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Cloudwatch Describealarmsformetric Example

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Cloudwatch Describealarmsformetric Example is an example object payload from AWS CloudWatch, with 6 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

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Example Payload

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{
  "operationId": "DescribeAlarmsForMetric",
  "method": "POST",
  "path": "/#DescribeAlarmsForMetric",
  "summary": "Aws Cloudwatch Retrieve Alarms for a Specified Metric",
  "requestExamples": [
    {
      "contentType": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
      "name": "DescribealarmsformetricRequestExample",
      "example": {
        "MetricName": "example_value",
        "Namespace": "example_value",
        "Statistic": "SampleCount",
        "ExtendedStatistic": "example_value",
        "Dimensions": [
          {
            "Name": "Example Title",
            "Value": "example_value"
          }
        ],
        "Period": 10,
        "Unit": "Seconds"
      }
    }
  ],
  "responseExamples": [
    {
      "status": "200",
      "contentType": "application/xml",
      "name": "Describealarmsformetric200Example",
      "example": {
        "MetricAlarms": [
          {
            "AlarmName": "example_value",
            "AlarmArn": "example_value",
            "AlarmDescription": "example_value",
            "AlarmConfigurationUpdatedTimestamp": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z",
            "ActionsEnabled": true,
            "OKActions": {},
            "AlarmActions": {},
            "InsufficientDataActions": {},
            "StateReason": "example_value",
            "StateReasonData": "example_value",
            "StateUpdatedTimestamp": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z",
            "MetricName": "example_value",
            "Namespace": "example_value",
            "ExtendedStatistic": "example_value",
            "Dimensions": {},
            "Period": 10,
            "EvaluationPeriods": 10,
            "DatapointsToAlarm": 10,
            "Threshold": 42.5,
            "TreatMissingData": "breaching",
            "EvaluateLowSampleCountPercentile": "example_value",
            "Metrics": {},
            "ThresholdMetricId": "500123",
            "StateTransitionedTimestamp": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}