CloudWatch Logs examples using SDK for Go V2

The following code examples show you how to perform actions and implement common scenarios by using the AWS SDK for Go V2 with CloudWatch Logs.

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Actions

StartLiveTail

The following code example shows how to use StartLiveTail.

SDK for Go V2

Include the required files.

import (
	"context"
	"log"
	"time"

	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatchlogs"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatchlogs/types"
)

Handle the events from the Live Tail session.

func handleEventStreamAsync(stream *cloudwatchlogs.StartLiveTailEventStream) {
	eventsChan := stream.Events()
	for {
		event := <-eventsChan
		switch e := event.(type) {
		case *types.StartLiveTailResponseStreamMemberSessionStart:
			log.Println("Received SessionStart event")
		case *types.StartLiveTailResponseStreamMemberSessionUpdate:
			for _, logEvent := range e.Value.SessionResults {
				log.Println(*logEvent.Message)
			}
		default:
			// Handle on-stream exceptions
			if err := stream.Err(); err != nil {
				log.Fatalf("Error occured during streaming: %v", err)
			} else if event == nil {
				log.Println("Stream is Closed")
				return
			} else {
				log.Fatalf("Unknown event type: %T", e)
			}
		}
	}
}

Start the Live Tail session.

	cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.TODO())
	if err != nil {
		panic("configuration error, " + err.Error())
	}
	client := cloudwatchlogs.NewFromConfig(cfg)

	request := &cloudwatchlogs.StartLiveTailInput{
		LogGroupIdentifiers:   logGroupIdentifiers,
		LogStreamNames:        logStreamNames,
		LogEventFilterPattern: logEventFilterPattern,
	}

	response, err := client.StartLiveTail(context.TODO(), request)
	// Handle pre-stream Exceptions
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Failed to start streaming: %v", err)
	}

	// Start a Goroutine to handle events over stream
	stream := response.GetStream()
	go handleEventStreamAsync(stream)

Stop the Live Tail session after a period of time has elapsed.

	// Close the stream (which ends the session) after a timeout
	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
	stream.Close()
	log.Println("Event stream closed")

• For API details, see StartLiveTail in AWS SDK for Go API Reference.