Start Job Run

glue.start_job_run
ActionAmazon Web Servicesconnection required

Calls the AWS glue API (SigV4).

Start a Glue ETL job.

Connection

Required
Yes — the node will not save without one
Auth type
API key
Providers
AWS Glue
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———
job_name
Glue job name.
stringYes———
arguments
Job arguments (values coerced to strings).
objectNo———

Output

One shape.

result

FieldTypeExample
job_name
string—
job_run_id
string—
{
  "job_name": "",
  "job_run_id": ""
}

Related AWS Glue nodes

See Start Job Run run in a workflow.

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