**To create a deployment for an API** The following ``create-deployment`` example creates a deployment for an API and associates that deployment with the ``dev`` stage of the API. :: aws apigatewayv2 create-deployment \ --api-id a1b2c3d4 \ --stage-name dev Output:: { "AutoDeployed": false, "CreatedDate": "2020-04-06T23:38:08Z", "DeploymentId": "53lz9l", "DeploymentStatus": "DEPLOYED" } For more information, see `API deployment <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/api-gateway-basic-concept.html#apigateway-definition-api-deployment>`__ in the *Amazon API Gateway Developer Guide*.