Data retrieval APIs for Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams provides the following APIs for data retrieval.
| Actions | Description | Access level |
|---|---|---|
| DescribeLimits | Describe the shard limits and usage for the account | Read |
| DescribeStream | Describe the specified stream | Read |
| DescribeStreamConsumer | Get the description of a registered stream consumer | Read |
| DescribeStreamSummary | Provide a summarized description of the specified Kinesis data stream without the shard list | Read |
| GetRecords | Get data records from a shard | Read |
| GetResourcePolicy | Get a resource policy associated with a specified stream or consumer | Read |
| GetShardIterator | Get a shard iterator. A shard iterator expires five minutes after it is returned to the requester | Read |
| ListShards | List the shards in a stream and provides information about each shard | List |
| ListStreamConsumers | List the stream consumers registered to receive data from a Kinesis stream using enhanced fan-out, and provides information about each consumer | List |
| ListStreams | List your streams | List |
| ListTagsForResource | List the tags for the specified Amazon Kinesis resource | Read |
| ListTagsForStream | List the tags for the specified Amazon Kinesis stream | Read |
| SubscribeToShard | Listen to a specific shard with enhanced fan-out | Read |
