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AWS SNS

Direction: Write Only | Type: aws.sns

Amazon Simple Notification Service connector for publishing messages to SNS topics. This is a forward-only connector: data is sent to SNS and no response data is returned beyond confirmation.

Required Permissions#

The IAM user or role must have the following permissions:

Operation	Required IAM Permissions
`publish`	`sns:Publish`

Tip: Scope permissions to specific topic ARNs to follow the principle of least privilege.

Operations#

Operation	Direction	Description
`publish`	Write	Publish a message to an SNS topic

Connector Configuration#

Field	Required	Default	Description
Authentication Type	No	`api_key`	Uses explicit credentials (the fields below).
Region	Yes	-	AWS region code (e.g., `us-east-1`)
Endpoint URL	No	-	Custom endpoint for a self-managed target or an AWS VPC endpoint. Leave empty for AWS.
Access Key ID	Conditional	-	AWS access key (encrypted). Required when Authentication Type is `api_key`
Secret Access Key	Conditional	-	AWS secret key (encrypted). Required when Authentication Type is `api_key`
Topic ARN	No	-	Default SNS topic ARN (can be overridden at node level)

Node Configuration#

Field	Required	Description
Topic ARN	No	SNS topic ARN (overrides connector default)
Subject	No	Message subject (default: `Event Notification`)

Output#

json


{
  "success": true,
  "status": "sent",
  "data": {
    "message_id": "abc-123",
    "topic_arn": "arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:123456789:my-topic"
  },
  "service": "aws.sns",
  "operation": "publish"
}

Example#

Connector Setup: