Blueprint Nodes

Every GameLift action is an async node in the AWS > GameLift category, with the same name as in the GameLift API Reference. Each node takes the Game Lift Object and a Request, and calls Callback with Success, Result, Error Type and Error Message. See Getting Started.

Client object and utilities

Node	Description
Create Game Lift Object	Creates the client object with credentials and a client configuration. Calls the callback when it is ready.
Destroy Game Lift Object	Frees the client object.
Construct Player Id	Creates a random player id.
Get Player Id	The player id created by Construct Player Id.
Get Log File Path Name	The path, file name and extension of the game's log file.
Get Game Port From World	The port of the world's URL.
AWS UUID	Creates a random UUID.

Game sessions

Node
Create Game Session	Starts a new game session on a fleet.
Describe Game Sessions	Gets game sessions by id, fleet or alias.
Describe Game Session Details	Gets game sessions with their protection policy.
Search Game Sessions	Finds game sessions with a filter and sort expression.
Update Game Session	Changes the name, maximum players, creation policy or protection.
Get Game Session Log Url	The URL of the log file uploaded by the server.
Start Game Session Placement	Places a new game session through a queue.
Describe Game Session Placement	Gets the status of a placement.
Stop Game Session Placement	Cancels a placement.

Player sessions

Node
Create Player Session	Reserves a slot for one player in a game session.
Create Player Sessions	Reserves slots for several players.
Describe Player Sessions	Gets player sessions by id, game session or player.

Matchmaking (FlexMatch)

Node
Start Matchmaking	Creates a matchmaking ticket.
Describe Matchmaking	Gets the status of tickets.
Accept Match	Accepts or rejects a proposed match for players.
Stop Matchmaking	Cancels a ticket.
Start Match Backfill	Finds new players for an existing game session.
Create Matchmaking Configuration, Describe Matchmaking Configurations, Update Matchmaking Configuration, Delete Matchmaking Configuration	Manage matchmaking configurations.
Create Matchmaking Rule Set, Describe Matchmaking Rule Sets, Validate Matchmaking Rule Set, Delete Matchmaking Rule Set	Manage rule sets.

Queues

Create Game Session Queue, Describe Game Session Queues, Update Game Session Queue, Delete Game Session Queue.

Fleets

Node
Create Fleet, Delete Fleet, List Fleets	Create, delete and list fleets.
Describe Fleet Attributes, Update Fleet Attributes	Fleet settings.
Describe Fleet Capacity, Update Fleet Capacity	Desired, minimum and maximum instances.
Describe Fleet Utilization, Describe Fleet Events	Usage and events.
Describe Fleet Port Settings, Update Fleet Port Settings	Inbound ports.
Describe Runtime Configuration, Update Runtime Configuration	Server processes and launch parameters.
Create Fleet Locations, Delete Fleet Locations	Remote locations of a fleet.
Describe Fleet Location Attributes, Describe Fleet Location Capacity, Describe Fleet Location Utilization	Per location.
Start Fleet Actions, Stop Fleet Actions	Pause or resume auto scaling.
Put Scaling Policy, Describe Scaling Policies, Delete Scaling Policy	Auto scaling.
Describe Instances, Get Instance Access, Describe EC2 Instance Limits	EC2 instances.

GameLift Anywhere and computes

Node
Create Location, List Locations, Delete Location	Custom locations.
Register Compute, Deregister Compute	Add or remove a machine in an Anywhere fleet.
Describe Compute, List Compute	Computes in a fleet.
Get Compute Auth Token	The auth token a server needs for Init Sdk. See GameLift Anywhere.
Get Compute Access	Credentials to connect to a compute.

Builds, scripts and aliases

Node
Create Build, Describe Build, List Builds, Update Build, Delete Build, Request Upload Credentials	Server builds.
Create Script, Describe Script, List Scripts, Update Script, Delete Script	Realtime scripts.
Create Alias, Describe Alias, List Aliases, Update Alias, Resolve Alias, Delete Alias	Aliases that point to a fleet.

FleetIQ

Node
Create Game Server Group, Describe Game Server Group, List Game Server Groups, Update Game Server Group, Delete Game Server Group	Game server groups.
Suspend Game Server Group, Resume Game Server Group	Pause or resume group activity.
Describe Game Server Instances	Instances in a group.
Register Game Server, Deregister Game Server, Describe Game Server, List Game Servers, Update Game Server, Claim Game Server	Game servers.

VPC peering and tags

Create Vpc Peering Authorization, Describe Vpc Peering Authorizations, Delete Vpc Peering Authorization, Create Vpc Peering Connection, Describe Vpc Peering Connections, Delete Vpc Peering Connection, Tag Resource, Untag Resource, List Tags For Resource.

Error types

Error Type is one of the AWS errors below, or UNKNOWN.

Error Type	Meaning
ACCESS_DENIED, UNAUTHORIZED	The IAM user doesn't have permission for the action.
INVALID_CLIENT_TOKEN_ID, INVALID_ACCESS_KEY_ID, SIGNATURE_DOES_NOT_MATCH	Wrong access key or secret key.
REQUEST_TIME_TOO_SKEWED	The computer's clock is wrong.
NETWORK_CONNECTION, REQUEST_TIMEOUT	GameLift could not be reached.
THROTTLING, SLOW_DOWN	Too many requests. Wait and try again.
INVALID_REQUEST, INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE, MISSING_PARAMETER, VALIDATION	A field in the request is wrong or missing.
NOT_FOUND, RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND	The fleet, game session or other resource doesn't exist.
CONFLICT	The resource is in a state that doesn't allow the action.
FLEET_CAPACITY_EXCEEDED	No server process is free to host a new game session.
GAME_SESSION_FULL	The game session has no free player slots.
INVALID_FLEET_STATUS, INVALID_GAME_SESSION_STATUS	The fleet or game session isn't active.
LIMIT_EXCEEDED	An AWS service limit was reached.
NOT_READY	The resource isn't ready yet.
TERMINAL_ROUTING_STRATEGY	The alias has a terminal routing strategy.
UNSUPPORTED_REGION	GameLift isn't available in the region.
IDEMPOTENT_PARAMETER_MISMATCH	An idempotency token or id was reused with different values.
INTERNAL_FAILURE, INTERNAL_SERVICE, SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE	A problem on the AWS side. Try again.