A contact channel is the method that Incident Manager uses to engage your contact.
See https://www.paws-r-sdk.com/docs/ssmcontacts_create_contact_channel/ for full documentation.
ssmcontacts_create_contact_channel(
ContactId,
Name,
Type,
DeliveryAddress,
DeferActivation = NULL,
IdempotencyToken = NULL
)
[required] The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the contact you are adding the contact channel to.
[required] The name of the contact channel.
[required] Incident Manager supports three types of contact channels:
SMS
VOICE
EMAIL
[required] The details that Incident Manager uses when trying to engage the contact channel. The format is dependent on the type of the contact channel. The following are the expected formats:
SMS - '+' followed by the country code and phone number
VOICE - '+' followed by the country code and phone number
EMAIL - any standard email format
If you want to activate the channel at a later time, you can choose to defer activation. Incident Manager can't engage your contact channel until it has been activated.
A token ensuring that the operation is called only once with the specified details.