# Windows Event Log API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/windows-event-log-api/  
**Provider:** Microsoft Windows Server — https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-windows-server/  
**Base URL:** https://localhost  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wes/windows-event-log

Windows Event Log API is one of 18 APIs that [Microsoft Windows Server](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-windows-server/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Diagnostics, Event Log, Logging, and Monitoring. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

API for instrumenting, querying, and consuming event logs on Windows Server for diagnostics, monitoring, and auditing.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wes/windows-event-log
- **APIReference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wes/windows-event-log-reference

## Other Microsoft Windows Server APIs (12)

- [Windows Server Management API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/windows-server-management-api/)
- [Windows Remote Management (WinRM)](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/windows-remote-management-winrm/)
- [Active Directory Domain Services API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/active-directory-domain-services-api/)
- [Hyper-V Management API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/hyper-v-management-api/)
- [Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/windows-server-update-services-wsus-api/)
- [Windows Admin Center API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/windows-admin-center-api/)
- [DNS Server Management API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/dns-server-management-api/)
- [Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi-api/)
- [Remote Desktop Services API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/remote-desktop-services-api/)
- [Failover Clustering API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/failover-clustering-api/)
- [DHCP Server Management API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/dhcp-server-management-api/)
- [SMB File Server API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/smb-file-server-api/)

## Tags

Diagnostics, Event Log, Logging, Monitoring

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