AWS CloudWatch · Example Payload

Cloudwatch Putmetricalarm Example

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Cloudwatch Putmetricalarm 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

operationIdmethodpathsummaryrequestExamplesresponseExamples

Example Payload

{
  "operationId": "PutMetricAlarm",
  "method": "POST",
  "path": "/#PutMetricAlarm",
  "summary": "Aws Cloudwatch Create or Update a Cloudwatch Alarm",
  "requestExamples": [
    {
      "contentType": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
      "name": "PutmetricalarmRequestExample",
      "example": {
        "AlarmName": "example_value",
        "AlarmDescription": "example_value",
        "ActionsEnabled": true,
        "OKActions": [
          "example_value"
        ],
        "AlarmActions": [
          "example_value"
        ],
        "InsufficientDataActions": [
          "example_value"
        ],
        "MetricName": "example_value",
        "Namespace": "example_value",
        "Statistic": "SampleCount",
        "ExtendedStatistic": "example_value",
        "Dimensions": [
          {
            "Name": "Example Title",
            "Value": "example_value"
          }
        ],
        "Period": 10,
        "Unit": "Seconds",
        "EvaluationPeriods": 10,
        "DatapointsToAlarm": 10,
        "Threshold": 42.5,
        "ComparisonOperator": "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold",
        "TreatMissingData": "example_value",
        "EvaluateLowSampleCountPercentile": "example_value",
        "Metrics": [
          {
            "Id": "abc123",
            "Expression": "example_value",
            "Label": "Example Title",
            "ReturnData": true,
            "Period": 10,
            "AccountId": "500123"
          }
        ],
        "Tags": [
          {
            "Key": "example_value",
            "Value": "example_value"
          }
        ],
        "ThresholdMetricId": "500123"
      }
    }
  ],
  "responseExamples": [
    {
      "status": "400",
      "contentType": "application/xml",
      "name": "Putmetricalarm400Example",
      "example": {
        "Error": {
          "Type": "example_value",
          "Code": "example_value",
          "Message": "example_value"
        },
        "RequestId": "500123"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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