AWS CloudWatch · Example Payload

Cloudwatch Putmetricdata Example

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Cloudwatch Putmetricdata 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": "PutMetricData",
  "method": "POST",
  "path": "/",
  "summary": "Aws Cloudwatch Publish Metric Data Points to Cloudwatch",
  "requestExamples": [
    {
      "contentType": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
      "name": "PutmetricdataRequestExample",
      "example": {
        "Namespace": "example_value",
        "MetricData": [
          {
            "MetricName": "example_value",
            "Dimensions": {},
            "Timestamp": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z",
            "Value": 42.5,
            "Values": {},
            "Counts": {},
            "StorageResolution": 10
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "responseExamples": [
    {
      "status": "400",
      "contentType": "application/xml",
      "name": "Putmetricdata400Example",
      "example": {
        "Error": {
          "Type": "example_value",
          "Code": "example_value",
          "Message": "example_value"
        },
        "RequestId": "500123"
      }
    },
    {
      "status": "500",
      "contentType": "application/xml",
      "name": "Putmetricdata500Example",
      "example": {
        "Error": {
          "Type": "example_value",
          "Code": "example_value",
          "Message": "example_value"
        },
        "RequestId": "500123"
      }
    }
  ]
}