real-time data streaming service. It can
      continuously capture gigabytes of data per second from hundreds of thousands of sources such as website
      clickstreams, database event streams, financial transactions, social media feeds, IT logs, and location-tracking
      events.
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    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/
    baseURL: https://kinesis.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - Data Ingestion
      - Real-Time
      - Streams
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/latest/APIReference/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/amazon-kinesis-data-streams-openapi.yml
      - type: AsyncAPI
        url: asyncapi/amazon-kinesis-streams-asyncapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-record-schema.json
      - type: JSONLD
        url: json-ld/amazon-kinesis-context.jsonld
      - type: OpenAPI (Third-Party)
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/kinesis/2013-12-02/openapi.yaml
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/pricing/
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/getting-started/
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/introduction.html
      - type: Features
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/features/
      - type: FAQ
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/faqs/
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/latest/APIReference/
      - type: Quotas
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/service-sizes-and-limits.html
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-stream-schema.json
  - name: Amazon Data Firehose
    description: >-
      Amazon Data Firehose (formerly Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose) is the easiest way to reliably load streaming data
      into data lakes, data stores, and analytics services. It can capture, transform, and deliver streaming data to
      destinations like Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, Amazon OpenSearch Service, Snowflake, Splunk, and more.
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    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-firehose/
    baseURL: https://firehose.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - Data Loading
      - ETL
      - Streaming
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/firehose/latest/APIReference/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/firehose/2015-08-04/openapi.yaml
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-firehose/pricing/
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-firehose/getting-started/
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/firehose/latest/dev/what-is-this-service.html
      - type: Features
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-firehose/features/
      - type: FAQ
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/firehose/faqs/
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-stream-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-record-schema.json
      - type: JSONLD
        url: json-ld/amazon-kinesis-context.jsonld
  - name: Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink
    description: >-
      Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink (formerly Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics) is a fully managed service for
      processing and analyzing streaming data in real time using Apache Flink. You can build applications using Java,
      Python, Scala, or SQL to transform and analyze streaming data with sub-second latencies.
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    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/
    baseURL: https://kinesisanalytics.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - Analytics
      - Apache Flink
      - SQL
      - Stream Processing
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managed-flink/latest/apiv2/Welcome.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/kinesisanalyticsv2/2018-05-23/openapi.yaml
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/pricing/
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managed-flink/latest/java/getting-started.html
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managed-flink/latest/java/what-is.html
      - type: Features
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/features/
      - type: FAQ
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/faqs/
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-stream-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-record-schema.json
      - type: JSONLD
        url: json-ld/amazon-kinesis-context.jsonld
  - name: Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
    description: >-
      Amazon Kinesis Video Streams makes it easy to securely stream video from connected devices to AWS for analytics,
      machine learning, playback, and other processing. It automatically provisions and elastically scales
      infrastructure needed to ingest streaming video data from millions of devices.
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    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/
    baseURL: https://kinesisvideo.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - IoT
      - Machine Learning
      - Streaming
      - Video
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/kinesisvideo/2017-09-30/openapi.yaml
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/pricing/
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/getting-started/
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/API_Reference.html
      - type: Features
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/features/
      - type: FAQ
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/faqs/
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-stream-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-record-schema.json
      - type: JSONLD
        url: json-ld/amazon-kinesis-context.jsonld
  - name: Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Media
    description: >-
      The Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Media API provides operations for reading and writing media data to and from a
      Kinesis video stream, enabling real-time media ingestion and consumption.
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    humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/API_Operations_Amazon_Kinesis_Video_Streams_Media.html
    baseURL: https://kinesisvideo.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - Media
      - Real-Time
      - Streaming
      - Video
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: >-
          https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/API_Operations_Amazon_Kinesis_Video_Streams_Media.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/kinesis-video-media/2017-09-30/openapi.yaml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-stream-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-record-schema.json
      - type: JSONLD
        url: json-ld/amazon-kinesis-context.jsonld
  - name: Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Archived Media
    description: >-
      The Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Archived Media API provides operations for accessing archived video data from
      Kinesis video streams, including retrieving clips, HLS and DASH streaming session URLs, images, and fragment
      lists.
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    humanURL: >-
      https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/API_Operations_Amazon_Kinesis_Video_Streams_Archived_Media.html
    baseURL: https://kinesisvideo.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - Archived Media
      - DASH
      - HLS
      - Playback
      - Video
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: >-
          https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/API_Operations_Amazon_Kinesis_Video_Streams_Archived_Media.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/kinesis-video-archived-media/2017-09-30/openapi.yaml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-stream-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-record-schema.json
      - type: JSONLD
        url: json-ld/amazon-kinesis-context.jsonld
  - name: Amazon Kinesis Video Signaling Channels
    description: >-
      The Amazon Kinesis Video Signaling Channels API facilitates peer-to-peer WebRTC communication by enabling
      applications to securely discover each other and exchange connection offers and answers through signaling channels
      for real-time media streaming.
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    humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams-webrtc-dg/latest/devguide/what-is-kvswebrtc.html
    baseURL: https://kinesisvideo.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - Real-Time
      - Signaling
      - Video
      - WebRTC
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams-webrtc-dg/latest/devguide/what-is-kvswebrtc.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/kinesis-video-signaling/2019-12-04/openapi.yaml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-stream-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/amazon-kinesis-record-schema.json
      - type: JSONLD
        url: json-ld/amazon-kinesis-context.jsonld
common:
  - type: PostmanWorkspace
    url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/amazon-kinesis/overview
  - type: ArazzoWorkflows
    url: arazzo/
    workflows:
      - url: arazzo/amazon-kinesis-create-and-activate-stream-workflow.yml
        name: Amazon Kinesis Create and Activate Stream
        summary: Create a Kinesis data stream and poll until it reaches ACTIVE status.
      - url: arazzo/amazon-kinesis-create-stream-and-put-record-workflow.yml
        name: Amazon Kinesis Create Stream and Put First Record
        summary: Create a stream, wait until it is ACTIVE, then write the first data record.
      - url: arazzo/amazon-kinesis-deregister-consumer-and-delete-stream-workflow.yml
        name: Amazon Kinesis Deregister Consumer and Delete Stream
        summary: Deregister an enhanced fan-out consumer, confirm the stream, then delete it.
      - url: arazzo/amazon-kinesis-list-shards-and-read-from-first-workflow.yml
        name: Amazon Kinesis List Shards and Read From First
        summary: List a stream's shards, then read from the first shard from the trim horizon.
      - url: arazzo/amazon-kinesis-put-record-and-read-at-sequence-workflow.yml
        name: Amazon Kinesis Put Record and Read At Sequence
        summary: Write one record, then read it back starting at its exact sequence number.
      - url: arazzo/amazon-kinesis-put-records-and-read-back-workflow.yml
        name: Amazon Kinesis Put Records and Read Back
        summary: Batch-write records, get a shard iterator, then read the records back.
      - url: arazzo/amazon-kinesis-register-consumer-and-confirm-workflow.yml
        name: Amazon Kinesis Register Consumer and Confirm
        summary: Register an enhanced fan-out consumer and poll until it becomes ACTIVE.
      - url: arazzo/amazon-kinesis-scale-stream-shard-count-workflow.yml
        name: Amazon Kinesis Scale Stream Shard Count
        summary: Resize a provisioned stream's shard count, wait for ACTIVE, then list shards.
  - type: Features
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/features/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/faqs/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/category/analytics/amazon-kinesis/
  - type: Customers
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/customers/
  - type: Resources
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/resources/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/
  - type: SDK & Tools
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
  - type: Support
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/
  - type: Firehose Blog
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/category/analytics/amazon-kinesis/kinesis-data-firehose/
  - type: Video Streams FAQs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/faqs/
  - type: Firehose FAQs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/firehose/faqs/
  - type: Managed Flink FAQs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/faqs/
  - type: Video Streams Resources
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/resources/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/pricing/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/tutorial-stock-data-kplkcl-iam.html
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
  - type: SignUp
    url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/aws
  - type: StackOverflow
    url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/amazon-kinesis
  - type: UseCases
    data:
      - name: Real-Time Analytics
        description: Analyze streaming data for operational metrics and business intelligence.
      - name: Event-Driven Architectures
        description: Build event-driven microservices that react to real-time data streams.
      - name: Machine Learning
        description: Feed real-time data into ML models for online training and inference.
  - type: Integrations
    data:
      - name: AWS Lambda
        description: Trigger Lambda functions to process records from Kinesis streams.
      - name: Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
        description: Use Kinesis streams as source for Firehose delivery.
      - name: Amazon DynamoDB
        description: Store processed streaming records in DynamoDB.
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/amazon-kinesis-spectral-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/amazon-kinesis-vocabulary.yaml
  - type: Integrations
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace
integrations:
  - name: Agent Mode
  - name: Sign in
  - name: Become a Channel Partner
  - name: Resources
  - name: Sell in AWS Marketplace
  - name: Why AWS Marketplace?
  - name: Get started in AWS Marketplace
  - name: Manage Your Account
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    url: http://apievangelist.com
    email: [email protected]