GET
/#Action=DescribeEventCategories
http://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribeEventCategoriesDisplays a list of categories for all event source types, or, if specified, for a specified source type.
Access Token Required: API Key
Query Params
SourceTypestring
<p>The type of source that is generating the events.</p> <p>Valid values: db-instance | db-parameter-group | db-security-group | db-snapshot</p>
Filtersarray
This parameter is not currently supported.
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
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cURL Request
1curl --request GET \2 --url 'http://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribeEventCategories' \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}