Sending Events to CloudWatch
CloudWatch Events delivers a near real-time stream of system events that describe changes in AWS resources to Amazon EC2 instances, Lambda functions, Kinesis streams, Amazon ECS tasks, Step Functions state machines, Amazon SNS topics, Amazon SQS queues, or built-in targets. You can match events and route them to one or more target functions or streams by using simple rules.
Note
These code snippets assume that you understand the material in Getting Started Using the AWS SDK for C++ and have configured default AWS credentials using the information in Providing AWS Credentials.
Add Events
To add custom CloudWatch events, call the CloudWatchEventsClient’s PutEvents
function with a
PutEventsRequest
Note
You can specify a maximum of 10 events per call to putEvents
.
Includes
#include <aws/core/Aws.h>
#include <aws/events/EventBridgeClient.h>
#include <aws/events/model/PutEventsRequest.h>
#include <aws/events/model/PutEventsResult.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/Outcome.h>
#include <iostream>
Code
Aws::CloudWatchEvents::EventBridgeClient cwe;
Aws::CloudWatchEvents::Model::PutEventsRequestEntry event_entry;
event_entry.SetDetail(MakeDetails(event_key, event_value));
event_entry.SetDetailType("sampleSubmitted");
event_entry.AddResources(resource_arn);
event_entry.SetSource("aws-sdk-cpp-cloudwatch-example");
Aws::CloudWatchEvents::Model::PutEventsRequest request;
request.AddEntries(event_entry);
auto outcome = cwe.PutEvents(request);
if (!outcome.IsSuccess())
{
std::cout << "Failed to post CloudWatch event: " <<
outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl;
}
else
{
std::cout << "Successfully posted CloudWatch event" << std::endl;
}
Add Rules
To create or update a rule, call the CloudWatchEventsClient’s PutRule
function with a
PutRuleRequest
Includes
#include <aws/core/Aws.h>
#include <aws/events/EventBridgeClient.h>
#include <aws/events/model/PutRuleRequest.h>
#include <aws/events/model/PutRuleResult.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/Outcome.h>
#include <iostream>
Code
Aws::CloudWatchEvents::EventBridgeClient cwe;
Aws::CloudWatchEvents::Model::PutRuleRequest request;
request.SetName(rule_name);
request.SetRoleArn(role_arn);
request.SetScheduleExpression("rate(5 minutes)");
request.SetState(Aws::CloudWatchEvents::Model::RuleState::ENABLED);
auto outcome = cwe.PutRule(request);
if (!outcome.IsSuccess())
{
std::cout << "Failed to create CloudWatch events rule " <<
rule_name << ": " << outcome.GetError().GetMessage() <<
std::endl;
}
else
{
std::cout << "Successfully created CloudWatch events rule " <<
rule_name << " with resulting Arn " <<
outcome.GetResult().GetRuleArn() << std::endl;
}
Add Targets
Targets are the resources that are invoked when a rule is triggered. Example targets include Amazon EC2 instances, Lambda functions, Kinesis streams, Amazon ECS tasks, Step Functions state machines, and built-in targets.
To add a target to a rule, call the CloudWatchEventsClient’s PutTargets
function with a
PutTargetsRequest
Includes
#include <aws/core/Aws.h>
#include <aws/events/EventBridgeClient.h>
#include <aws/events/model/PutTargetsRequest.h>
#include <aws/events/model/PutTargetsResult.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/Outcome.h>
#include <iostream>
Code
Aws::CloudWatchEvents::EventBridgeClient cwe;
Aws::CloudWatchEvents::Model::Target target;
target.SetArn(lambda_arn);
target.SetId(target_id);
Aws::CloudWatchEvents::Model::PutTargetsRequest request;
request.SetRule(rule_name);
request.AddTargets(target);
auto putTargetsOutcome = cwe.PutTargets(request);
if (!putTargetsOutcome.IsSuccess())
{
std::cout << "Failed to create CloudWatch events target for rule "
<< rule_name << ": " <<
putTargetsOutcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl;
}
else
{
std::cout <<
"Successfully created CloudWatch events target for rule "
<< rule_name << std::endl;
}
See the complete example
More Information
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Adding Events with PutEvents in the Amazon CloudWatch Events User Guide
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Schedule Expressions for Rules in the Amazon CloudWatch Events User Guide
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Event Types for CloudWatch Events in the Amazon CloudWatch Events User Guide
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Events and Event Patterns in the Amazon CloudWatch Events User Guide
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PutEvents in the Amazon CloudWatch Events API Reference
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PutTargets in the Amazon CloudWatch Events API Reference
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PutRule in the Amazon CloudWatch Events API Reference