Structure and syntax of Resource Groups lifecycle events - AWS Resource Groups

Structure and syntax of Resource Groups lifecycle events

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The lifecycle events for AWS Resource Groups take the form of JSON object strings in the following general format.

{
    "version": "0",
    "id": "08f00e24-2e30-ec44-b824-8acddf1ac868",
    "detail-type": "ResourceGroups Group ... Change",
    "source": "aws.resource-groups",
    "account": "123456789012",
    "time": "2020-09-29T09:59:01Z",
    "region": "us-east-1",
    "resources": [
        "arn:aws:resource-groups:us-east-1:123456789012:group/MyGroupName"
    ],
    "detail": {
        ...
    }
}

For details about the fields common to all Amazon EventBridge events, see Amazon EventBridge events in the Amazon EventBridge User Guide. Details that are specific to Resource Groups are explained in the following table.

Field name Type Description
detail-type String

For Resource Groups, the detail-type field is always one of the following values:
source String For Resource Groups, this value is always "aws.resource-groups".
resources An array of Amazon Resource Names (ARNs)

This field always includes the Amazon resource name (ARN) of the group with the change that triggered this event.

This field can also include the ARNs of any resources added to or removed from the group, if applicable.

detail

 JSON object string This is the payload of the event. The contents of the detail field vary based on the value of the detail-type. See the next section for more information.