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list-metric-streams¶

Description¶

Returns a list of metric streams in this account.

Synopsis¶

  list-metric-streams
[--next-token <value>]
[--max-results <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--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>]
[--v2-debug]

Options¶

--next-token (string)

Include this value, if it was returned by the previous call, to get the next set of metric streams.

--max-results (integer)

The maximum number of results to return in one operation.

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI 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.

--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. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

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

--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.

--v2-debug (boolean)

Enable AWS CLI v2 migration assistance. Prints warnings if the command would face a breaking change after swapping AWS CLI v1 for AWS CLI v2 in the current environment. Prints one warning for each breaking change detected.

Examples¶

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To retrieve a list of metric streams

The following list-metric-streams example lists all the metric streams in the specified account.

aws cloudwatch list-metric-streams

Output:

{
    "Entries": [
        {
            "Arn": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-east-1:123456789012:metric-stream/QuickFull-GuaFbs",
            "CreationDate": "2024-10-11T18:48:59.187000+00:00",
            "LastUpdateDate": "2024-10-11T18:48:59.187000+00:00",
            "Name": "QuickFull-GuaFbs",
            "FirehoseArn": "arn:aws:firehose:us-east-1:123456789012:deliverystream/MetricStreams-QuickFull-GuaFbs-WnySbECG",
            "State": "running",
            "OutputFormat": "json"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Use metric streams in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.

Output¶

NextToken -> (string)

The token that marks the start of the next batch of returned results. You can use this token in a subsequent operation to get the next batch of results.

Entries -> (list)

The array of metric stream information.

(structure)

This structure contains the configuration information about one metric stream.

Arn -> (string)

The ARN of the metric stream.

CreationDate -> (timestamp)

The date that the metric stream was originally created.

LastUpdateDate -> (timestamp)

The date that the configuration of this metric stream was most recently updated.

Name -> (string)

The name of the metric stream.

FirehoseArn -> (string)

The ARN of the Kinesis Firehose devlivery stream that is used for this metric stream.

State -> (string)

The current state of this stream. Valid values are running and stopped .

OutputFormat -> (string)

The output format of this metric stream. Valid values are json , opentelemetry1.0 , and opentelemetry0.7 .

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