AWS CloudWatch

AWS CloudWatch Alarms API

Operations for creating, managing, and querying CloudWatch alarms

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Observability Management BC-4220.20

Operations 8

POST /#PutMetricAlarm Aws Cloudwatch Create or Update a Cloudwatch Alarm #
POST /#DescribeAlarms Aws Cloudwatch Retrieve Information About Specified Alarms #
POST /#DescribeAlarmsForMetric Aws Cloudwatch Retrieve Alarms for a Specified Metric #
POST /#DescribeAlarmHistory Aws Cloudwatch Retrieve the History for a Specified Alarm #
POST /#DeleteAlarms Aws Cloudwatch Delete Specified Alarms #
POST /#SetAlarmState Aws Cloudwatch Temporarily Set the State of an Alarm #
POST /#EnableAlarmActions Aws Cloudwatch Enable Actions for Specified Alarms #
POST /#DisableAlarmActions Aws Cloudwatch Disable Actions for Specified Alarms #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
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GettingStarted
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/GettingStarted.html
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APIReference
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/
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Documentation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/
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APIReference
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/
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Documentation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/
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APIReference
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/APIReference/
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Documentation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch-application-insights.html
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APIReference
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/latest/APIReference/
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Documentation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries.html
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APIReference
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonSynthetics/latest/APIReference/
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Documentation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-InternetMonitor.html
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APIReference
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/internet-monitor/latest/api/Welcome.html
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Documentation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM.html
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APIReference
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatchrum/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
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Documentation
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Unified-Cross-Account.html
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APIReference
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/OAM/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cloudwatch/refs/heads/main/openapi/cloudwatch-alarms-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cloudwatch/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cloudwatch-alarm-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cloudwatch/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cloudwatch-metric-schema.json

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cloudwatch/refs/heads/main/json-ld/cloudwatch-context.jsonld
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Pricing
https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/
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SDKs
https://aws.amazon.com/tools/
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Console
https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
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Features
https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/features/

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OpenAPI Specification

cloudwatch-alarms-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: AWS CloudWatch Amazon CloudWatch Alarms API
  description: Amazon CloudWatch monitors your Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources and the applications you run on AWS in real time. You can use CloudWatch to collect and track metrics, which are variables you can measure for your resources and applications. CloudWatch alarms watch metrics and automatically send notifications or make changes to the resources you are monitoring when a threshold is breached. CloudWatch dashboards provide a unified view of your AWS resources, custom applications, and services.
  version: '2010-08-01'
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  x-logo:
    url: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
servers:
- url: https://monitoring.{region}.amazonaws.com
  description: CloudWatch regional endpoint
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
      - us-east-1
      - us-east-2
      - us-west-1
      - us-west-2
      - eu-west-1
      - eu-west-2
      - eu-west-3
      - eu-central-1
      - eu-north-1
      - ap-east-1
      - ap-south-1
      - ap-southeast-1
      - ap-southeast-2
      - ap-northeast-1
      - ap-northeast-2
      - ap-northeast-3
      - sa-east-1
      - ca-central-1
      - me-south-1
      - af-south-1
security:
- aws_sigv4: []
tags:


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