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DeleteQueryDefinition - Amazon CloudWatch Logs

DeleteQueryDefinition

Deletes a saved CloudWatch Logs Insights query definition. A query definition contains details about a saved CloudWatch Logs Insights query.

Each DeleteQueryDefinition operation can delete one query definition.

You must have the logs:DeleteQueryDefinition permission to be able to perform this operation.

Request Syntax

{ "queryDefinitionId": "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.

queryDefinitionId

The ID of the query definition that you want to delete. You can use DescribeQueryDefinitions to retrieve the IDs of your saved query definitions.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "success": boolean }

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.

success

A value of TRUE indicates that the operation succeeded. FALSE indicates that the operation failed.

Type: Boolean

Errors

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

InvalidParameterException

A parameter is specified incorrectly.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified resource does not exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceUnavailableException

The service cannot complete the request.

HTTP Status Code: 500

Examples

Example

This example deletes a query definition.

Sample Request

POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: logs.<region>.<domain> X-Amz-Date: <DATE> Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<Credential>, SignedHeaders=content-type;date;host;user-agent;x-amz-date;x-amz-target;x-amzn-requestid, Signature=<Signature> User-Agent: <UserAgentString> Accept: application/json Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes> Connection: Keep-Alive X-Amz-Target: Logs_20140328.DeleteQueryDefinition { "queryDefinitionId": "123456ab-12ab-123a-789e-1234567890ab" }

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK x-amzn-RequestId: <RequestId> Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes> Date: <Date> { "success": True }

See Also

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

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