Write Action

gamelift.call
ActionAmazon Web Servicesconnection required

Calls the AWS gamelift API (SigV4).

Run one of 68 write actions on GameLift.

Connection

Required
Yes — the node will not save without one
Auth type
API key
Providers
Amazon GameLift
Secret shape
{"access_key_id", "secret_access_key"}
Config it needs
region
Resolved by
config.connection_id, else node.connection_id

Configuration

3 fields, 1 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.

FieldTypeRequiredDefaultConstraintsExample
region
AWS region (overrides the connection).
stringNo———
action
Which write action to run.
stringYes—one of "AcceptMatch", "ClaimGameServer", "CreateAlias", "CreateBuild", "CreateContainerFleet", "CreateContainerGroupDefinition", "CreateFleet", "CreateFleetLocations", "CreateGameServerGroup", "CreateGameSession", "CreateGameSessionQueue", "CreateLocation", "CreateMatchmakingConfiguration", "CreateMatchmakingRuleSet", "CreatePlayerSession", "CreatePlayerSessions", "CreateScript", "CreateVpcPeeringAuthorization", "CreateVpcPeeringConnection", "DeleteAlias", "DeleteBuild", "DeleteContainerFleet", "DeleteContainerGroupDefinition", "DeleteFleet", "DeleteFleetLocations", "DeleteGameServerGroup", "DeleteGameSessionQueue", "DeleteLocation", "DeleteMatchmakingConfiguration", "DeleteMatchmakingRuleSet", "DeleteScalingPolicy", "DeleteScript", "DeleteVpcPeeringAuthorization", "DeleteVpcPeeringConnection", "DeregisterCompute", "DeregisterGameServer", "PutScalingPolicy", "RegisterCompute", "RegisterGameServer", "RequestUploadCredentials", "ResolveAlias", "ResumeGameServerGroup", "StartFleetActions", "StartGameSessionPlacement", "StartMatchBackfill", "StartMatchmaking", "StopFleetActions", "StopGameSessionPlacement", "StopMatchmaking", "SuspendGameServerGroup", "TagResource", "TerminateGameSession", "UntagResource", "UpdateAlias", "UpdateBuild", "UpdateContainerFleet", "UpdateContainerGroupDefinition", "UpdateFleetAttributes", "UpdateFleetCapacity", "UpdateFleetPortSettings", "UpdateGameServer", "UpdateGameServerGroup", "UpdateGameSession", "UpdateGameSessionQueue", "UpdateMatchmakingConfiguration", "UpdateRuntimeConfiguration", "UpdateScript", "ValidateMatchmakingRuleSet"—
request
The action's input, as AWS documents it.
objectNo———

Output

One shape.

result

The AWS response for the operation you named, as returned.

Extra keys beyond the ones listed can appear.

{}

Notes

  • This performs a real change in the account. Dry runs stub it, like every other external node.

Related Amazon GameLift nodes

See Write Action run in a workflow.

In a technical demo we add the Amazon GameLift connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.