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CloudWatch examples using SDK for Python (Boto3)
The following code examples show you how to perform actions and implement common scenarios by using the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) with CloudWatch.
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Actions
The following code example shows how to use DeleteAlarms.
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. class CloudWatchWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon CloudWatch functions.""" def __init__(self, cloudwatch_resource): """ :param cloudwatch_resource: A Boto3 CloudWatch resource. """ self.cloudwatch_resource = cloudwatch_resource def delete_metric_alarms(self, metric_namespace, metric_name): """ Deletes all of the alarms that are currently watching the specified metric. :param metric_namespace: The namespace of the metric. :param metric_name: The name of the metric. """ try: metric = self.cloudwatch_resource.Metric(metric_namespace, metric_name) metric.alarms.delete() logger.info( "Deleted alarms for metric %s.%s.", metric_namespace, metric_name ) except ClientError: logger.exception( "Couldn't delete alarms for metric %s.%s.", metric_namespace, metric_name, ) raise-
For API details, see DeleteAlarms in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.
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The following code example shows how to use DescribeAlarmsForMetric.
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. class CloudWatchWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon CloudWatch functions.""" def __init__(self, cloudwatch_resource): """ :param cloudwatch_resource: A Boto3 CloudWatch resource. """ self.cloudwatch_resource = cloudwatch_resource def get_metric_alarms(self, metric_namespace, metric_name): """ Gets the alarms that are currently watching the specified metric. :param metric_namespace: The namespace of the metric. :param metric_name: The name of the metric. :returns: An iterator that yields the alarms. """ metric = self.cloudwatch_resource.Metric(metric_namespace, metric_name) alarm_iter = metric.alarms.all() logger.info("Got alarms for metric %s.%s.", metric_namespace, metric_name) return alarm_iter-
For API details, see DescribeAlarmsForMetric in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.
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The following code example shows how to use DisableAlarmActions.
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. class CloudWatchWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon CloudWatch functions.""" def __init__(self, cloudwatch_resource): """ :param cloudwatch_resource: A Boto3 CloudWatch resource. """ self.cloudwatch_resource = cloudwatch_resource def enable_alarm_actions(self, alarm_name, enable): """ Enables or disables actions on the specified alarm. Alarm actions can be used to send notifications or automate responses when an alarm enters a particular state. :param alarm_name: The name of the alarm. :param enable: When True, actions are enabled for the alarm. Otherwise, they disabled. """ try: alarm = self.cloudwatch_resource.Alarm(alarm_name) if enable: alarm.enable_actions() else: alarm.disable_actions() logger.info( "%s actions for alarm %s.", "Enabled" if enable else "Disabled", alarm_name, ) except ClientError: logger.exception( "Couldn't %s actions alarm %s.", "enable" if enable else "disable", alarm_name, ) raise-
For API details, see DisableAlarmActions in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.
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The following code example shows how to use EnableAlarmActions.
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. class CloudWatchWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon CloudWatch functions.""" def __init__(self, cloudwatch_resource): """ :param cloudwatch_resource: A Boto3 CloudWatch resource. """ self.cloudwatch_resource = cloudwatch_resource def enable_alarm_actions(self, alarm_name, enable): """ Enables or disables actions on the specified alarm. Alarm actions can be used to send notifications or automate responses when an alarm enters a particular state. :param alarm_name: The name of the alarm. :param enable: When True, actions are enabled for the alarm. Otherwise, they disabled. """ try: alarm = self.cloudwatch_resource.Alarm(alarm_name) if enable: alarm.enable_actions() else: alarm.disable_actions() logger.info( "%s actions for alarm %s.", "Enabled" if enable else "Disabled", alarm_name, ) except ClientError: logger.exception( "Couldn't %s actions alarm %s.", "enable" if enable else "disable", alarm_name, ) raise-
For API details, see EnableAlarmActions in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.
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The following code example shows how to use GetMetricStatistics.
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. class CloudWatchWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon CloudWatch functions.""" def __init__(self, cloudwatch_resource): """ :param cloudwatch_resource: A Boto3 CloudWatch resource. """ self.cloudwatch_resource = cloudwatch_resource def get_metric_statistics(self, namespace, name, start, end, period, stat_types): """ Gets statistics for a metric within a specified time span. Metrics are grouped into the specified period. :param namespace: The namespace of the metric. :param name: The name of the metric. :param start: The UTC start time of the time span to retrieve. :param end: The UTC end time of the time span to retrieve. :param period: The period, in seconds, in which to group metrics. The period must match the granularity of the metric, which depends on the metric's age. For example, metrics that are older than three hours have a one-minute granularity, so the period must be at least 60 and must be a multiple of 60. :param stat_types: The type of statistics to retrieve, such as average value or maximum value. :return: The retrieved statistics for the metric. """ try: metric = self.cloudwatch_resource.Metric(namespace, name) stats = metric.get_statistics( StartTime=start, EndTime=end, Period=period, Statistics=stat_types ) logger.info( "Got %s statistics for %s.", len(stats["Datapoints"]), stats["Label"] ) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't get statistics for %s.%s.", namespace, name) raise else: return stats-
For API details, see GetMetricStatistics in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.
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The following code example shows how to use ListMetrics.
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. class CloudWatchWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon CloudWatch functions.""" def __init__(self, cloudwatch_resource): """ :param cloudwatch_resource: A Boto3 CloudWatch resource. """ self.cloudwatch_resource = cloudwatch_resource def list_metrics(self, namespace, name, recent=False): """ Gets the metrics within a namespace that have the specified name. If the metric has no dimensions, a single metric is returned. Otherwise, metrics for all dimensions are returned. :param namespace: The namespace of the metric. :param name: The name of the metric. :param recent: When True, only metrics that have been active in the last three hours are returned. :return: An iterator that yields the retrieved metrics. """ try: kwargs = {"Namespace": namespace, "MetricName": name} if recent: kwargs["RecentlyActive"] = "PT3H" # List past 3 hours only metric_iter = self.cloudwatch_resource.metrics.filter(**kwargs) logger.info("Got metrics for %s.%s.", namespace, name) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't get metrics for %s.%s.", namespace, name) raise else: return metric_iter-
For API details, see ListMetrics in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.
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The following code example shows how to use PutMetricAlarm.
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. class CloudWatchWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon CloudWatch functions.""" def __init__(self, cloudwatch_resource): """ :param cloudwatch_resource: A Boto3 CloudWatch resource. """ self.cloudwatch_resource = cloudwatch_resource def create_metric_alarm( self, metric_namespace, metric_name, alarm_name, stat_type, period, eval_periods, threshold, comparison_op, ): """ Creates an alarm that watches a metric. :param metric_namespace: The namespace of the metric. :param metric_name: The name of the metric. :param alarm_name: The name of the alarm. :param stat_type: The type of statistic the alarm watches. :param period: The period in which metric data are grouped to calculate statistics. :param eval_periods: The number of periods that the metric must be over the alarm threshold before the alarm is set into an alarmed state. :param threshold: The threshold value to compare against the metric statistic. :param comparison_op: The comparison operation used to compare the threshold against the metric. :return: The newly created alarm. """ try: metric = self.cloudwatch_resource.Metric(metric_namespace, metric_name) alarm = metric.put_alarm( AlarmName=alarm_name, Statistic=stat_type, Period=period, EvaluationPeriods=eval_periods, Threshold=threshold, ComparisonOperator=comparison_op, ) logger.info( "Added alarm %s to track metric %s.%s.", alarm_name, metric_namespace, metric_name, ) except ClientError: logger.exception( "Couldn't add alarm %s to metric %s.%s", alarm_name, metric_namespace, metric_name, ) raise else: return alarm-
For API details, see PutMetricAlarm in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.
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The following code example shows how to use PutMetricData.
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. class CloudWatchWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon CloudWatch functions.""" def __init__(self, cloudwatch_resource): """ :param cloudwatch_resource: A Boto3 CloudWatch resource. """ self.cloudwatch_resource = cloudwatch_resource def put_metric_data(self, namespace, name, value, unit): """ Sends a single data value to CloudWatch for a metric. This metric is given a timestamp of the current UTC time. :param namespace: The namespace of the metric. :param name: The name of the metric. :param value: The value of the metric. :param unit: The unit of the metric. """ try: metric = self.cloudwatch_resource.Metric(namespace, name) metric.put_data( Namespace=namespace, MetricData=[{"MetricName": name, "Value": value, "Unit": unit}], ) logger.info("Put data for metric %s.%s", namespace, name) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't put data for metric %s.%s", namespace, name) raisePut a set of data into a CloudWatch metric.
class CloudWatchWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon CloudWatch functions.""" def __init__(self, cloudwatch_resource): """ :param cloudwatch_resource: A Boto3 CloudWatch resource. """ self.cloudwatch_resource = cloudwatch_resource def put_metric_data_set(self, namespace, name, timestamp, unit, data_set): """ Sends a set of data to CloudWatch for a metric. All of the data in the set have the same timestamp and unit. :param namespace: The namespace of the metric. :param name: The name of the metric. :param timestamp: The UTC timestamp for the metric. :param unit: The unit of the metric. :param data_set: The set of data to send. This set is a dictionary that contains a list of values and a list of corresponding counts. The value and count lists must be the same length. """ try: metric = self.cloudwatch_resource.Metric(namespace, name) metric.put_data( Namespace=namespace, MetricData=[ { "MetricName": name, "Timestamp": timestamp, "Values": data_set["values"], "Counts": data_set["counts"], "Unit": unit, } ], ) logger.info("Put data set for metric %s.%s.", namespace, name) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't put data set for metric %s.%s.", namespace, name) raise-
For API details, see PutMetricData in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.
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Scenarios
The following code example shows how to:
Create an alarm to watch a CloudWatch metric.
Put data into a metric and trigger the alarm.
Get data from the alarm.
Delete the alarm.
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. Create a class that wraps CloudWatch operations.
from datetime import datetime, timedelta import logging from pprint import pprint import random import time import boto3 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) class CloudWatchWrapper: """Encapsulates Amazon CloudWatch functions.""" def __init__(self, cloudwatch_resource): """ :param cloudwatch_resource: A Boto3 CloudWatch resource. """ self.cloudwatch_resource = cloudwatch_resource def put_metric_data_set(self, namespace, name, timestamp, unit, data_set): """ Sends a set of data to CloudWatch for a metric. All of the data in the set have the same timestamp and unit. :param namespace: The namespace of the metric. :param name: The name of the metric. :param timestamp: The UTC timestamp for the metric. :param unit: The unit of the metric. :param data_set: The set of data to send. This set is a dictionary that contains a list of values and a list of corresponding counts. The value and count lists must be the same length. """ try: metric = self.cloudwatch_resource.Metric(namespace, name) metric.put_data( Namespace=namespace, MetricData=[ { "MetricName": name, "Timestamp": timestamp, "Values": data_set["values"], "Counts": data_set["counts"], "Unit": unit, } ], ) logger.info("Put data set for metric %s.%s.", namespace, name) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't put data set for metric %s.%s.", namespace, name) raise def create_metric_alarm( self, metric_namespace, metric_name, alarm_name, stat_type, period, eval_periods, threshold, comparison_op, ): """ Creates an alarm that watches a metric. :param metric_namespace: The namespace of the metric. :param metric_name: The name of the metric. :param alarm_name: The name of the alarm. :param stat_type: The type of statistic the alarm watches. :param period: The period in which metric data are grouped to calculate statistics. :param eval_periods: The number of periods that the metric must be over the alarm threshold before the alarm is set into an alarmed state. :param threshold: The threshold value to compare against the metric statistic. :param comparison_op: The comparison operation used to compare the threshold against the metric. :return: The newly created alarm. """ try: metric = self.cloudwatch_resource.Metric(metric_namespace, metric_name) alarm = metric.put_alarm( AlarmName=alarm_name, Statistic=stat_type, Period=period, EvaluationPeriods=eval_periods, Threshold=threshold, ComparisonOperator=comparison_op, ) logger.info( "Added alarm %s to track metric %s.%s.", alarm_name, metric_namespace, metric_name, ) except ClientError: logger.exception( "Couldn't add alarm %s to metric %s.%s", alarm_name, metric_namespace, metric_name, ) raise else: return alarm def put_metric_data(self, namespace, name, value, unit): """ Sends a single data value to CloudWatch for a metric. This metric is given a timestamp of the current UTC time. :param namespace: The namespace of the metric. :param name: The name of the metric. :param value: The value of the metric. :param unit: The unit of the metric. """ try: metric = self.cloudwatch_resource.Metric(namespace, name) metric.put_data( Namespace=namespace, MetricData=[{"MetricName": name, "Value": value, "Unit": unit}], ) logger.info("Put data for metric %s.%s", namespace, name) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't put data for metric %s.%s", namespace, name) raise def get_metric_statistics(self, namespace, name, start, end, period, stat_types): """ Gets statistics for a metric within a specified time span. Metrics are grouped into the specified period. :param namespace: The namespace of the metric. :param name: The name of the metric. :param start: The UTC start time of the time span to retrieve. :param end: The UTC end time of the time span to retrieve. :param period: The period, in seconds, in which to group metrics. The period must match the granularity of the metric, which depends on the metric's age. For example, metrics that are older than three hours have a one-minute granularity, so the period must be at least 60 and must be a multiple of 60. :param stat_types: The type of statistics to retrieve, such as average value or maximum value. :return: The retrieved statistics for the metric. """ try: metric = self.cloudwatch_resource.Metric(namespace, name) stats = metric.get_statistics( StartTime=start, EndTime=end, Period=period, Statistics=stat_types ) logger.info( "Got %s statistics for %s.", len(stats["Datapoints"]), stats["Label"] ) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't get statistics for %s.%s.", namespace, name) raise else: return stats def get_metric_alarms(self, metric_namespace, metric_name): """ Gets the alarms that are currently watching the specified metric. :param metric_namespace: The namespace of the metric. :param metric_name: The name of the metric. :returns: An iterator that yields the alarms. """ metric = self.cloudwatch_resource.Metric(metric_namespace, metric_name) alarm_iter = metric.alarms.all() logger.info("Got alarms for metric %s.%s.", metric_namespace, metric_name) return alarm_iter def delete_metric_alarms(self, metric_namespace, metric_name): """ Deletes all of the alarms that are currently watching the specified metric. :param metric_namespace: The namespace of the metric. :param metric_name: The name of the metric. """ try: metric = self.cloudwatch_resource.Metric(metric_namespace, metric_name) metric.alarms.delete() logger.info( "Deleted alarms for metric %s.%s.", metric_namespace, metric_name ) except ClientError: logger.exception( "Couldn't delete alarms for metric %s.%s.", metric_namespace, metric_name, ) raiseUse the wrapper class to put data in a metric, trigger an alarm that watches the metric, and get data from the alarm.
def usage_demo(): print("-" * 88) print("Welcome to the Amazon CloudWatch metrics and alarms demo!") print("-" * 88) logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(levelname)s: %(message)s") cw_wrapper = CloudWatchWrapper(boto3.resource("cloudwatch")) minutes = 20 metric_namespace = "doc-example-metric" metric_name = "page_views" start = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(minutes=minutes) print( f"Putting data into metric {metric_namespace}.{metric_name} spanning the " f"last {minutes} minutes." ) for offset in range(0, minutes): stamp = start + timedelta(minutes=offset) cw_wrapper.put_metric_data_set( metric_namespace, metric_name, stamp, "Count", { "values": [ random.randint(bound, bound * 2) for bound in range(offset + 1, offset + 11) ], "counts": [random.randint(1, offset + 1) for _ in range(10)], }, ) alarm_name = "high_page_views" period = 60 eval_periods = 2 print(f"Creating alarm {alarm_name} for metric {metric_name}.") alarm = cw_wrapper.create_metric_alarm( metric_namespace, metric_name, alarm_name, "Maximum", period, eval_periods, 100, "GreaterThanThreshold", ) print(f"Alarm ARN is {alarm.alarm_arn}.") print(f"Current alarm state is: {alarm.state_value}.") print( f"Sending data to trigger the alarm. This requires data over the threshold " f"for {eval_periods} periods of {period} seconds each." ) while alarm.state_value == "INSUFFICIENT_DATA": print("Sending data for the metric.") cw_wrapper.put_metric_data( metric_namespace, metric_name, random.randint(100, 200), "Count" ) alarm.load() print(f"Current alarm state is: {alarm.state_value}.") if alarm.state_value == "INSUFFICIENT_DATA": print(f"Waiting for {period} seconds...") time.sleep(period) else: print("Wait for a minute for eventual consistency of metric data.") time.sleep(period) if alarm.state_value == "OK": alarm.load() print(f"Current alarm state is: {alarm.state_value}.") print( f"Getting data for metric {metric_namespace}.{metric_name} during timespan " f"of {start} to {datetime.utcnow()} (times are UTC)." ) stats = cw_wrapper.get_metric_statistics( metric_namespace, metric_name, start, datetime.utcnow(), 60, ["Average", "Minimum", "Maximum"], ) print( f"Got {len(stats['Datapoints'])} data points for metric " f"{metric_namespace}.{metric_name}." ) pprint(sorted(stats["Datapoints"], key=lambda x: x["Timestamp"])) print(f"Getting alarms for metric {metric_name}.") alarms = cw_wrapper.get_metric_alarms(metric_namespace, metric_name) for alarm in alarms: print(f"Alarm {alarm.name} is currently in state {alarm.state_value}.") print(f"Deleting alarms for metric {metric_name}.") cw_wrapper.delete_metric_alarms(metric_namespace, metric_name) print("Thanks for watching!") print("-" * 88)-
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