GET

/#Action=DescribeEvents

http://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribeEvents

Returns events related to instances, security groups, snapshots, and DB parameter groups for the past 14 days. You can obtain events specific to a particular DB instance, security group, snapshot, or parameter group by providing the name as a parameter. By default, the events of the past hour are returned.

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

SourceIdentifierstring

The identifier of the event source for which events are returned. If not specified, then all sources are included in the response. Constraints: <ul> <li> If <code>SourceIdentifier</code> is provided, <code>SourceType</code> must also be provided. </li> <li> If the source type is <code>DBInstance</code>, a <code>DBInstanceIdentifier</code> must be provided. </li> <li> If the source type is <code>DBSecurityGroup</code>, a <code>DBSecurityGroupName</code> must be provided. </li> <li> If the source type is <code>DBParameterGroup</code>, a <code>DBParameterGroupName</code> must be provided. </li> <li> If the source type is <code>DBSnapshot</code>, a <code>DBSnapshotIdentifier</code> must be provided. </li> <li> Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens. </li> </ul>

SourceTypestring

The event source to retrieve events for. If no value is specified, all events are returned.

Allowed:

StartTimestring

The beginning of the time interval to retrieve events for, specified in ISO 8601 format. Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z

EndTimestring

The end of the time interval for which to retrieve events, specified in ISO 8601 format. Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z

Durationinteger

The number of minutes to retrieve events for. Default: 60

EventCategoriesarray

A list of event categories that trigger notifications for an event notification subscription.

Filtersarray

This parameter is not currently supported.

MaxRecordsinteger

The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified <code>MaxRecords</code> value, a pagination token (marker) is included in the response so that the remaining results can be retrieved. Default: 100 Constraints: Minimum 20, maximum 100.

Markerstring

An optional pagination token provided by a previous request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by <code>MaxRecords</code>.

Actionstringrequired

Allowed:

Versionstringrequired

Allowed:

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

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cURL Request

1curl --request GET \
2     --url 'http://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribeEvents' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}