# DescribeEvents
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Returns events related to clusters, cache security groups, and cache parameter groups. You can obtain events specific to a particular cluster, cache security group, or cache parameter group by providing the name as a parameter.

By default, only the events occurring within the last hour are returned; however, you can retrieve up to 14 days' worth of events if necessary.

## Request Parameters
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 For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 ** Duration **   
The number of minutes worth of events to retrieve.  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** EndTime **   
The end of the time interval for which to retrieve events, specified in ISO 8601 format.  
 **Example:** 2017-03-30T07:03:49.555Z  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

 ** Marker **   
An optional marker returned from a prior request. Use this marker for pagination of results from this operation. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by `MaxRecords`.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** MaxRecords **   
The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified `MaxRecords` value, a marker is included in the response so that the remaining results can be retrieved.  
Default: 100  
Constraints: minimum 20; maximum 100.  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** SourceIdentifier **   
The identifier of the event source for which events are returned. If not specified, all sources are included in the response.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** SourceType **   
The event source to retrieve events for. If no value is specified, all events are returned.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `cache-cluster | cache-parameter-group | cache-security-group | cache-subnet-group | replication-group | serverless-cache | serverless-cache-snapshot | user | user-group`   
Required: No

 ** StartTime **   
The beginning of the time interval to retrieve events for, specified in ISO 8601 format.  
 **Example:** 2017-03-30T07:03:49.555Z  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

## Response Elements
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The following elements are returned by the service.

 **Events.Event.N**   
A list of events. Each element in the list contains detailed information about one event.  
Type: Array of [Event](API_Event.md) objects

 ** Marker **   
Provides an identifier to allow retrieval of paginated results.  
Type: String

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** InvalidParameterCombination **   
Two or more incompatible parameters were specified.    
 ** message **   
Two or more parameters that must not be used together were used together.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidParameterValue **   
The value for a parameter is invalid.    
 ** message **   
A parameter value is invalid.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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### DescribeEvents
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Some of the output has been omitted for brevity.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://elasticache.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=DescribeEvents
   &MaxRecords=100
   &Version=2015-02-02
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &Timestamp=20150202T192317Z
   &X-Amz-Credential=<credential>
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<DescribeEventsResponse xmlns="http://elasticache.amazonaws.com/doc/2015-02-02/"> 
    <DescribeEventsResult> 
        <Events> 
            <Event> 
                <Message>Cache cluster created</Message> 
                <SourceType>cache-cluster</SourceType> 
                <Date>2015-02-02T18:22:18.202Z</Date> 
                <SourceIdentifier>my-redis-primary</SourceIdentifier> 
            </Event> 
               
 (...output omitted...)
          
        </Events> 
    </DescribeEventsResult> 
    <ResponseMetadata> 
        <RequestId>e21c81b4-b9cd-11e3-8a16-7978bb24ffdf</RequestId> 
    </ResponseMetadata> 
</DescribeEventsResponse>
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeEvents)