Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

DescribeMetricFilters

Lists the specified metric filters. You can list all of the metric filters or filter the results by log name, prefix, metric name, or metric namespace. The results are ASCII-sorted by filter name.

Request Syntax


{
   "filterNamePrefix": "string",
   "limit": number,
   "logGroupName": "string",
   "metricName": "string",
   "metricNamespace": "string",
   "nextToken": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

filterNamePrefix

The prefix to match. CloudWatch Logs uses the value you set here only if you also include the logGroupName parameter in your request.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 512.

Pattern: [^:*]*

Required: No

limit

The maximum number of items returned. If you don't specify a value, the default is up to 50 items.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 50.

Required: No

logGroupName

The name of the log group.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 512.

Pattern: [\.\-_/#A-Za-z0-9]+

Required: No

metricName

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.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [^:*$]*

Required: No

metricNamespace

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.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [^:*$]*

Required: No

nextToken

The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "metricFilters": [ 
      { 
         "creationTime": number,
         "filterName": "string",
         "filterPattern": "string",
         "logGroupName": "string",
         "metricTransformations": [ 
            { 
               "defaultValue": number,
               "dimensions": { 
                  "string" : "string" 
               },
               "metricName": "string",
               "metricNamespace": "string",
               "metricValue": "string",
               "unit": "string"
            }
         ]
      }
   ],
   "nextToken": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

metricFilters

The metric filters.

Type: Array of MetricFilter objects

nextToken

The token for the next set of items to return. The token expires after 24 hours.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InvalidParameterException

A parameter is specified incorrectly.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified resource does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceUnavailableException

The service cannot complete the request.

HTTP Status Code: 500

Examples

To list the metric filters for a log group

The following example lists the metric filters for the specified log group.

Sample Request


POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: logs.<region>.<domain>
X-Amz-Date: <DATE>
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<Credential>, SignedHeaders=content-type;date;host;user-agent;x-amz-date;x-amz-target;x-amzn-requestid, Signature=<Signature>
User-Agent: <UserAgentString>
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
Connection: Keep-Alive
X-Amz-Target: Logs_20140328.DescribeMetricFilters
{
  "logGroupName": "my-log-group"
}

Sample Response


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amzn-RequestId: <RequestId>
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
Date: <Date>
{
  "metricFilters": [
    {
      "creationTime": 1396224000000,
      "filterName": "my-metric-filter", 
      "filterPattern": "[ip, identity, user_id, timestamp, request, status_code, size]",
      "logGroupName": "my-log-group",
      "metricTransformations": [
        {
          "defaultValue": "0",
          "metricValue": "$size", 
          "metricNamespace": "my-app", 
          "metricName": "Volume"
         }
      ]
    }
  ]
}