AWS Kinesis

aid: kinesis
name: AWS Kinesis
description: >-
  Amazon Kinesis is a family of fully managed AWS services for collecting,
  processing, and analyzing real-time streaming data. The family includes
  Kinesis Data Streams for scalable record ingestion, Amazon Data Firehose
  (formerly Kinesis Data Firehose) for delivery to data lakes and analytics
  destinations, Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink (formerly Kinesis
  Data Analytics) for stateful stream processing, and Kinesis Video Streams
  for ingest and playback of media from connected devices.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Analytics
  - Apache Flink
  - AWS
  - Big Data
  - Data Processing
  - Real-Time
  - Streaming
  - Video
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kinesis/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: kinesis:data-streams-api
    name: Amazon Kinesis Data Streams API
    description: >-
      Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is a scalable and durable real-time data
      streaming service that can continuously capture gigabytes of data per
      second from hundreds of thousands of sources. The API supports stream
      creation and lifecycle management, record put and get operations,
      shard discovery and resharding, enhanced fan-out consumers, and stream
      consumer registration for downstream processing.
    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/
    baseURL: https://kinesis.{region}.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - Data Streams
      - Ingestion
      - Real-Time
      - Streaming
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/latest/APIReference/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/amazon-kinesis-data-streams-openapi-original.yml
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/pricing/
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/getting-started/
      - type: FAQ
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/faqs/
      - type: DeveloperGuide
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/introduction.html
      - type: Security
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/security.html
      - type: Customers
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/customers/
      - type: Integrations
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/integrations/
    contact:
      - FN: AWS Support
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  - aid: kinesis:data-firehose-api
    name: Amazon Data Firehose API
    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. Firehose can capture, transform with
      Lambda or built-in conversions, and deliver streaming data to Amazon
      S3, Amazon Redshift, Amazon OpenSearch Service, Splunk, and supported
      partner destinations with automatic scaling and retry handling.
    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/firehose/
    baseURL: https://firehose.{region}.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - Data Delivery
      - ETL
      - Streaming
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/firehose/latest/APIReference/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/amazon-data-firehose-openapi-original.yml
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-firehose/pricing/
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-firehose/getting-started/
      - type: FAQ
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-firehose/faqs/
      - type: DeveloperGuide
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/firehose/latest/dev/what-is-this-service.html
    contact:
      - FN: AWS Support
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  - aid: kinesis:data-analytics-api
    name: Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics API
    description: >-
      Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is a managed service for analyzing
      streaming data using SQL or Apache Flink. The API enables creation
      and management of streaming applications, input and output stream
      configuration, application code deployment, and runtime monitoring,
      enabling near real-time insights and event-driven actions on
      continuously arriving data.
    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-analytics/
    baseURL: https://kinesisanalytics.{region}.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - Analytics
      - Apache Flink
      - SQL
      - Streaming
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisanalytics/latest/apiv2/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/amazon-kinesis-data-analytics-openapi-original.yml
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-analytics/pricing/
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-analytics/getting-started/
      - type: FAQ
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-analytics/faqs/
      - type: DeveloperGuide
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisanalytics/latest/dev/how-it-works.html
      - type: Security
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisanalytics/latest/dev/security.html
    contact:
      - FN: AWS Support
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  - aid: kinesis:managed-flink-api
    name: Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink API
    description: >-
      Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink (formerly Amazon Kinesis Data
      Analytics for Apache Flink) is a fully managed service for processing
      and analyzing streaming data using Apache Flink. Developers build
      streaming applications in Java, Python, SQL, or Scala, and the
      service handles infrastructure provisioning, scaling, state
      management, and high availability for stateful stream processing.
    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/
    baseURL: https://kinesisanalytics.{region}.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - Analytics
      - Apache Flink
      - Real-Time
      - Streaming
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managed-flink/latest/apiv2/Welcome.html
      - type: DeveloperGuide
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managed-flink/latest/java/getting-started.html
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/pricing/
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/getting-started/
      - type: FAQ
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/faqs/
    contact:
      - FN: AWS Support
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  - aid: kinesis:video-streams-api
    name: Amazon Kinesis Video Streams API
    description: >-
      Amazon Kinesis Video Streams makes it easy to securely stream video,
      audio, and time-encoded data from connected devices to AWS for
      analytics, machine learning, playback, and other processing. The API
      supports stream lifecycle management, media ingest and retrieval, HLS
      and DASH playback URL generation, signaling for WebRTC peer
      connections, and integration with AWS Rekognition for video analysis.
    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/
    baseURL: https://kinesisvideo.{region}.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - IoT
      - Machine Learning
      - Streaming
      - Video
      - WebRTC
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/API_Reference.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-openapi-original.yml
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/pricing/
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/getting-started/
      - type: FAQ
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/faqs/
      - type: DeveloperGuide
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/what-is-kinesis-video.html
      - type: Security
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/security.html
      - type: Customers
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/customers/
      - type: Features
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/features/
      - type: Resources
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/resources/
      - type: WebRTCGuide
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideostreams-webrtc-dg/latest/devguide/what-is-kvswebrtc.html
    contact:
      - FN: AWS Support
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/category/analytics/amazon-kinesis/
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.aws.amazon.com/
  - type: Support
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
  - type: SLA
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/sla/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/getting-started/
  - type: Legal
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/legal/service-level-agreements/
  - type: Contact
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]