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GetImport - AWS CloudTrail

GetImport

Returns information about a specific import.

Request Syntax

{ "ImportId": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

ImportId

The ID for the import.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 36.

Pattern: ^[a-f0-9\-]+$

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "CreatedTimestamp": number, "Destinations": [ "string" ], "EndEventTime": number, "ImportId": "string", "ImportSource": { "S3": { "S3BucketAccessRoleArn": "string", "S3BucketRegion": "string", "S3LocationUri": "string" } }, "ImportStatistics": { "EventsCompleted": number, "FailedEntries": number, "FilesCompleted": number, "PrefixesCompleted": number, "PrefixesFound": number }, "ImportStatus": "string", "StartEventTime": number, "UpdatedTimestamp": number }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

CreatedTimestamp

The timestamp of the import's creation.

Type: Timestamp

Destinations

The ARN of the destination event data store.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Fixed number of 1 item.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9._/\-:]+$

EndEventTime

Used with StartEventTime to bound a StartImport request, and limit imported trail events to only those events logged within a specified time period.

Type: Timestamp

ImportId

The ID of the import.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 36.

Pattern: ^[a-f0-9\-]+$

ImportSource

The source S3 bucket.

Type: ImportSource object

ImportStatistics

Provides statistics for the import. CloudTrail does not update import statistics in real-time. Returned values for parameters such as EventsCompleted may be lower than the actual value, because CloudTrail updates statistics incrementally over the course of the import.

Type: ImportStatistics object

ImportStatus

The status of the import.

Type: String

Valid Values: INITIALIZING | IN_PROGRESS | FAILED | STOPPED | COMPLETED

StartEventTime

Used with EndEventTime to bound a StartImport request, and limit imported trail events to only those events logged within a specified time period.

Type: Timestamp

UpdatedTimestamp

The timestamp of when the import was updated.

Type: Timestamp

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

ImportNotFoundException

The specified import was not found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidParameterException

The request includes a parameter that is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OperationNotPermittedException

This exception is thrown when the requested operation is not permitted.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnsupportedOperationException

This exception is thrown when the requested operation is not supported.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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