AWSAppSyncSchemaAuthor

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Summary

Provides access to create, update, and query the schema.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSAppSyncSchemaAuthor
Default version: v3
Created: 2018-03-20
Last edited: 2023-02-01
Services: appsync

Control-plane actions (30)

By access level: 7 List, 10 Read, 2 Tagging, 11 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
AppSync	30 of 87	7 List, 10 Read, 2 Tagging, 11 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	appsync:CreateFunction, appsync:CreateResolver, appsync:CreateType, appsync:DeleteFunction, appsync:DeleteResolver, appsync:DeleteType, appsync:EvaluateCode, appsync:EvaluateMappingTemplate, appsync:GetDataSource, appsync:GetFunction, appsync:GetGraphqlApi, appsync:GetIntrospectionSchema and 18 more

AppSync: 30 actions

appsync:CreateFunction (Write)
appsync:CreateResolver (Write)
appsync:CreateType (Write)
appsync:DeleteFunction (Write)
appsync:DeleteResolver (Write)
appsync:DeleteType (Write)
appsync:EvaluateCode (Read)
appsync:EvaluateMappingTemplate (Read)
appsync:GetDataSource (Read)
appsync:GetFunction (Read)
appsync:GetGraphqlApi (Read)
appsync:GetIntrospectionSchema (Read)
appsync:GetResolver (Read)
appsync:GetSchemaCreationStatus (Read)
appsync:GetType (Read)
appsync:GraphQL (Write)
appsync:ListApiKeys (List)
appsync:ListDataSources (List)
appsync:ListFunctions (List)
appsync:ListGraphqlApis (List)
appsync:ListResolvers (List)
appsync:ListResolversByFunction (List)
appsync:ListTagsForResource (Read)
appsync:ListTypes (List)
appsync:StartSchemaCreation (Write)
appsync:TagResource (Tagging)
appsync:UntagResource (Tagging)
appsync:UpdateFunction (Write)
appsync:UpdateResolver (Write)
appsync:UpdateType (Write)

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: all-resources.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants 13 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "appsync:GraphQL",
        "appsync:CreateResolver",
        "appsync:CreateType",
        "appsync:DeleteResolver",
        "appsync:DeleteType",
        "appsync:GetResolver",
        "appsync:GetType",
        "appsync:GetDataSource",
        "appsync:GetSchemaCreationStatus",
        "appsync:GetIntrospectionSchema",
        "appsync:GetGraphqlApi",
        "appsync:ListTypes",
        "appsync:ListApiKeys",
        "appsync:ListResolvers",
        "appsync:ListDataSources",
        "appsync:ListGraphqlApis",
        "appsync:StartSchemaCreation",
        "appsync:UpdateResolver",
        "appsync:UpdateType",
        "appsync:TagResource",
        "appsync:UntagResource",
        "appsync:ListTagsForResource",
        "appsync:CreateFunction",
        "appsync:UpdateFunction",
        "appsync:GetFunction",
        "appsync:DeleteFunction",
        "appsync:ListFunctions",
        "appsync:ListResolversByFunction",
        "appsync:EvaluateMappingTemplate",
        "appsync:EvaluateCode"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v3, edited by AWS on 2023-02-01. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSAppSyncSchemaAuthor
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSAppSyncSchemaAuthor
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSAppSyncSchemaAuthor

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSAppSyncSchemaAuthor

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "awsappsyncschemaauthor" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSAppSyncSchemaAuthor"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AWSAppSyncSchemaAuthor"),
);

Sources

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