Amazon Appflow

Name: Amazon Appflow API
Brand: Amazon AppFlow
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For Agents

Use the Amazon AppFlow API to transfer data between SaaS applications and AWS on AWS, with 23 operations covering the full control-plane lifecycle.

Quickstart

Get started with Amazon Appflow in minutes using your preferred integration method.

# Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf)
{
  "jentic": {
    "url": "https://api.jentic.com/mcp",
    "auth": "oauth"
  }
}

# Then ask your agent:
"create a flow to move Salesforce records into S3"

# → Jentic returns the GET /events tool with parameter schema, agent executes.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with Amazon Appflow API.

Create flows that copy records from a SaaS source to S3, Redshift, or another supported destination

Configure connector profiles with OAuth or API key credentials for each SaaS application

Schedule flows on a fixed cadence or trigger them from SaaS events

Apply field-level mapping, filtering, and validation tasks to records in transit

GET STARTED

Start building with Amazon Appflow API

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Use Cases

Patterns agents use Amazon Appflow API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Salesforce-to-S3 nightly sync

Replicate Salesforce objects such as Accounts, Opportunities, and Contacts to an S3 bucket on a nightly schedule for analytics and archival. AppFlow handles connector authentication, incremental record pulls, and CSV or Parquet output formatting without custom ETL code. Initial setup is typically completed in an afternoon per object.

Create a flow named 'salesforce-opps-nightly' that uses the Salesforce connector profile, pulls the Opportunity entity, lands records into the analytics-raw S3 bucket as Parquet, and runs daily at 02:00 UTC.

Event-driven Slack notification ingest

Capture Slack channel messages or app events and stream them into Amazon S3 or Amazon EventBridge for compliance archival or downstream automation. AppFlow's event-triggered flows respond to incoming Slack events in near-real-time so the destination data set is always current. Setup typically takes under a day once OAuth is configured.

Create an event-triggered flow that consumes Slack channel messages from the #engineering channel and lands them in the slack-archive S3 bucket as JSON.

ServiceNow-to-Redshift incident reporting

Move ServiceNow incident records into Amazon Redshift for cross-system reporting alongside other operational data. AppFlow incremental pulls minimise load on the ServiceNow instance, and field mappings let analysts standardise column names before the data lands. Initial wiring is generally completed in a day per ServiceNow table.

Create a flow that pulls the incident table from the ServiceNow connector profile, applies a field mapping that renames sys_id to incident_id, and loads results into the ops_warehouse Redshift cluster on an hourly schedule.

AI agent orchestrating SaaS data movement through Jentic

An analytics agent can spin up new data flows on demand by discovering AppFlow operations through Jentic. The agent searches for the connector and entity it needs, loads the CreateFlow schema, and executes the call with scoped AWS credentials. This turns a multi-step ETL provisioning task into a single agent intent.

Search Jentic for 'create a flow to move Salesforce records into S3', load the CreateFlow schema, and execute it for the Account entity with daily scheduling.

Key Endpoints

23 endpoints — amazon appflow moves data between saas applications and aws services without writing custom integration code.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

POST

/create-flow

Create a flow between source and destination connectors

POST

/create-connector-profile

Create a reusable connector profile

POST

/describe-flow

Describe a flow including triggers and tasks

POST

/describe-flow-execution-records

List historical execution records for a flow

POST

/list-flows

List all flows in the account

POST

/describe-connector-entity

Describe the schema of a connector entity

POST

/create-flow

Create a flow between source and destination connectors

POST

/create-connector-profile

Create a reusable connector profile

POST

/describe-flow

Describe a flow including triggers and tasks

POST

/describe-flow-execution-records

List historical execution records for a flow

POST

/list-flows

List all flows in the account

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

AWS IAM access keys for Amazon AppFlow are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. Jentic signs each request with AWS SigV4 at execution time and returns only the API response — raw access keys never enter the agent's context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents express intents like 'create a flow to move Salesforce records into S3' and Jentic returns matching Amazon AppFlow operations along with their input schemas, so the agent picks the right call without browsing the AWS service reference.

Time to first call

Direct Amazon AppFlow integration: 2-5 days for IAM scoping, SigV4 wiring, retry logic, and pagination handling. Through Jentic: under 1 hour — search, load schema, execute.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

Stream processing

Kinesis Data Analytics processes streaming data with SQL or Apache Flink rather than scheduled SaaS pulls

Choose Kinesis Data Analytics when you need continuous stream processing rather than periodic SaaS-to-AWS movement.

Complementary

Redshift query API

Redshift Data API lets downstream consumers query data that AppFlow has loaded

Use Redshift Data API alongside AppFlow when agents or applications need to query the warehouse after AppFlow lands new records.

Complementary

CloudWatch Logs

CloudWatch Logs captures flow execution diagnostics for troubleshooting

Use CloudWatch Logs alongside AppFlow to inspect flow run errors that the AppFlow describe operations summarise.

FAQs

Specific to using Amazon Appflow API through Jentic.

What authentication does the Amazon AppFlow API use?

The Amazon AppFlow API uses AWS Signature Version 4 (HMAC) request signing with IAM-issued credentials, the same scheme as every AWS service API. Jentic's MAXsystem stores those AWS credentials encrypted in the vault, generates short-lived signed requests at execution time, and never passes raw access keys into the agent's context.

Can I create a flow to sync salesforce opportunities to s3 with the Amazon AppFlow API?

Yes — the Amazon AppFlow API exposes 23 operations including the actions needed for that scenario. Use the operations listed in the key endpoints section as the starting point, then chain calls as needed for your workflow.

What are the rate limits for the Amazon AppFlow API?

AWS applies per-account, per-region request rate limits to the Amazon AppFlow control plane. Specific limits are not encoded in the OpenAPI spec; consult the AWS service quotas console for the Amazon AppFlow entry, and design retries with exponential backoff to absorb throttling responses.

How do I create a flow to move Salesforce records into S3 through Jentic?

Run pip install jentic, then call client.search('create a flow to move Salesforce records into S3') to discover the Amazon AppFlow operations that match. Load the schema for the chosen operation with client.load(...) and execute it with client.execute(...). Jentic handles AWS request signing automatically against the credentials stored in your Jentic vault.

Is the Amazon AppFlow API free to call?

AWS does not charge for control-plane API calls themselves on most Amazon AppFlow operations, but the underlying resources you create or operate (fleets, queries, deployments, and so on) incur usage charges according to the Amazon AppFlow pricing page. Refer to the AWS pricing page for the service to estimate cost.

Which operations should an agent call first when working with the Amazon AppFlow API?

For most workflows, agents should start by listing existing resources to understand the current state, then call the create or update operation that matches the intent. The endpoints listed under Key Endpoints in the catalog give a ranked starting set.