LexModelBuildingService / Client / start_migration

start_migration#

LexModelBuildingService.Client.start_migration(**kwargs)#

Starts migrating a bot from Amazon Lex V1 to Amazon Lex V2. Migrate your bot when you want to take advantage of the new features of Amazon Lex V2.

For more information, see Migrating a bot in the Amazon Lex developer guide.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.start_migration(
    v1BotName='string',
    v1BotVersion='string',
    v2BotName='string',
    v2BotRole='string',
    migrationStrategy='CREATE_NEW'|'UPDATE_EXISTING'
)
Parameters:

  • v1BotName (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of the Amazon Lex V1 bot that you are migrating to Amazon Lex V2.

  • v1BotVersion (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The version of the bot to migrate to Amazon Lex V2. You can migrate the $LATEST version as well as any numbered version.

  • v2BotName (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of the Amazon Lex V2 bot that you are migrating the Amazon Lex V1 bot to.

    • If the Amazon Lex V2 bot doesn’t exist, you must use the CREATE_NEW migration strategy.

    • If the Amazon Lex V2 bot exists, you must use the UPDATE_EXISTING migration strategy to change the contents of the Amazon Lex V2 bot.

  • v2BotRole (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The IAM role that Amazon Lex uses to run the Amazon Lex V2 bot.

  • migrationStrategy (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The strategy used to conduct the migration.

    • CREATE_NEW - Creates a new Amazon Lex V2 bot and migrates the Amazon Lex V1 bot to the new bot.

    • UPDATE_EXISTING - Overwrites the existing Amazon Lex V2 bot metadata and the locale being migrated. It doesn’t change any other locales in the Amazon Lex V2 bot. If the locale doesn’t exist, a new locale is created in the Amazon Lex V2 bot.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'v1BotName': 'string',
    'v1BotVersion': 'string',
    'v1BotLocale': 'de-DE'|'en-AU'|'en-GB'|'en-IN'|'en-US'|'es-419'|'es-ES'|'es-US'|'fr-FR'|'fr-CA'|'it-IT'|'ja-JP'|'ko-KR',
    'v2BotId': 'string',
    'v2BotRole': 'string',
    'migrationId': 'string',
    'migrationStrategy': 'CREATE_NEW'|'UPDATE_EXISTING',
    'migrationTimestamp': datetime(2015, 1, 1)
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) –

    • v1BotName (string) –

      The name of the Amazon Lex V1 bot that you are migrating to Amazon Lex V2.

    • v1BotVersion (string) –

      The version of the bot to migrate to Amazon Lex V2.

    • v1BotLocale (string) –

      The locale used for the Amazon Lex V1 bot.

    • v2BotId (string) –

      The unique identifier for the Amazon Lex V2 bot.

    • v2BotRole (string) –

      The IAM role that Amazon Lex uses to run the Amazon Lex V2 bot.

    • migrationId (string) –

      The unique identifier that Amazon Lex assigned to the migration.

    • migrationStrategy (string) –

      The strategy used to conduct the migration.

    • migrationTimestamp (datetime) –

      The date and time that the migration started.

Exceptions