PutRecords
request). Use this operation to send data into the stream for data ingestion and processing. Each PutRecords
request can support up to 500 records. Each record in the request can be as large as 1 MB, up to a limit of 5 MB for the entire request, including partition keys. 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 must specify the name of the stream that captures, stores, and transports the data; and an array of request Records
, with each record in the array requiring a partition key and data blob. The record size limit applies to the total size of the partition key and data blob.
The data blob can be any type of data; for example, a segment from a log file, geographic/location data, website clickstream data, and so on.
The partition key is used by Amazon Kinesis as input to a hash function that maps the partition key and associated data to a specific shard. An MD5 hash function is used to map partition keys to 128-bit integer values and to map associated data records to shards. As a result of this hashing mechanism, all data records with the same partition key map to the same shard within the stream. For more information, see Adding Data to a Stream in the Amazon Kinesis Streams Developer Guide.
Each record in the Records
array may include an optional parameter, ExplicitHashKey
, which overrides the partition key to shard mapping. This parameter allows a data producer to determine explicitly the shard where the record is stored. For more information, see Adding Multiple Records with PutRecords in the Amazon Kinesis Streams Developer Guide.
The PutRecords
response includes an array of response Records
. Each record in the response array directly correlates with a record in the request array using natural ordering, from the top to the bottom of the request and response. The response Records
array always includes the same number of records as the request array.
The response Records
array includes both successfully and unsuccessfully processed records. Amazon Kinesis attempts to process all records in each PutRecords
request. A single record failure does not stop the processing of subsequent records.
A successfully-processed record includes ShardId
and SequenceNumber
values. The ShardId
parameter identifies the shard in the stream where the record is stored. The SequenceNumber
parameter is an identifier assigned to the put record, unique to all records in the stream.
An unsuccessfully-processed record includes ErrorCode
and ErrorMessage
values. ErrorCode
reflects the type of error and can be one of the following values: ProvisionedThroughputExceededException
or InternalFailure
. ErrorMessage
provides more detailed information about the ProvisionedThroughputExceededException
exception including the account ID, stream name, and shard ID of the record that was throttled. For more information about partially successful responses, see Adding Multiple Records with PutRecords in the Amazon Kinesis Streams Developer Guide.
By default, data records are accessible for only 24 hours from the time that they are added to an Amazon Kinesis stream. This retention period can be modified using the DecreaseStreamRetentionPeriod and IncreaseStreamRetentionPeriod operations.