AWS StepFuncton executionArn format

Question

If I run StartExecution specifying the optional parameter name (The name of the execution.)

Can I get the executionArn as follows?

stateMachineArn:name

I know that I can get the the executionArn in the response of StartExecution but I would like to pass the executionArn as input to my execution.

Answer 1

This is definitely possible using the name field. I have an example below to show how to do it:

StateMachine (name='Helloworld-test'):

{
  "Comment": "A Hello World example of the Amazon States Language using a Pass state",
  "StartAt": "HelloWorld",
  "States": {
    "HelloWorld": {
      "Type": "Pass",
      "End": true
    }
  }
}

Execution name:

exsname

Execution Input (you can construct this here):

{
  "arn": "arn:aws:states:us-east-1:195788859115:execution:Helloworld-test:exsname"
}

Output from Execution:

{
  "arn": "arn:aws:states:us-east-1:195788859115:execution:Helloworld-test:exsname"
}

Hope this helps!