GetDistributionMetricData - Amazon Lightsail

GetDistributionMetricData

Returns the data points of a specific metric for an Amazon Lightsail content delivery network (CDN) distribution.

Metrics report the utilization of your resources, and the error counts generated by them. Monitor and collect metric data regularly to maintain the reliability, availability, and performance of your resources.

Request Syntax

{ "distributionName": "string", "endTime": number, "metricName": "string", "period": number, "startTime": number, "statistics": [ "string" ], "unit": "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.

distributionName

The name of the distribution for which to get metric data.

Use the GetDistributions action to get a list of distribution names that you can specify.

Type: String

Pattern: \w[\w\-]*\w

Required: Yes

endTime

The end of the time interval for which to get metric data.

Constraints:

  • Specified in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

  • Specified in the Unix time format.

    For example, if you wish to use an end time of October 1, 2018, at 9 PM UTC, specify 1538427600 as the end time.

You can convert a human-friendly time to Unix time format using a converter like Epoch converter.

Type: Timestamp

Required: Yes

metricName

The metric for which you want to return information.

Valid distribution metric names are listed below, along with the most useful statistics to include in your request, and the published unit value.

  • Requests - The total number of viewer requests received by your Lightsail distribution, for all HTTP methods, and for both HTTP and HTTPS requests.

    Statistics: The most useful statistic is Sum.

    Unit: The published unit is None.

  • BytesDownloaded - The number of bytes downloaded by viewers for GET, HEAD, and OPTIONS requests.

    Statistics: The most useful statistic is Sum.

    Unit: The published unit is None.

  • BytesUploaded - The number of bytes uploaded to your origin by your Lightsail distribution, using POST and PUT requests.

    Statistics: The most useful statistic is Sum.

    Unit: The published unit is None.

  • TotalErrorRate - The percentage of all viewer requests for which the response's HTTP status code was 4xx or 5xx.

    Statistics: The most useful statistic is Average.

    Unit: The published unit is Percent.

  • 4xxErrorRate - The percentage of all viewer requests for which the response's HTTP status cod was 4xx. In these cases, the client or client viewer may have made an error. For example, a status code of 404 (Not Found) means that the client requested an object that could not be found.

    Statistics: The most useful statistic is Average.

    Unit: The published unit is Percent.

  • 5xxErrorRate - The percentage of all viewer requests for which the response's HTTP status code was 5xx. In these cases, the origin server did not satisfy the requests. For example, a status code of 503 (Service Unavailable) means that the origin server is currently unavailable.

    Statistics: The most useful statistic is Average.

    Unit: The published unit is Percent.

Type: String

Valid Values: Requests | BytesDownloaded | BytesUploaded | TotalErrorRate | Http4xxErrorRate | Http5xxErrorRate

Required: Yes

period

The granularity, in seconds, for the metric data points that will be returned.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 60. Maximum value of 86400.

Required: Yes

startTime

The start of the time interval for which to get metric data.

Constraints:

  • Specified in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

  • Specified in the Unix time format.

    For example, if you wish to use a start time of October 1, 2018, at 8 PM UTC, specify 1538424000 as the start time.

You can convert a human-friendly time to Unix time format using a converter like Epoch converter.

Type: Timestamp

Required: Yes

statistics

The statistic for the metric.

The following statistics are available:

  • Minimum - The lowest value observed during the specified period. Use this value to determine low volumes of activity for your application.

  • Maximum - The highest value observed during the specified period. Use this value to determine high volumes of activity for your application.

  • Sum - All values submitted for the matching metric added together. You can use this statistic to determine the total volume of a metric.

  • Average - The value of Sum / SampleCount during the specified period. By comparing this statistic with the Minimum and Maximum values, you can determine the full scope of a metric and how close the average use is to the Minimum and Maximum values. This comparison helps you to know when to increase or decrease your resources.

  • SampleCount - The count, or number, of data points used for the statistical calculation.

Type: Array of strings

Valid Values: Minimum | Maximum | Sum | Average | SampleCount

Required: Yes

unit

The unit for the metric data request.

Valid units depend on the metric data being requested. For the valid units with each available metric, see the metricName parameter.

Type: String

Valid Values: Seconds | Microseconds | Milliseconds | Bytes | Kilobytes | Megabytes | Gigabytes | Terabytes | Bits | Kilobits | Megabits | Gigabits | Terabits | Percent | Count | Bytes/Second | Kilobytes/Second | Megabytes/Second | Gigabytes/Second | Terabytes/Second | Bits/Second | Kilobits/Second | Megabits/Second | Gigabits/Second | Terabits/Second | Count/Second | None

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "metricData": [ { "average": number, "maximum": number, "minimum": number, "sampleCount": number, "sum": number, "timestamp": number, "unit": "string" } ], "metricName": "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.

metricData

An array of objects that describe the metric data returned.

Type: Array of MetricDatapoint objects

metricName

The name of the metric returned.

Type: String

Valid Values: Requests | BytesDownloaded | BytesUploaded | TotalErrorRate | Http4xxErrorRate | Http5xxErrorRate

Errors

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

AccessDeniedException

Lightsail throws this exception when the user cannot be authenticated or uses invalid credentials to access a resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidInputException

Lightsail throws this exception when user input does not conform to the validation rules of an input field.

Note

Domain and distribution APIs are only available in the N. Virginia (us-east-1) AWS Region. Please set your AWS Region configuration to us-east-1 to create, view, or edit these resources.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotFoundException

Lightsail throws this exception when it cannot find a resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OperationFailureException

Lightsail throws this exception when an operation fails to execute.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceException

A general service exception.

HTTP Status Code: 500

UnauthenticatedException

Lightsail throws this exception when the user has not been authenticated.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: