{
  "version":"2.0",
  "metadata":{
    "apiVersion":"2013-12-02",
    "endpointPrefix":"kinesis",
    "jsonVersion":"1.1",
    "serviceAbbreviation":"Kinesis",
    "serviceFullName":"Amazon Kinesis",
    "signatureVersion":"v4",
    "targetPrefix":"Kinesis_20131202",
    "protocol":"json"
  },
  "documentation":"<fullname>Amazon Kinesis Service API Reference</fullname> <p>Amazon Kinesis is a managed service that scales elastically for real time processing of streaming big data.</p>",
  "operations":{
    "AddTagsToStream":{
      "name":"AddTagsToStream",
      "http":{
        "method":"POST",
        "requestUri":"/"
      },
      "input":{
        "shape":"AddTagsToStreamInput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the input for <code>AddTagsToStream</code>.</p>"
      },
      "errors":[
        {
          "shape":"ResourceNotFoundException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource could not be found. The stream might not be specified correctly, or it might not be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state if the operation requires it.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"ResourceInUseException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The resource is not available for this operation. For successful operation, the resource needs to be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"InvalidArgumentException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>A specified parameter exceeds its restrictions, is not supported, or can't be used. For more information, see the returned message.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"LimitExceededException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource exceeds the maximum number allowed, or the number of concurrent stream requests exceeds the maximum number allowed (5).</p>"
        }
      ],
      "documentation":"<p>Adds or updates tags for the specified Amazon Kinesis stream. Each stream can have up to 10 tags. </p> <p>If tags have already been assigned to the stream, <code>AddTagsToStream</code> overwrites any existing tags that correspond to the specified tag keys.</p>"
    },
    "CreateStream":{
      "name":"CreateStream",
      "http":{
        "method":"POST",
        "requestUri":"/"
      },
      "input":{
        "shape":"CreateStreamInput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the input for <code>CreateStream</code>.</p>"
      },
      "errors":[
        {
          "shape":"ResourceInUseException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The resource is not available for this operation. For successful operation, the resource needs to be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"LimitExceededException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource exceeds the maximum number allowed, or the number of concurrent stream requests exceeds the maximum number allowed (5).</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"InvalidArgumentException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>A specified parameter exceeds its restrictions, is not supported, or can't be used. For more information, see the returned message.</p>"
        }
      ],
      "documentation":"<p>Creates a Amazon Kinesis stream. A stream captures and transports data records that are continuously emitted from different data sources or <i>producers</i>. Scale-out within an Amazon Kinesis stream is explicitly supported by means of shards, which are uniquely identified groups of data records in an Amazon Kinesis stream.</p> <p>You specify and control the number of shards that a stream is composed of. Each shard can support reads up to 5 transactions per second, up to a maximum data read total of 2 MB per second. Each shard can support writes up to 1,000 records per second, up to a maximum data write total of 1 MB per second. You can add shards to a stream if the amount of data input increases and you can remove shards if the amount of data input decreases.</p> <p>The stream name identifies the stream. The name is scoped to the AWS account used by the application. It is also scoped by region. That is, two streams in two different accounts can have the same name, and two streams in the same account, but in two different regions, can have the same name. </p> <p><code>CreateStream</code> is an asynchronous operation. Upon receiving a <code>CreateStream</code> request, Amazon Kinesis immediately returns and sets the stream status to <code>CREATING</code>. After the stream is created, Amazon Kinesis sets the stream status to <code>ACTIVE</code>. You should perform read and write operations only on an <code>ACTIVE</code> stream. </p> <p>You receive a <code>LimitExceededException</code> when making a <code>CreateStream</code> request if you try to do one of the following:</p> <ul> <li>Have more than five streams in the <code>CREATING</code> state at any point in time.</li> <li>Create more shards than are authorized for your account.</li> </ul> <p>For the default shard limit for an AWS account, see <a href=\"http://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/latest/dev/service-sizes-and-limits.html\">Amazon Kinesis Limits</a>. If you need to increase this limit, <a href=\"http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws_service_limits.html\">contact AWS Support</a>.</p> <p>You can use <code>DescribeStream</code> to check the stream status, which is returned in <code>StreamStatus</code>.</p> <p><a>CreateStream</a> has a limit of 5 transactions per second per account.</p>"
    },
    "DecreaseStreamRetentionPeriod":{
      "name":"DecreaseStreamRetentionPeriod",
      "http":{
        "method":"POST",
        "requestUri":"/"
      },
      "input":{
        "shape":"DecreaseStreamRetentionPeriodInput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the input for <a>DecreaseStreamRetentionPeriod</a>.</p>"
      },
      "errors":[
        {
          "shape":"ResourceInUseException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The resource is not available for this operation. For successful operation, the resource needs to be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"ResourceNotFoundException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource could not be found. The stream might not be specified correctly, or it might not be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state if the operation requires it.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"LimitExceededException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource exceeds the maximum number allowed, or the number of concurrent stream requests exceeds the maximum number allowed (5).</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"InvalidArgumentException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>A specified parameter exceeds its restrictions, is not supported, or can't be used. For more information, see the returned message.</p>"
        }
      ],
      "documentation":"<p>Decreases the stream's retention period, which is the length of time data records are accessible after they are added to the stream. The minimum value of a stream’s retention period is 24 hours. </p> <p>This operation may result in lost data. For example, if the stream's retention period is 48 hours and is decreased to 24 hours, any data already in the stream that is older than 24 hours is inaccessible.</p>"
    },
    "DeleteStream":{
      "name":"DeleteStream",
      "http":{
        "method":"POST",
        "requestUri":"/"
      },
      "input":{
        "shape":"DeleteStreamInput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the input for <a>DeleteStream</a>.</p>"
      },
      "errors":[
        {
          "shape":"ResourceNotFoundException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource could not be found. The stream might not be specified correctly, or it might not be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state if the operation requires it.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"LimitExceededException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource exceeds the maximum number allowed, or the number of concurrent stream requests exceeds the maximum number allowed (5).</p>"
        }
      ],
      "documentation":"<p>Deletes a stream and all its shards and data. You must shut down any applications that are operating on the stream before you delete the stream. If an application attempts to operate on a deleted stream, it will receive the exception <code>ResourceNotFoundException</code>.</p> <p>If the stream is in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state, you can delete it. After a <code>DeleteStream</code> request, the specified stream is in the <code>DELETING</code> state until Amazon Kinesis completes the deletion.</p> <p><b>Note:</b> Amazon Kinesis might continue to accept data read and write operations, such as <a>PutRecord</a>, <a>PutRecords</a>, and <a>GetRecords</a>, on a stream in the <code>DELETING</code> state until the stream deletion is complete.</p> <p>When you delete a stream, any shards in that stream are also deleted, and any tags are dissociated from the stream.</p> <p>You can use the <a>DescribeStream</a> operation to check the state of the stream, which is returned in <code>StreamStatus</code>.</p> <p><a>DeleteStream</a> has a limit of 5 transactions per second per account.</p>"
    },
    "DescribeStream":{
      "name":"DescribeStream",
      "http":{
        "method":"POST",
        "requestUri":"/"
      },
      "input":{
        "shape":"DescribeStreamInput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the input for <code>DescribeStream</code>.</p>"
      },
      "output":{
        "shape":"DescribeStreamOutput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the output for <code>DescribeStream</code>.</p>"
      },
      "errors":[
        {
          "shape":"ResourceNotFoundException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource could not be found. The stream might not be specified correctly, or it might not be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state if the operation requires it.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"LimitExceededException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource exceeds the maximum number allowed, or the number of concurrent stream requests exceeds the maximum number allowed (5).</p>"
        }
      ],
      "documentation":"<p>Describes the specified stream.</p> <p>The information about the stream includes its current status, its Amazon Resource Name (ARN), and an array of shard objects. For each shard object, there is information about the hash key and sequence number ranges that the shard spans, and the IDs of any earlier shards that played in a role in creating the shard. A sequence number is the identifier associated with every record ingested in the Amazon Kinesis stream. The sequence number is assigned when a record is put into the stream.</p> <p>You can limit the number of returned shards using the <code>Limit</code> parameter. The number of shards in a stream may be too large to return from a single call to <code>DescribeStream</code>. You can detect this by using the <code>HasMoreShards</code> flag in the returned output. <code>HasMoreShards</code> is set to <code>true</code> when there is more data available. </p> <p><code>DescribeStream</code> is a paginated operation. If there are more shards available, you can request them using the shard ID of the last shard returned. Specify this ID in the <code>ExclusiveStartShardId</code> parameter in a subsequent request to <code>DescribeStream</code>. </p> <p><a>DescribeStream</a> has a limit of 10 transactions per second per account.</p>"
    },
    "GetRecords":{
      "name":"GetRecords",
      "http":{
        "method":"POST",
        "requestUri":"/"
      },
      "input":{
        "shape":"GetRecordsInput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the input for <a>GetRecords</a>.</p>"
      },
      "output":{
        "shape":"GetRecordsOutput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the output for <a>GetRecords</a>.</p>"
      },
      "errors":[
        {
          "shape":"ResourceNotFoundException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource could not be found. The stream might not be specified correctly, or it might not be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state if the operation requires it.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"InvalidArgumentException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>A specified parameter exceeds its restrictions, is not supported, or can't be used. For more information, see the returned message.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"ProvisionedThroughputExceededException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The request rate is too high, or the requested data is too large for the available throughput. Reduce the frequency or size of your requests. For more information, see <a href=\"http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/api-retries.html\" target=\"_blank\">Error Retries and Exponential Backoff in AWS</a> in the <i>AWS General Reference</i>.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"ExpiredIteratorException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The provided iterator exceeds the maximum age allowed.</p>"
        }
      ],
      "documentation":"<p>Gets data records from a shard.</p> <p>Specify a shard iterator using the <code>ShardIterator</code> parameter. The shard iterator specifies the position in the shard from which you want to start reading data records sequentially. If there are no records available in the portion of the shard that the iterator points to, <a>GetRecords</a> returns an empty list. Note that it might take multiple calls to get to a portion of the shard that contains records.</p> <p>You can scale by provisioning multiple shards. Your application should have one thread per shard, each reading continuously from its stream. To read from a stream continually, call <a>GetRecords</a> in a loop. Use <a>GetShardIterator</a> to get the shard iterator to specify in the first <a>GetRecords</a> call. <a>GetRecords</a> returns a new shard iterator in <code>NextShardIterator</code>. Specify the shard iterator returned in <code>NextShardIterator</code> in subsequent calls to <a>GetRecords</a>. Note that if the shard has been closed, the shard iterator can't return more data and <a>GetRecords</a> returns <code>null</code> in <code>NextShardIterator</code>. You can terminate the loop when the shard is closed, or when the shard iterator reaches the record with the sequence number or other attribute that marks it as the last record to process.</p> <p>Each data record can be up to 1 MB in size, and each shard can read up to 2 MB per second. You can ensure that your calls don't exceed the maximum supported size or throughput by using the <code>Limit</code> parameter to specify the maximum number of records that <a>GetRecords</a> can return. Consider your average record size when determining this limit.</p> <p>The size of the data returned by <a>GetRecords</a> will vary depending on the utilization of the shard. The maximum size of data that <a>GetRecords</a> can return is 10 MB. If a call returns this amount of data, subsequent calls made within the next 5 seconds throw <code>ProvisionedThroughputExceededException</code>. If there is insufficient provisioned throughput on the shard, subsequent calls made within the next 1 second throw <code>ProvisionedThroughputExceededException</code>. Note that <a>GetRecords</a> won't return any data when it throws an exception. For this reason, we recommend that you wait one second between calls to <a>GetRecords</a>; however, it's possible that the application will get exceptions for longer than 1 second.</p> <p>To detect whether the application is falling behind in processing, you can use the <code>MillisBehindLatest</code> response attribute. You can also monitor the stream using CloudWatch metrics (see <a href=\"http://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/latest/dev/monitoring.html\">Monitoring Amazon Kinesis</a> in the <i>Amazon Kinesis Developer Guide</i>).</p> <p>Each Amazon Kinesis record includes a value, <code>ApproximateArrivalTimestamp</code>, that is set when an Amazon Kinesis stream successfully receives and stores a record. This is commonly referred to as a server-side timestamp, which is different than a client-side timestamp, where the timestamp is set when a data producer creates or sends the record to a stream. The timestamp has millisecond precision. There are no guarantees about the timestamp accuracy, or that the timestamp is always increasing. For example, records in a shard or across a stream might have timestamps that are out of order.</p>"
    },
    "GetShardIterator":{
      "name":"GetShardIterator",
      "http":{
        "method":"POST",
        "requestUri":"/"
      },
      "input":{
        "shape":"GetShardIteratorInput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the input for <code>GetShardIterator</code>.</p>"
      },
      "output":{
        "shape":"GetShardIteratorOutput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the output for <code>GetShardIterator</code>.</p>"
      },
      "errors":[
        {
          "shape":"ResourceNotFoundException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource could not be found. The stream might not be specified correctly, or it might not be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state if the operation requires it.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"InvalidArgumentException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>A specified parameter exceeds its restrictions, is not supported, or can't be used. For more information, see the returned message.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"ProvisionedThroughputExceededException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The request rate is too high, or the requested data is too large for the available throughput. Reduce the frequency or size of your requests. For more information, see <a href=\"http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/api-retries.html\" target=\"_blank\">Error Retries and Exponential Backoff in AWS</a> in the <i>AWS General Reference</i>.</p>"
        }
      ],
      "documentation":"<p>Gets a shard iterator. A shard iterator expires five minutes after it is returned to the requester.</p> <p>A shard iterator specifies the position in the shard from which to start reading data records sequentially. A shard iterator specifies this position using the sequence number of a data record in a shard. A sequence number is the identifier associated with every record ingested in the Amazon Kinesis stream. The sequence number is assigned when a record is put into the stream. </p> <p>You must specify the shard iterator type. For example, you can set the <code>ShardIteratorType</code> parameter to read exactly from the position denoted by a specific sequence number by using the <code>AT_SEQUENCE_NUMBER</code> shard iterator type, or right after the sequence number by using the <code>AFTER_SEQUENCE_NUMBER</code> shard iterator type, using sequence numbers returned by earlier calls to <a>PutRecord</a>, <a>PutRecords</a>, <a>GetRecords</a>, or <a>DescribeStream</a>. You can specify the shard iterator type <code>TRIM_HORIZON</code> in the request to cause <code>ShardIterator</code> to point to the last untrimmed record in the shard in the system, which is the oldest data record in the shard. Or you can point to just after the most recent record in the shard, by using the shard iterator type <code>LATEST</code>, so that you always read the most recent data in the shard. </p> <p>When you repeatedly read from an Amazon Kinesis stream use a <a>GetShardIterator</a> request to get the first shard iterator for use in your first <a>GetRecords</a> request and then use the shard iterator returned by the <a>GetRecords</a> request in <code>NextShardIterator</code> for subsequent reads. A new shard iterator is returned by every <a>GetRecords</a> request in <code>NextShardIterator</code>, which you use in the <code>ShardIterator</code> parameter of the next <a>GetRecords</a> request. </p> <p>If a <a>GetShardIterator</a> request is made too often, you receive a <code>ProvisionedThroughputExceededException</code>. For more information about throughput limits, see <a>GetRecords</a>.</p> <p>If the shard is closed, the iterator can't return more data, and <a>GetShardIterator</a> returns <code>null</code> for its <code>ShardIterator</code>. A shard can be closed using <a>SplitShard</a> or <a>MergeShards</a>.</p> <p><a>GetShardIterator</a> has a limit of 5 transactions per second per account per open shard.</p>"
    },
    "IncreaseStreamRetentionPeriod":{
      "name":"IncreaseStreamRetentionPeriod",
      "http":{
        "method":"POST",
        "requestUri":"/"
      },
      "input":{
        "shape":"IncreaseStreamRetentionPeriodInput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the input for <a>IncreaseStreamRetentionPeriod</a>.</p>"
      },
      "errors":[
        {
          "shape":"ResourceInUseException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The resource is not available for this operation. For successful operation, the resource needs to be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"ResourceNotFoundException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource could not be found. The stream might not be specified correctly, or it might not be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state if the operation requires it.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"LimitExceededException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource exceeds the maximum number allowed, or the number of concurrent stream requests exceeds the maximum number allowed (5).</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"InvalidArgumentException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>A specified parameter exceeds its restrictions, is not supported, or can't be used. For more information, see the returned message.</p>"
        }
      ],
      "documentation":"<p>Increases the stream's retention period, which is the length of time data records are accessible after they are added to the stream. The maximum value of a stream’s retention period is 168 hours (7 days).</p> <p>Upon choosing a longer stream retention period, this operation will increase the time period records are accessible that have not yet expired. However, it will not make previous data that has expired (older than the stream’s previous retention period) accessible after the operation has been called. For example, if a stream’s retention period is set to 24 hours and is increased to 168 hours, any data that is older than 24 hours will remain inaccessible to consumer applications.</p>"
    },
    "ListStreams":{
      "name":"ListStreams",
      "http":{
        "method":"POST",
        "requestUri":"/"
      },
      "input":{
        "shape":"ListStreamsInput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the input for <code>ListStreams</code>.</p>"
      },
      "output":{
        "shape":"ListStreamsOutput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the output for <code>ListStreams</code>.</p>"
      },
      "errors":[
        {
          "shape":"LimitExceededException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource exceeds the maximum number allowed, or the number of concurrent stream requests exceeds the maximum number allowed (5).</p>"
        }
      ],
      "documentation":"<p> Lists your streams.</p> <p> The number of streams may be too large to return from a single call to <code>ListStreams</code>. You can limit the number of returned streams using the <code>Limit</code> parameter. If you do not specify a value for the <code>Limit</code> parameter, Amazon Kinesis uses the default limit, which is currently 10.</p> <p> You can detect if there are more streams available to list by using the <code>HasMoreStreams</code> flag from the returned output. If there are more streams available, you can request more streams by using the name of the last stream returned by the <code>ListStreams</code> request in the <code>ExclusiveStartStreamName</code> parameter in a subsequent request to <code>ListStreams</code>. The group of stream names returned by the subsequent request is then added to the list. You can continue this process until all the stream names have been collected in the list. </p> <p><a>ListStreams</a> has a limit of 5 transactions per second per account.</p>"
    },
    "ListTagsForStream":{
      "name":"ListTagsForStream",
      "http":{
        "method":"POST",
        "requestUri":"/"
      },
      "input":{
        "shape":"ListTagsForStreamInput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the input for <code>ListTagsForStream</code>.</p>"
      },
      "output":{
        "shape":"ListTagsForStreamOutput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the output for <code>ListTagsForStream</code>.</p>"
      },
      "errors":[
        {
          "shape":"ResourceNotFoundException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource could not be found. The stream might not be specified correctly, or it might not be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state if the operation requires it.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"InvalidArgumentException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>A specified parameter exceeds its restrictions, is not supported, or can't be used. For more information, see the returned message.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"LimitExceededException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource exceeds the maximum number allowed, or the number of concurrent stream requests exceeds the maximum number allowed (5).</p>"
        }
      ],
      "documentation":"<p>Lists the tags for the specified Amazon Kinesis stream.</p>"
    },
    "MergeShards":{
      "name":"MergeShards",
      "http":{
        "method":"POST",
        "requestUri":"/"
      },
      "input":{
        "shape":"MergeShardsInput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the input for <code>MergeShards</code>.</p>"
      },
      "errors":[
        {
          "shape":"ResourceNotFoundException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource could not be found. The stream might not be specified correctly, or it might not be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state if the operation requires it.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"ResourceInUseException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The resource is not available for this operation. For successful operation, the resource needs to be in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"InvalidArgumentException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>A specified parameter exceeds its restrictions, is not supported, or can't be used. For more information, see the returned message.</p>"
        },
        {
          "shape":"LimitExceededException",
          "exception":true,
          "documentation":"<p>The requested resource exceeds the maximum number allowed, or the number of concurrent stream requests exceeds the maximum number allowed (5).</p>"
        }
      ],
      "documentation":"<p>Merges two adjacent shards in a stream and combines them into a single shard to reduce the stream's capacity to ingest and transport data. Two shards are considered adjacent if the union of the hash key ranges for the two shards form a contiguous set with no gaps. For example, if you have two shards, one with a hash key range of 276...381 and the other with a hash key range of 382...454, then you could merge these two shards into a single shard that would have a hash key range of 276...454. After the merge, the single child shard receives data for all hash key values covered by the two parent shards.</p> <p><code>MergeShards</code> is called when there is a need to reduce the overall capacity of a stream because of excess capacity that is not being used. You must specify the shard to be merged and the adjacent shard for a stream. For more information about merging shards, see <a href=\"http://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesis/latest/dev/kinesis-using-sdk-java-resharding-merge.html\">Merge Two Shards</a> in the <i>Amazon Kinesis Developer Guide</i>.</p> <p>If the stream is in the <code>ACTIVE</code> state, you can call <code>MergeShards</code>. If a stream is in the <code>CREATING</code>, <code>UPDATING</code>, or <code>DELETING</code> state, <code>MergeShards</code> returns a <code>ResourceInUseException</code>. If the specified stream does not exist, <code>MergeShards</code> returns a <code>ResourceNotFoundException</code>. </p> <p>You can use <a>DescribeStream</a> to check the state of the stream, which is returned in <code>StreamStatus</code>.</p> <p><code>MergeShards</code> is an asynchronous operation. Upon receiving a <code>MergeShards</code> request, Amazon Kinesis immediately returns a response and sets the <code>StreamStatus</code> to <code>UPDATING</code>. After the operation is completed, Amazon Kinesis sets the <code>StreamStatus</code> to <code>ACTIVE</code>. Read and write operations continue to work while the stream is in the <code>UPDATING</code> state. </p> <p>You use <a>DescribeStream</a> to determine the shard IDs that are specified in the <code>MergeShards</code> request. </p> <p>If you try to operate on too many streams in parallel using <a>CreateStream</a>, <a>DeleteStream</a>, <code>MergeShards</code> or <a>SplitShard</a>, you will receive a <code>LimitExceededException</code>. </p> <p><code>MergeShards</code> has limit of 5 transactions per second per account.</p>"
    },
    "PutRecord":{
      "name":"PutRecord",
      "http":{
        "method":"POST",
        "requestUri":"/"
      },
      "input":{
        "shape":"PutRecordInput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the input for <code>PutRecord</code>.</p>"
      },
      "output":{
        "shape":"PutRecordOutput",
        "documentation":"<p>Represents the output for <code>PutRecord</code>.</p>"
      },
      "errors":[
        {
          "shape":"ResourceNotFoundException",
          "exception":true,
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