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CreateAccountAliasCommand

Creates an alias for your Amazon Web Services account. For information about using an Amazon Web Services account alias, see Creating, deleting, and listing an Amazon Web Services account alias in the Amazon Web Services Sign-In User Guide.

Example Syntax

Use a bare-bones client and the command you need to make an API call.

import { IAMClient, CreateAccountAliasCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-iam"; // ES Modules import
// const { IAMClient, CreateAccountAliasCommand } = require("@aws-sdk/client-iam"); // CommonJS import
const client = new IAMClient(config);
const input = { // CreateAccountAliasRequest
  AccountAlias: "STRING_VALUE", // required
};
const command = new CreateAccountAliasCommand(input);
const response = await client.send(command);
// {};

Example Usage

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CreateAccountAliasCommand Input

See CreateAccountAliasCommandInput for more details

Parameter	Type	Description
`AccountAlias` Required	`string \| undefined`	The account alias to create. This parameter allows (through its regex pattern ) a string of characters consisting of lowercase letters, digits, and dashes. You cannot start or finish with a dash, nor can you have two dashes in a row.

CreateAccountAliasCommand Output

See CreateAccountAliasCommandOutput for details

Parameter	Type	Description
`$metadata` Required	`ResponseMetadata`	Metadata pertaining to this request.

Throws

Name	Fault	Details
ConcurrentModificationException	client	The request was rejected because multiple requests to change this object were submitted simultaneously. Wait a few minutes and submit your request again.
EntityAlreadyExistsException	client	The request was rejected because it attempted to create a resource that already exists.
LimitExceededException	client	The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current Amazon Web Services account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.
ServiceFailureException	server	The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.
IAMServiceException		Base exception class for all service exceptions from IAM service.

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