Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

DescribeEventTypes

Returns the event types that meet the specified filter criteria. You can use this API operation to find information about the AWS Health event, such as the category, AWS service, and event code. The metadata for each event appears in the EventType object.

If you don't specify a filter criteria, the API operation returns all event types, in no particular order.

Note

This API operation uses pagination. Specify the nextToken parameter in the next request to return more results.

Request Syntax


{
   "filter": { 
      "eventTypeCategories": [ "string" ],
      "eventTypeCodes": [ "string" ],
      "services": [ "string" ]
   },
   "locale": "string",
   "maxResults": number,
   "nextToken": "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.

filter

Values to narrow the results returned.

Type: EventTypeFilter object

Required: No

locale

The locale (language) to return information in. English (en) is the default and the only supported value at this time.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 2. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: .{2,256}

Required: No

maxResults

The maximum number of items to return in one batch, between 10 and 100, inclusive.

Note

If you don't specify the maxResults parameter, this operation returns a maximum of 30 items by default.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 10. Maximum value of 100.

Required: No

nextToken

If the results of a search are large, only a portion of the results are returned, and a nextToken pagination token is returned in the response. To retrieve the next batch of results, reissue the search request and include the returned token. When all results have been returned, the response does not contain a pagination token value.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 4. Maximum length of 10000.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9=/+_.-]{4,10000}

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "eventTypes": [ 
      { 
         "category": "string",
         "code": "string",
         "service": "string"
      }
   ],
   "nextToken": "string"
}

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.

eventTypes

A list of event types that match the filter criteria. Event types have a category (issue, accountNotification, or scheduledChange), a service (for example, EC2, RDS, DATAPIPELINE, BILLING), and a code (in the format AWS_SERVICE_DESCRIPTION; for example, AWS_EC2_SYSTEM_MAINTENANCE_EVENT).

Type: Array of EventType objects

nextToken

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 4. Maximum length of 10000.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9=/+_.-]{4,10000}

Errors

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

InvalidPaginationToken

The specified pagination token (nextToken) is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnsupportedLocale

The specified locale is not supported.

HTTP Status Code: 400