sfn_test_state: Accepts the definition of a single state and executes it

In paws.application.integration: 'Amazon Web Services' Application Integration Services

Accepts the definition of a single state and executes it

Description

Accepts the definition of a single state and executes it. You can test a state without creating a state machine or updating an existing state machine. Using this API, you can test the following:

See https://www.paws-r-sdk.com/docs/sfn_test_state/ for full documentation.

Usage

sfn_test_state(
  definition,
  roleArn = NULL,
  input = NULL,
  inspectionLevel = NULL,
  revealSecrets = NULL,
  variables = NULL,
  stateName = NULL,
  mock = NULL,
  context = NULL,
  stateConfiguration = NULL
)

Arguments

definition	[required] The Amazon States Language (ASL) definition of the state or state machine.
roleArn	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the execution role with the required IAM permissions for the state.
input	A string that contains the JSON input data for the state.
inspectionLevel	Determines the values to return when a state is tested. You can specify one of the following types: INFO: Shows the final state output. By default, Step Functions sets inspectionLevel to INFO if you don't specify a level. DEBUG: Shows the final state output along with the input and output data processing result. TRACE: Shows the HTTP request and response for an HTTP Task. This level also shows the final state output along with the input and output data processing result. Each of these levels also provide information about the status of the state execution and the next state to transition to.
revealSecrets	Specifies whether or not to include secret information in the test result. For HTTP Tasks, a secret includes the data that an EventBridge connection adds to modify the HTTP request headers, query parameters, and body. Step Functions doesn't omit any information included in the state definition or the HTTP response. If you set revealSecrets to true, you must make sure that the IAM user that calls the test_state API has permission for the states:RevealSecrets action. For an example of IAM policy that sets the states:RevealSecrets permission, see IAM permissions to test a state. Without this permission, Step Functions throws an access denied error. By default, revealSecrets is set to false.
variables	JSON object literal that sets variables used in the state under test. Object keys are the variable names and values are the variable values.
stateName	Denotes the particular state within a state machine definition to be tested. If this field is specified, the definition must contain a fully-formed state machine definition.
mock	Defines a mocked result or error for the state under test. A mock can only be specified for Task, Map, or Parallel states. If it is specified for another state type, an exception will be thrown.
context	A JSON string representing a valid Context object for the state under test. This field may only be specified if a mock is specified in the same request.
stateConfiguration	Contains configurations for the state under test.

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