AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
Command Reference

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Synopsis

Calls the Amazon Kinesis GetShardIterator API operation.

Syntax

Get-KINShardIterator
-ShardId <String>
-ShardIteratorType <ShardIteratorType>
-StartingSequenceNumber <String>
-StreamARN <String>
-StreamName <String>
-Timestamp <DateTime>
-Select <String>
-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
-ClientConfig <AmazonKinesisConfig>

Description

Gets an Amazon Kinesis shard iterator. A shard iterator expires 5 minutes after it is returned to the requester. When invoking this API, you must use either the StreamARN or the StreamName parameter, or both. It is recommended that you use the StreamARN input parameter when you invoke this API. A shard iterator specifies the shard position from which to start reading data records sequentially. The position is specified using the sequence number of a data record in a shard. A sequence number is the identifier associated with every record ingested in the stream, and is assigned when a record is put into the stream. Each stream has one or more shards. You must specify the shard iterator type. For example, you can set the ShardIteratorType parameter to read exactly from the position denoted by a specific sequence number by using the AT_SEQUENCE_NUMBER shard iterator type. Alternatively, the parameter can read right after the sequence number by using the AFTER_SEQUENCE_NUMBER shard iterator type, using sequence numbers returned by earlier calls to PutRecord, PutRecords, GetRecords, or DescribeStream. In the request, you can specify the shard iterator type AT_TIMESTAMP to read records from an arbitrary point in time, TRIM_HORIZON to cause ShardIterator to point to the last untrimmed record in the shard in the system (the oldest data record in the shard), or LATEST so that you always read the most recent data in the shard. When you read repeatedly from a stream, use a GetShardIterator request to get the first shard iterator for use in your first GetRecords request and for subsequent reads use the shard iterator returned by the GetRecords request in NextShardIterator. A new shard iterator is returned by every GetRecords request in NextShardIterator, which you use in the ShardIterator parameter of the next GetRecords request. If a GetShardIterator request is made too often, you receive a ProvisionedThroughputExceededException. For more information about throughput limits, see GetRecords, and Streams Limits in the Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Developer Guide. If the shard is closed, GetShardIterator returns a valid iterator for the last sequence number of the shard. A shard can be closed as a result of using SplitShard or MergeShards. GetShardIterator has a limit of five transactions per second per account per open shard.

Parameters

-ClientConfig <AmazonKinesisConfig>
Amazon.PowerShell.Cmdlets.KIN.AmazonKinesisClientCmdlet.ClientConfig
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
Changes the cmdlet behavior to return the value passed to the ShardId parameter. The -PassThru parameter is deprecated, use -Select '^ShardId' instead. This parameter will be removed in a future version.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Select <String>
Use the -Select parameter to control the cmdlet output. The default value is 'ShardIterator'. Specifying -Select '*' will result in the cmdlet returning the whole service response (Amazon.Kinesis.Model.GetShardIteratorResponse). Specifying the name of a property of type Amazon.Kinesis.Model.GetShardIteratorResponse will result in that property being returned. Specifying -Select '^ParameterName' will result in the cmdlet returning the selected cmdlet parameter value.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ShardId <String>
The shard ID of the Kinesis Data Streams shard to get the iterator for.
Required?True
Position?1
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-ShardIteratorType <ShardIteratorType>
Determines how the shard iterator is used to start reading data records from the shard.The following are the valid Amazon Kinesis shard iterator types:
  • AT_SEQUENCE_NUMBER - Start reading from the position denoted by a specific sequence number, provided in the value StartingSequenceNumber.
  • AFTER_SEQUENCE_NUMBER - Start reading right after the position denoted by a specific sequence number, provided in the value StartingSequenceNumber.
  • AT_TIMESTAMP - Start reading from the position denoted by a specific time stamp, provided in the value Timestamp.
  • TRIM_HORIZON - Start reading at the last untrimmed record in the shard in the system, which is the oldest data record in the shard.
  • LATEST - Start reading just after the most recent record in the shard, so that you always read the most recent data in the shard.
Required?True
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-StartingSequenceNumber <String>
The sequence number of the data record in the shard from which to start reading. Used with shard iterator type AT_SEQUENCE_NUMBER and AFTER_SEQUENCE_NUMBER.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-StreamARN <String>
The ARN of the stream.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-StreamName <String>
The name of the Amazon Kinesis data stream.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Timestamp <DateTime>
The time stamp of the data record from which to start reading. Used with shard iterator type AT_TIMESTAMP. A time stamp is the Unix epoch date with precision in milliseconds. For example, 2016-04-04T19:58:46.480-00:00 or 1459799926.480. If a record with this exact time stamp does not exist, the iterator returned is for the next (later) record. If the time stamp is older than the current trim horizon, the iterator returned is for the oldest untrimmed data record (TRIM_HORIZON).
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)

Common Credential and Region Parameters

-AccessKey <String>
The AWS access key for the user account. This can be a temporary access key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAK
-Credential <AWSCredentials>
An AWSCredentials object instance containing access and secret key information, and optionally a token for session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-EndpointUrl <String>
The endpoint to make the call against.Note: This parameter is primarily for internal AWS use and is not required/should not be specified for normal usage. The cmdlets normally determine which endpoint to call based on the region specified to the -Region parameter or set as default in the shell (via Set-DefaultAWSRegion). Only specify this parameter if you must direct the call to a specific custom endpoint.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-NetworkCredential <PSCredential>
Used with SAML-based authentication when ProfileName references a SAML role profile. Contains the network credentials to be supplied during authentication with the configured identity provider's endpoint. This parameter is not required if the user's default network identity can or should be used during authentication.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-ProfileLocation <String>
Used to specify the name and location of the ini-format credential file (shared with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs)If this optional parameter is omitted this cmdlet will search the encrypted credential file used by the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio first. If the profile is not found then the cmdlet will search in the ini-format credential file at the default location: (user's home directory)\.aws\credentials.If this parameter is specified then this cmdlet will only search the ini-format credential file at the location given.As the current folder can vary in a shell or during script execution it is advised that you use specify a fully qualified path instead of a relative path.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAWSProfilesLocation, ProfilesLocation
-ProfileName <String>
The user-defined name of an AWS credentials or SAML-based role profile containing credential information. The profile is expected to be found in the secure credential file shared with the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio. You can also specify the name of a profile stored in the .ini-format credential file used with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesStoredCredentials, AWSProfileName
-Region <Object>
The system name of an AWS region or an AWSRegion instance. This governs the endpoint that will be used when calling service operations. Note that the AWS resources referenced in a call are usually region-specific.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesRegionToCall
-SecretKey <String>
The AWS secret key for the user account. This can be a temporary secret key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesSK, SecretAccessKey
-SessionToken <String>
The session token if the access and secret keys are temporary session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesST

Outputs

System.String or Amazon.Kinesis.Model.GetShardIteratorResponse
This cmdlet returns a System.String object. The service call response (type Amazon.Kinesis.Model.GetShardIteratorResponse) can also be referenced from properties attached to the cmdlet entry in the $AWSHistory stack.

Examples

Example 1

Get-KINShardIterator -StreamName "mystream" -ShardId "shardId-000000000000" -ShardIteratorType AT_SEQUENCE_NUMBER -StartingSequenceNumber "495598645..."

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Returns a shard iterator for the specified shard and starting position. Details of the shard identifiers and sequence numbers can be obtained from the output of the Get-KINStream cmdlet, by referencing the Shards collection of the returned stream object. The returned iterator can be used with the Get-KINRecord cmdlet to pull data records in the shard.
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Supported Version

AWS Tools for PowerShell: 2.x.y.z