AWS CloudWatch · Schema

DescribeAlarmsInput

AlarmsDashboardsLogsMetricsMonitoringObservability

Properties

Name Type Description
AlarmNames array The names of the alarms to retrieve information about.
AlarmNamePrefix string An alarm name prefix. If specified, only alarms with names that start with this prefix are returned.
AlarmTypes array Specify this parameter to receive information only about alarms of the specified types.
ChildrenOfAlarmName string If you use this parameter and specify the name of a composite alarm, the operation returns information about the child alarms.
ParentsOfAlarmName string If you use this parameter and specify the name of a metric alarm, the operation returns information about the composite alarms that reference it.
ActionPrefix string Use this parameter to filter the results to only those alarms that use a certain alarm action.
MaxRecords integer The maximum number of alarm descriptions to retrieve.
NextToken string The token returned by a previous call to indicate there is more data available.
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JSON Schema

cloudwatch-describe-alarms-input-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "DescribeAlarmsInput",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "AlarmNames": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "The names of the alarms to retrieve information about."
    },
    "AlarmNamePrefix": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "An alarm name prefix. If specified, only alarms with names that start with this prefix are returned."
    },
    "AlarmTypes": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Specify this parameter to receive information only about alarms of the specified types."
    },
    "ChildrenOfAlarmName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "If you use this parameter and specify the name of a composite alarm, the operation returns information about the child alarms."
    },
    "ParentsOfAlarmName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "If you use this parameter and specify the name of a metric alarm, the operation returns information about the composite alarms that reference it."
    },
    "ActionPrefix": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Use this parameter to filter the results to only those alarms that use a certain alarm action."
    },
    "MaxRecords": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The maximum number of alarm descriptions to retrieve."
    },
    "NextToken": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The token returned by a previous call to indicate there is more data available."
    }
  }
}

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