# DescribeEvents
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Returns events related to instances, security groups, snapshots, and DB parameter groups for the past 14 days. You can obtain events specific to a particular DB instance, security group, snapshot, or parameter group by providing the name as a parameter. By default, the events of the past hour are returned.

## 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 to retrieve events for.  
Default: 60  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** EndTime **   
 The end of the time interval for which to retrieve events, specified in ISO 8601 format.   
Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

 **EventCategories.EventCategory.N**   
A list of event categories that trigger notifications for an event notification subscription.  
Type: Array of strings  
Required: No

 **Filters.Filter.N**   
This parameter is not currently supported.  
Type: Array of [Filter](API_Filter.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** Marker **   
An optional pagination token provided by a previous request. 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 pagination token (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, then all sources are included in the response.  
Constraints:  
+ If `SourceIdentifier` is provided, `SourceType` must also be provided.
+ If the source type is `DBInstance`, a `DBInstanceIdentifier` must be provided.
+ If the source type is `DBSecurityGroup`, a `DBSecurityGroupName` must be provided.
+ If the source type is `DBParameterGroup`, a `DBParameterGroupName` must be provided.
+ If the source type is `DBSnapshot`, a `DBSnapshotIdentifier` must be provided.
+ Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens.
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: `db-instance | db-parameter-group | db-security-group | db-snapshot | db-cluster | db-cluster-snapshot`   
Required: No

 ** StartTime **   
 The beginning of the time interval to retrieve events for, specified in ISO 8601 format.   
Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

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

 **Events.Event.N**   
Detailed information about one or more events.   
Type: Array of [Event](API_Event.md) objects

 ** Marker **   
An optional pagination token provided by a previous request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by `MaxRecords`.  
Type: String

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

## 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/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeEvents) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeEvents)