POST

/#Action=DescribeAlarms

http://monitoring.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribeAlarms

<p>Retrieves the specified alarms. You can filter the results by specifying a prefix for the alarm name, the alarm state, or a prefix for any action.</p> <p>To use this operation and return information about composite alarms, you must be signed on with the <code>cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms</code> permission that is scoped to <code>*</code>. You can't return information about composite alarms if your <code>cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms</code> permission has a narrower scope.</p>

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

MaxRecordsstring

Pagination limit

NextTokenstring

Pagination token

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"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request POST \
2     --url 'http://monitoring.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribeAlarms' \
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}