# CreateConnector
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Creates a connector that links an external cloud provider to Amazon Inspector for vulnerability scanning.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /connector/create HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "clientToken": "{{string}}",
   "description": "{{string}}",
   "name": "{{string}}",
   "provider": "{{string}}",
   "providerDetail": { ... },
   "tags": { 
      "{{string}}" : "{{string}}" 
   }
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [clientToken](#API_CreateConnector_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="inspector2-CreateConnector-request-clientToken"></a>
A unique, case-sensitive identifier that you provide to ensure that the operation completes no more than one time. If this token matches a previous request, the service ignores the request but does not return an error.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** [description](#API_CreateConnector_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="inspector2-CreateConnector-request-description"></a>
A description of the connector.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 200.  
Pattern: `[^\p{C}]*`   
Required: No

 ** [name](#API_CreateConnector_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="inspector2-CreateConnector-request-name"></a>
The name of the connector.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 50.  
Pattern: `[\p{L}\p{N}_-]+`   
Required: Yes

 ** [provider](#API_CreateConnector_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="inspector2-CreateConnector-request-provider"></a>
The cloud provider for the connector.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `AZURE`   
Required: Yes

 ** [providerDetail](#API_CreateConnector_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="inspector2-CreateConnector-request-providerDetail"></a>
The provider-specific configuration details for the connector.  
Type: [ProviderDetailCreate](API_ProviderDetailCreate.md) object  
 **Note: **This object is a Union. Only one member of this object can be specified or returned.  
Required: Yes

 ** [tags](#API_CreateConnector_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="inspector2-CreateConnector-request-tags"></a>
The tags to apply to the connector.  
Type: String to string map  
Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 50 items.  
Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Key Pattern: `(?!aws:)[\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+\-@]*`   
Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.  
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "connectorArn": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [connectorArn](#API_CreateConnector_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="inspector2-CreateConnector-response-connectorArn"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the created connector.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `arn:aws(-[a-z]+)*:inspector2:[a-z0-9-]+:[0-9]{12}:connector/([a-f0-9-]+|aws-service-connector/.+/[a-f0-9-]+)` 

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.  
 For `Enable`, you receive this error if you attempt to use a feature in an unsupported AWS Region.   
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
A conflict occurred. This exception occurs when the same resource is being modified by concurrent requests.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
The request has failed due to an internal failure of the Amazon Inspector service.    
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The number of seconds to wait before retrying the request.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ServiceQuotaExceededException **   
You have exceeded your service quota. To perform the requested action, remove some of the relevant resources, or use Service Quotas to request a service quota increase.    
 ** resourceId **   
The ID of the resource that exceeds a service quota.
HTTP Status Code: 402

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The limit on the number of requests per second was exceeded.    
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The number of seconds to wait before retrying the request.
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
The request has failed validation due to missing required fields or having invalid inputs.    
 ** fields **   
The fields that failed validation.  
 ** reason **   
The reason for the validation failure.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/inspector2-2020-06-08/CreateConnector) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/inspector2-2020-06-08/CreateConnector) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/inspector2-2020-06-08/CreateConnector) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/inspector2-2020-06-08/CreateConnector) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/inspector2-2020-06-08/CreateConnector) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/inspector2-2020-06-08/CreateConnector) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/inspector2-2020-06-08/CreateConnector) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/inspector2-2020-06-08/CreateConnector) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/inspector2-2020-06-08/CreateConnector) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/inspector2-2020-06-08/CreateConnector)