http://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribeEventsReturns events related to DB instances, DB security groups, DB snapshots, and DB parameter groups for the past 14 days. Events specific to a particular DB instance, DB security group, database snapshot, or DB parameter group can be obtained by providing the name as a parameter. By default, the past hour of events are returned.
<p>The identifier of the event source for which events are returned. If not specified, then all sources are included in the response.</p> <p>Constraints:</p> <ul> <li> <p>If SourceIdentifier is supplied, SourceType must also be provided.</p> </li> <li> <p>If the source type is <code>DBInstance</code>, then a <code>DBInstanceIdentifier</code> must be supplied.</p> </li> <li> <p>If the source type is <code>DBSecurityGroup</code>, a <code>DBSecurityGroupName</code> must be supplied.</p> </li> <li> <p>If the source type is <code>DBParameterGroup</code>, a <code>DBParameterGroupName</code> must be supplied.</p> </li> <li> <p>If the source type is <code>DBSnapshot</code>, a <code>DBSnapshotIdentifier</code> must be supplied.</p> </li> <li> <p>Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens.</p> </li> </ul>
The event source to retrieve events for. If no value is specified, all events are returned.
<p> The beginning of the time interval to retrieve events for, specified in ISO 8601 format. For more information about ISO 8601, go to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601">ISO8601 Wikipedia page.</a> </p> <p>Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z</p>
<p> The end of the time interval for which to retrieve events, specified in ISO 8601 format. For more information about ISO 8601, go to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601">ISO8601 Wikipedia page.</a> </p> <p>Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z</p>
<p>The number of minutes to retrieve events for.</p> <p>Default: 60</p>
A list of event categories that trigger notifications for a event notification subscription.
This parameter is not currently supported.
<p> The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified <code>MaxRecords</code> value, a pagination token called a marker is included in the response so that the remaining results can be retrieved.</p> <p>Default: 100</p> <p>Constraints: Minimum 20, maximum 100.</p>
An optional pagination token provided by a previous DescribeEvents request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by <code>MaxRecords</code>.
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}1curl --request GET \2 --url 'http://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribeEvents' \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://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribeEventsReturns events related to DB instances, DB security groups, DB snapshots, and DB parameter groups for the past 14 days. Events specific to a particular DB instance, DB security group, database snapshot, or DB parameter group can be obtained by providing the name as a parameter. By default, the past hour of events are returned.
<p>The identifier of the event source for which events are returned. If not specified, then all sources are included in the response.</p> <p>Constraints:</p> <ul> <li> <p>If SourceIdentifier is supplied, SourceType must also be provided.</p> </li> <li> <p>If the source type is <code>DBInstance</code>, then a <code>DBInstanceIdentifier</code> must be supplied.</p> </li> <li> <p>If the source type is <code>DBSecurityGroup</code>, a <code>DBSecurityGroupName</code> must be supplied.</p> </li> <li> <p>If the source type is <code>DBParameterGroup</code>, a <code>DBParameterGroupName</code> must be supplied.</p> </li> <li> <p>If the source type is <code>DBSnapshot</code>, a <code>DBSnapshotIdentifier</code> must be supplied.</p> </li> <li> <p>Cannot end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens.</p> </li> </ul>
The event source to retrieve events for. If no value is specified, all events are returned.
<p> The beginning of the time interval to retrieve events for, specified in ISO 8601 format. For more information about ISO 8601, go to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601">ISO8601 Wikipedia page.</a> </p> <p>Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z</p>
<p> The end of the time interval for which to retrieve events, specified in ISO 8601 format. For more information about ISO 8601, go to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601">ISO8601 Wikipedia page.</a> </p> <p>Example: 2009-07-08T18:00Z</p>
<p>The number of minutes to retrieve events for.</p> <p>Default: 60</p>
A list of event categories that trigger notifications for a event notification subscription.
This parameter is not currently supported.
<p> The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified <code>MaxRecords</code> value, a pagination token called a marker is included in the response so that the remaining results can be retrieved.</p> <p>Default: 100</p> <p>Constraints: Minimum 20, maximum 100.</p>
An optional pagination token provided by a previous DescribeEvents request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by <code>MaxRecords</code>.
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}1curl --request GET \2 --url 'http://rds.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=DescribeEvents' \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}