AWS CLI Command Reference

[ aws . meteringmarketplace ]

meter-usage

Description

As a seller, your software hosted in the buyer’s Amazon Web Services account uses this API action to emit metering records directly to Amazon Web Services Marketplace. You must use the following buyer Amazon Web Services account credentials to sign the API request.

  • For Amazon EC2 deployments, your software must use the IAM role for Amazon EC2 to sign the API call for MeterUsage API operation.
  • For Amazon EKS deployments, your software must use IAM roles for service accounts (IRSA) to sign the API call for the MeterUsage API operation. Using EKS Pod Identity , the node role, or long-term access keys is not supported.
  • For Amazon ECS deployments, your software must use Amazon ECS task IAM role to sign the API call for the MeterUsage API operation. Using the node role or long-term access keys are not supported.
  • For Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime deployments, your software must use the AgentCore Runtime execution role to sign the API call for the MeterUsage API operation. Long-term access keys are not supported.

The handling of MeterUsage requests varies between Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime and non-Amazon Bedrock AgentCore deployments.

  • For non-Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime deployments, you can only report usage once per hour for each dimension. For AMI-based products, this is per dimension and per EC2 instance. For container products, this is per dimension and per ECS task or EKS pod. You can’t modify values after they’re recorded. If you report usage before a current hour ends, you will be unable to report additional usage until the next hour begins. The Timestamp request parameter is rounded down to the hour and used to enforce this once-per-hour rule for idempotency. For requests that are identical after the Timestamp is rounded down, the API is idempotent and returns the metering record ID.
  • For Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime deployments, you can report usage multiple times per hour for the same dimension. You do not need to aggregate metering records by the hour. You must include an idempotency token in the ClientToken request parameter. If using an Amazon SDK or the Amazon Web Services CLI, you must use the latest version which automatically includes an idempotency token in the ClientToken request parameter so that the request is processed successfully. The Timestamp request parameter is not rounded down to the hour and is not used for duplicate validation. Requests with duplicate Timestamps are aggregated as long as the ClientToken is unique.

If you submit records more than six hours after events occur, the records won’t be accepted. The timestamp in your request determines when an event is recorded.

You can optionally include multiple usage allocations, to provide customers with usage data split into buckets by tags that you define or allow the customer to define.

For Amazon Web Services Regions that support MeterUsage , see MeterUsage Region support for Amazon EC2 and MeterUsage Region support for Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS .

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  meter-usage
--product-code <value>
--timestamp <value>
--usage-dimension <value>
[--usage-quantity <value>]
[--dry-run | --no-dry-run]
[--usage-allocations <value>]
[--client-token <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]

Options

--product-code (string) [required]

Product code is used to uniquely identify a product in Amazon Web Services Marketplace. The product code should be the same as the one used during the publishing of a new product.

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 255
  • pattern: ^[-a-zA-Z0-9/=:_.@]*$

--timestamp (timestamp) [required]

Timestamp, in UTC, for which the usage is being reported. Your application can meter usage for up to six hours in the past. Make sure the timestamp value is not before the start of the software usage.

--usage-dimension (string) [required]

It will be one of the fcp dimension name provided during the publishing of the product.

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 255
  • pattern: [\s\S]+

--usage-quantity (integer)

Consumption value for the hour. Defaults to 0 if not specified.

Constraints:

  • min: 0
  • max: 2147483647

--dry-run | --no-dry-run (boolean)

Checks whether you have the permissions required for the action, but does not make the request. If you have the permissions, the request returns DryRunOperation ; otherwise, it returns UnauthorizedException . Defaults to false if not specified.

--usage-allocations (list)

The set of UsageAllocations to submit.

The sum of all UsageAllocation quantities must equal the UsageQuantity of the MeterUsage request, and each UsageAllocation must have a unique set of tags (include no tags).

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 2500

(structure)

Usage allocations allow you to split usage into buckets by tags.

Each UsageAllocation indicates the usage quantity for a specific set of tags.

AllocatedUsageQuantity -> (integer) [required]

The total quantity allocated to this bucket of usage.

Constraints:

  • min: 0
  • max: 2147483647

Tags -> (list)

The set of tags that define the bucket of usage. For the bucket of items with no tags, this parameter can be left out.

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 5

(structure)

Metadata assigned to an allocation. Each tag is made up of a key and a value .

Key -> (string) [required]

One part of a key-value pair that makes up a tag . A key is a label that acts like a category for the specific tag values.

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 100
  • pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9+ -=._:\/@]+$

Value -> (string) [required]

One part of a key-value pair that makes up a tag . A value acts as a descriptor within a tag category (key). The value can be empty or null.

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 256
  • pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9+ -=._:\/@]+$

Shorthand Syntax:

AllocatedUsageQuantity=integer,Tags=[{Key=string,Value=string},{Key=string,Value=string}] ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "AllocatedUsageQuantity": integer,
    "Tags": [
      {
        "Key": "string",
        "Value": "string"
      }
      ...
    ]
  }
  ...
]

--client-token (string)

Specifies a unique, case-sensitive identifier that you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request. This lets you safely retry the request without accidentally performing the same operation a second time. Passing the same value to a later call to an operation requires that you also pass the same value for all other parameters. We recommend that you use a UUID type of value .

If you don’t provide this value, then Amazon Web Services generates a random one for you.

If you retry the operation with the same ClientToken , but with different parameters, the retry fails with an IdempotencyConflictException error.

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 64

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command’s default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table
  • yaml
  • yaml-stream

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-binary-format (string)

The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.

  • base64
  • raw-in-base64-out

--no-cli-pager (boolean)

Disable cli pager for output.

--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

Output

MeteringRecordId -> (string)

Metering record id.
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