<p>Returns detailed information about one or more specified events. Information includes standard event data (Amazon Web Services Region, service, and so on, as returned by <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/health/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeEvents.html">DescribeEvents</a>), a detailed event description, and possible additional metadata that depends upon the nature of the event. Affected entities are not included. To retrieve the entities, use the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/health/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeAffectedEntities.html">DescribeAffectedEntities</a> operation.</p> <p>If a specified event can't be retrieved, an error message is returned for that event.</p> <note> <p>This operation supports resource-level permissions. You can use this operation to allow or deny access to specific Health events. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/health/latest/ug/security_iam_id-based-policy-examples.html#resource-action-based-conditions">Resource- and action-based conditions</a> in the <i>Health User Guide</i>.</p> </note>

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

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