AWS SDK Version 2 for .NET
API Reference

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.NET Framework 3.5
 
Container for the parameters to the GetShardIterator operation. Gets a shard iterator. A shard iterator expires five minutes after it is returned to the requester.

A shard iterator specifies the position in the shard from which to start reading data records sequentially. A shard iterator specifies this position using the sequence number of a data record in a shard. A sequence number is the identifier associated with every record ingested in the Amazon Kinesis stream. The sequence number is assigned when a record is put into the stream.

You must specify the shard iterator type. For example, you can set the ShardIteratorType parameter to read exactly from the position denoted by a specific sequence number by using the AT_SEQUENCE_NUMBER shard iterator type, or right after the sequence number by using the AFTER_SEQUENCE_NUMBER shard iterator type, using sequence numbers returned by earlier calls to PutRecord, PutRecords, GetRecords, or DescribeStream. You can specify the shard iterator type TRIM_HORIZON in the request to cause ShardIterator to point to the last untrimmed record in the shard in the system, which is the oldest data record in the shard. Or you can point to just after the most recent record in the shard, by using the shard iterator type LATEST, so that you always read the most recent data in the shard.

When you repeatedly read from an Amazon Kinesis stream use a GetShardIterator request to get the first shard iterator for use in your first GetRecords request and then use the shard iterator returned by the GetRecords request in NextShardIterator for subsequent reads. A new shard iterator is returned by every GetRecords request in NextShardIterator, which you use in the ShardIterator parameter of the next GetRecords request.

If a GetShardIterator request is made too often, you receive a ProvisionedThroughputExceededException. For more information about throughput limits, see GetRecords.

If the shard is closed, the iterator can't return more data, and GetShardIterator returns null for its ShardIterator. A shard can be closed using SplitShard or MergeShards.

GetShardIterator has a limit of 5 transactions per second per account per open shard.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Amazon.Runtime.AmazonWebServiceRequest
    Amazon.Kinesis.AmazonKinesisRequest
      Amazon.Kinesis.Model.GetShardIteratorRequest

Namespace: Amazon.Kinesis.Model
Assembly: AWSSDK.dll
Version: (assembly version)

Syntax

C#
public class GetShardIteratorRequest : AmazonKinesisRequest
         IRequestEvents

The GetShardIteratorRequest type exposes the following members

Constructors

NameDescription
Public Method GetShardIteratorRequest()

Properties

NameTypeDescription
Public Property ShardId System.String Gets and sets the property ShardId.

The shard ID of the shard to get the iterator for.

Public Property ShardIteratorType Amazon.Kinesis.ShardIteratorType Gets and sets the property ShardIteratorType.

Determines how the shard iterator is used to start reading data records from the shard.

The following are the valid shard iterator types:

  • AT_SEQUENCE_NUMBER - Start reading exactly from the position denoted by a specific sequence number.
  • AFTER_SEQUENCE_NUMBER - Start reading right after the position denoted by a specific sequence number.
  • TRIM_HORIZON - Start reading at the last untrimmed record in the shard in the system, which is the oldest data record in the shard.
  • LATEST - Start reading just after the most recent record in the shard, so that you always read the most recent data in the shard.
Public Property StartingSequenceNumber System.String Gets and sets the property StartingSequenceNumber.

The sequence number of the data record in the shard from which to start reading from.

Public Property StreamName System.String Gets and sets the property StreamName.

The name of the stream.

Version Information

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5

.NET for Windows Store apps:
Supported in: Windows 8.1, Windows 8

.NET for Windows Phone:
Supported in: Windows Phone 8.1, Windows Phone 8