# Create Amazon SNS integration

Returns either a newly created Amazon SNS integration, or validation errors. Subscribe a topic to the returned `url` to start receiving notifications, as described in the [Amazon SNS integration guide](https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/integrations/integrating-with-better-uptime/amazon-sns/). Leave **Enable raw message delivery** off on that subscription, or every notification is rejected with `400`.

[endpoint]
base_url = "https://uptime.betterstack.com"
path = "/api/v2/amazon-sns"
method = "POST"

[[body_param]]
name = "team_name"
description = "Required if using [global API token](https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started-with-uptime-api/#get-a-global-api-token) to specify the team which should own the resource"
required = false
type = "string"

[[body_param]]
name = "name"
description = "The name of the Amazon SNS integration that you can see in the dashboard."
required = false
type = "string"

[[body_param]]
name = "*"
description = "Any other params you'd like to set. See the [list of all Amazon SNS integration API parameters](https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/amazon-sns-integrations-response-params/) for details."
required = false

[[header]]
name = "Authorization"
description = "Bearer `$TOKEN`"
required = true
type = "string"

[[header]]
name = "Content-Type"
description = "application/json"
required = false
type = "string"
[/endpoint]

[responses]
[[response]]
status = 201
description = '''Returns newly created Amazon SNS integration'''
body = '''{
  "data": {
    "id": "5",
    "type": "amazon_sns_integration",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Backend alerts",
      "created_at": "2026-09-09T10:06:12.418Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-09-09T10:06:12.418Z",
      "policy_id": null,
      "url": "https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v1/incoming-webhook/[token]",
      "sample_query_string": null,
      "sample_headers": null,
      "sample_body": null,
      "team_name": "Testing",
      "call": false,
      "sms": false,
      "email": true,
      "push": true,
      "critical_alert": false,
      "team_wait": 180,
      "recovery_period": 0,
      "paused": false,
      "started_rule_type": "unused",
      "acknowledged_rule_type": "unused",
      "resolved_rule_type": "unused",
      "started_rules": [],
      "acknowledged_rules": [],
      "resolved_rules": [],
      "cause_field": {
        "name": null,
        "special_type": "cause",
        "field_target": "body",
        "match_type": "match_everything",
        "target_field": null,
        "content": null,
        "content_before": null,
        "content_after": null
      },
      "title_field": {
        "name": null,
        "special_type": "title",
        "field_target": "sns_envelope",
        "match_type": "match_everything",
        "target_field": "Subject",
        "content": null,
        "content_before": null,
        "content_after": null
      },
      "started_alert_id_field": {
        "name": null,
        "special_type": "alert_id",
        "field_target": "body",
        "match_type": "match_everything",
        "target_field": null,
        "content": null,
        "content_before": null,
        "content_after": null
      },
      "acknowledged_alert_id_field": null,
      "resolved_alert_id_field": null,
      "other_started_fields": null,
      "other_acknowledged_fields": null,
      "other_resolved_fields": null,
      "topic_arn": null,
      "subscription_state": "awaiting"
    }
  }
}'''

[/responses]

#### Example cURL

```shell
[label Example]
curl -X "POST" "https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2/amazon-sns/" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8' \
     -d $'{
  "name": "Backend alerts"
}'
```

[info]
#### What does a new integration extract by default?
The incident title comes from the notification's `Subject`, and the cause and alert ID from the message, so a test publish raises a useful incident straight away. Send `cause_field`, `title_field`, or `started_alert_id_field` to replace them, or `title_field: null` to drop the title extraction.
[/info]

[warning]
#### Why can't I set `topic_arn`?
Better Stack writes `topic_arn` and `subscription_state` itself once AWS confirms the subscription, so both are read-only. Sending either one returns `422`, as does any other attribute the endpoint does not recognize.
[/warning]

[info]
#### Looking for the details of a specific parameter?
Explore [the list of all Amazon SNS integration API parameters](https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/amazon-sns-integrations-response-params/).
[/info]