http://monitoring.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=ListMetrics<p>List the specified metrics. You can use the returned metrics with <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricData.html">GetMetricData</a> or <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricStatistics.html">GetMetricStatistics</a> to get statistical data.</p> <p>Up to 500 results are returned for any one call. To retrieve additional results, use the returned token with subsequent calls.</p> <p>After you create a metric, allow up to 15 minutes for the metric to appear. To see metric statistics sooner, use <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricData.html">GetMetricData</a> or <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricStatistics.html">GetMetricStatistics</a>.</p> <p>If you are using CloudWatch cross-account observability, you can use this operation in a monitoring account and view metrics from the linked source accounts. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Unified-Cross-Account.html">CloudWatch cross-account observability</a>.</p> <p> <code>ListMetrics</code> doesn't return information about metrics if those metrics haven't reported data in the past two weeks. To retrieve those metrics, use <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricData.html">GetMetricData</a> or <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricStatistics.html">GetMetricStatistics</a>.</p>
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}1curl --request POST \2 --url 'http://monitoring.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=ListMetrics' \3 --header 'accept: application/json' \4 --header 'content-type: application/json'1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "id": "abc123",5 "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"6 }7}http://monitoring.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=ListMetrics<p>List the specified metrics. You can use the returned metrics with <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricData.html">GetMetricData</a> or <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricStatistics.html">GetMetricStatistics</a> to get statistical data.</p> <p>Up to 500 results are returned for any one call. To retrieve additional results, use the returned token with subsequent calls.</p> <p>After you create a metric, allow up to 15 minutes for the metric to appear. To see metric statistics sooner, use <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricData.html">GetMetricData</a> or <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricStatistics.html">GetMetricStatistics</a>.</p> <p>If you are using CloudWatch cross-account observability, you can use this operation in a monitoring account and view metrics from the linked source accounts. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Unified-Cross-Account.html">CloudWatch cross-account observability</a>.</p> <p> <code>ListMetrics</code> doesn't return information about metrics if those metrics haven't reported data in the past two weeks. To retrieve those metrics, use <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricData.html">GetMetricData</a> or <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricStatistics.html">GetMetricStatistics</a>.</p>
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