Amazon Health Dashboard #X Amz Target=AWSHealth 20160804.DescribeEventTypes API

The #X Amz Target=AWSHealth 20160804.DescribeEventTypes API from Amazon Health Dashboard — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=awshealth 20160804.describeeventtypes.

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POST /#X-Amz-Target=AWSHealth_20160804.DescribeEventTypes Amazon Health Dashboard Describe Event Types #

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OpenAPI Specification

amazon-health-dashboard-x-amz-target-awshealth-20160804-describeeventtypes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 2016-08-04
  x-release: v4
  title: 'AWS Health APIs and Notifications #X Amz Target=AWSHealth…'
  description: 'Health

    The Health API provides programmatic access to the Health information that appears in the Personal Health Dashboard.'
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    backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF'
  termsOfService: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
  contact:
    name: Mike Ralphson
    email: mike.ralphson@gmail.com
    url: https://github.com/mermade/aws2openapi
    x-twitter: PermittedSoc
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0 License
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/
  x-providerName: amazonaws.com
  x-serviceName: health
  x-origin:
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  x-apiClientRegistration:
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  x-apisguru-categories:
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servers:
- url: https://health.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  variables: {}
  description: The general AWSHealth multi-region endpoint
- url: http://health.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables:
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      enum:
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  description: The AWSHealth endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
- url: https://health.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables:
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  description: The AWSHealth endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
security:
- hmac: []
tags:
- name: '#X Amz Target=AWSHealth 20160804.DescribeEventTypes'
paths:
  /#X-Amz-Target=AWSHealth_20160804.DescribeEventTypes:
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    post:
      operationId: DescribeEventTypes
      description: 'Returns the event types that meet the specified filter criteria. You can use this API operation to find information about the Health event, such as the category, Amazon Web Services service, and event code. The metadata for each event appears in the EventType object.


        If you don''t specify a filter criteria, the API operation returns all event types, in no particular order.


        This API operation uses pagination. Specify the nextToken parameter in the next request to return more results.'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeEventTypesResponse'
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                DescribeEventTypes200Example:
                  summary: Default DescribeEventTypes 200 response
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                  value:
                    eventArn: arn:aws:health:us-east-1::event/EC2/AWS_EC2_INSTANCE_ISSUE/abc
                    statusCode: open
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              examples:
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                  summary: Default DescribeEventTypes 480 response
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                  value:
                    eventArn: arn:aws:health:us-east-1::event/EC2/AWS_EC2_INSTANCE_ISSUE/abc
                    statusCode: open
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                  value:
                    eventArn: arn:aws:health:us-east-1::event/EC2/AWS_EC2_INSTANCE_ISSUE/abc
                    statusCode: open
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeEventTypesRequest'
      parameters:
      - name: maxResults
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Pagination limit
        required: false
      - name: nextToken
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Pagination token
        required: false
      - name: X-Amz-Target
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - AWSHealth_20160804.DescribeEventTypes
      summary: Amazon Health Dashboard Describe Event Types
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components:
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    maxResults:
      type: integer
      minimum: 10
      maximum: 100
    DescribeEventTypesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        eventTypes:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventTypeList'
          - description: A list of event types that match the filter criteria. Event types have a category (<code>issue</code>, <code>accountNotification</code>, or <code>scheduledChange</code>), a service (for example, <code>EC2</code>, <code>RDS</code>, <code>DATAPIPELINE</code>, <code>BILLING</code>), and a code (in the format <code>AWS_<i>SERVICE</i>_<i>DESCRIPTION</i> </code>; for example, <code>AWS_EC2_SYSTEM_MAINTENANCE_EVENT</code>).
        nextToken:
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          - description: If the results of a search are large, only a portion of the results are returned, and a <code>nextToken</code> pagination token is returned in the response. To retrieve the next batch of results, reissue the search request and include the returned token. When all results have been returned, the response does not contain a pagination token value.
    EventTypeList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventType'
    eventTypeCode:
      type: string
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      maxLength: 100
    InvalidPaginationToken: {}
    EventTypeFilter:
      type: object
      properties:
        eventTypeCodes:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventTypeCodeList'
          - description: A list of event type codes.
        services:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/serviceList'
          - description: The Amazon Web Services services associated with the event. For example, <code>EC2</code>, <code>RDS</code>.
        eventTypeCategories:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventTypeCategoryList'
          - description: A list of event type category codes. Possible values are <code>issue</code>, <code>accountNotification</code>, or <code>scheduledChange</code>. Currently, the <code>investigation</code> value isn't supported at this time.
      description: The values to use to filter results from the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/health/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeEventTypes.html">DescribeEventTypes</a> operation.
    EventTypeCategoryList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/eventTypeCategory'
      minItems: 1
      maxItems: 10
    DescribeEventTypesRequest:
      type: object
      title: DescribeEventTypesRequest
      properties:
        filter:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventTypeFilter'
          - description: Values to narrow the results returned.
        locale:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/locale'
          - description: The locale (language) to return information in. English (en) is the default and the only supported value at this time.
        nextToken:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/nextToken'
          - description: If the results of a search are large, only a portion of the results are returned, and a <code>nextToken</code> pagination token is returned in the response. To retrieve the next batch of results, reissue the search request and include the returned token. When all results have been returned, the response does not contain a pagination token value.
        maxResults:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/maxResults'
          - description: The maximum number of items to return in one batch, between 10 and 100, inclusive.
    locale:
      type: string
      pattern: .{2,256}
      minLength: 2
      maxLength: 256
    eventTypeCategory:
      type: string
      enum:
      - issue
      - accountNotification
      - scheduledChange
      - investigation
      minLength: 3
      maxLength: 255
    nextToken:
      type: string
      pattern: '[a-zA-Z0-9=/+_.-]{4,10000}'
      minLength: 4
      maxLength: 10000
    service:
      type: string
      pattern: '[^:/]{2,30}'
      minLength: 2
      maxLength: 30
    serviceList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/service'
      minItems: 1
      maxItems: 10
    EventTypeCodeList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/eventTypeCode'
      minItems: 1
      maxItems: 10
    EventType:
      type: object
      properties:
        service:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/service'
          - description: The Amazon Web Services service that is affected by the event. For example, <code>EC2</code>, <code>RDS</code>.
        code:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/eventTypeCode'
          - description: The unique identifier for the event type. The format is <code>AWS_<i>SERVICE</i>_<i>DESCRIPTION</i> </code>; for example, <code>AWS_EC2_SYSTEM_MAINTENANCE_EVENT</code>.
        category:
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          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/eventTypeCategory'
          - description: A list of event type category codes. Possible values are <code>issue</code>, <code>accountNotification</code>, or <code>scheduledChange</code>. Currently, the <code>investigation</code> value isn't supported at this time.
      description: <p>Contains the metadata about a type of event that is reported by Health. The <code>EventType</code> shows the category, service, and the event type code of the event. For example, an <code>issue</code> might be the category, <code>EC2</code> the service, and <code>AWS_EC2_SYSTEM_MAINTENANCE_EVENT</code> the event type code.</p> <p>You can use the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/health/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeEventTypes.html">DescribeEventTypes</a> API operation to return this information about an event.</p> <p>You can also use the Amazon CloudWatch Events console to create a rule so that you can get notified or take action when Health delivers a specific event to your Amazon Web Services account. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/health/latest/ug/cloudwatch-events-health.html">Monitor for Health events with Amazon CloudWatch Events</a> in the <i>Health User Guide</i>.</p>
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externalDocs:
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x-hasEquivalentPaths: true