{ "type": "object", "properties": { "AuthFlow": { "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AuthFlowType" }, { "description": "

The authentication flow for this call to run. The API action will depend on this value. For example:

Valid values include:

ADMIN_NO_SRP_AUTH isn't a valid value.

" } ] }, "AuthParameters": { "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AuthParametersType" }, { "description": "

The authentication parameters. These are inputs corresponding to the AuthFlow that you're invoking. The required values depend on the value of AuthFlow:

" } ] }, "ClientMetadata": { "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ClientMetadataType" }, { "description": "

A map of custom key-value pairs that you can provide as input for certain custom workflows that this action triggers.

You create custom workflows by assigning Lambda functions to user pool triggers. When you use the InitiateAuth API action, Amazon Cognito invokes the Lambda functions that are specified for various triggers. The ClientMetadata value is passed as input to the functions for only the following triggers:

When Amazon Cognito invokes the functions for these triggers, it passes a JSON payload, which the function receives as input. This payload contains a validationData attribute, which provides the data that you assigned to the ClientMetadata parameter in your InitiateAuth request. In your function code in Lambda, you can process the validationData value to enhance your workflow for your specific needs.

When you use the InitiateAuth API action, Amazon Cognito also invokes the functions for the following triggers, but it doesn't provide the ClientMetadata value as input:

For more information, see Customizing user pool Workflows with Lambda Triggers in the Amazon Cognito Developer Guide.

When you use the ClientMetadata parameter, remember that Amazon Cognito won't do the following:

" } ] }, "ClientId": { "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ClientIdType" }, { "description": "The app client ID." } ] }, "AnalyticsMetadata": { "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AnalyticsMetadataType" }, { "description": "The Amazon Pinpoint analytics metadata that contributes to your metrics for InitiateAuth calls." } ] }, "UserContextData": { "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UserContextDataType" }, { "description": "Contextual data about your user session, such as the device fingerprint, IP address, or location. Amazon Cognito advanced security evaluates the risk of an authentication event based on the context that your app generates and passes to Amazon Cognito when it makes API requests." } ] } }, "required": [ "AuthFlow", "ClientId" ], "description": "Initiates the authentication request.", "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aws-cognito/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cognito-idp-initiate-auth-request-schema.json", "title": "InitiateAuthRequest" }