Amazon CloudWatch · Schema
DescribeMetricFiltersRequest
Amazon Web ServicesCloudWatchMonitoringObservabilityMetricsLogs
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| logGroupName | string | The name of the log group. |
| filterNamePrefix | string | The prefix to match. CloudWatch Logs uses the value that you set here only if you also include the logGroupName parameter in your request. |
| nextToken | string | The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.) |
| limit | integer | The maximum number of items returned. If you don't specify a value, the default is up to 50 items. |
| metricName | string | Filters results to include only those with the specified metric name. If you include this parameter in your request, you must also include the metricNamespace parameter. |
| metricNamespace | string | Filters results to include only those in the specified namespace. If you include this parameter in your request, you must also include the metricName parameter. |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://artifacts.apis.io/amazon-cloudwatch/json-schema/amazon-cloudwatch-describe-metric-filters-request-schema.json",
"title": "DescribeMetricFiltersRequest",
"x-generated": "2026-11-11",
"x-method": "derived",
"x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
"x-source": "openapi/amazon-cloudwatch-metric-filter-api-openapi.yml#/components/schemas/DescribeMetricFiltersRequest",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"logGroupName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The name of the log group."
},
"filterNamePrefix": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The prefix to match. CloudWatch Logs uses the value that you set here only if you also include the logGroupName parameter in your request."
},
"nextToken": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "The maximum number of items returned. If you don't specify a value, the default is up to 50 items."
},
"metricName": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Filters results to include only those with the specified metric name. If you include this parameter in your request, you must also include the metricNamespace parameter."
},
"metricNamespace": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Filters results to include only those in the specified namespace. If you include this parameter in your request, you must also include the metricName parameter."
}
}
}
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