**To create a model for an API**

Command::

  aws apigateway create-model --rest-api-id 1234123412 --name 'firstModel' --description 'The First Model' --content-type 'application/json'  --schema '{ "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#", "title": "firstModel", "type": "object", "properties": { "firstProperty" : { "type": "object", "properties": { "key": { "type": "string" } } } } }'

Output::

  {
      "contentType": "application/json", 
      "description": "The First Model", 
      "name": "firstModel", 
      "id": "2rzg0l", 
      "schema": "{ \"$schema\": \"http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#\", \"title\": \"firstModel\", \"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": { \"firstProperty\" : { \"type\": \"object\", \"properties\": { \"key\": { \"type\": \"string\" } } } } }"
  }