LookupEvents - ActionTrail - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Queries detailed historical events.

Operation description

Note

Do not call this operation frequently. To query events in near-real time, you can create a trail to deliver events to Simple Log Service (SLS) and use its real-time consumption feature. For more information, see Create a single-account trail, Create a multi-account trail, and Real-time consumption.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.
API: The API that you can call to perform the action.
Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.
Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.
- For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.
- For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.
Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.
Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

actiontrail:LookupEvents

get

*All Resource

*

None

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
NextToken	string	No	The pagination token that is used in the next request to retrieve a new page of results. Note You do not need to specify this parameter for the first request. You must specify the token that is obtained from the previous query as the value of NextToken.	eyJhY2NvdW50IjoiMTQyNDM3OTU4NjM4NzE2MSIsImV2ZW50SWQiOiI3MkJDRTExRi02OTU3LTQ0NUItQjY0MC1CNEUyMkM4NUEwQzgiLCJsb2dJZCI6IjgyLTE0MjQzNzk1ODYzODcxNjEiLCJ0aW1lIjoxNjAyMzExNTQwMD****
MaxResults	string	No	The maximum number of results to return. Valid values: 1 to 50.	20
StartTime	string	No	The beginning of the time range to query. Specify the time in the ISO 8601 standard in the `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ` format. The time must be in UTC. Note You must specify both `StartTime` and `EndTime`, or leave both unspecified. If you leave them unspecified, the default value of `StartTime` is 7 days before the current time.	2020-10-08T11:00:00Z
EndTime	string	No	The end of the time range to query. Specify the time in the ISO 8601 standard in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format. The time must be in UTC. Note You must specify both `StartTime` and `EndTime`, or leave both unspecified. If you leave them unspecified, the default value of `EndTime` is the current time.	2020-10-15T11:00:00Z
Direction	string	No	The order in which events are retrieved. Valid values: FORWARD: Chronological order. BACKWARD (default): Reverse chronological order.	BACKWARD
LookupAttribute	array<object>	No	The filter conditions. Note You can specify one or two filter conditions at a time. For more information, see Limitations.
	object	No
Key	string	No	The attribute key. For information about valid values, see How do I configure the LookupAttribute parameter when calling LookupInsightEvents?	ServiceName
Value	string	No	The attribute value. For information about valid values, see How do I configure the LookupAttribute parameter when calling LookupInsightEvents?	Ecs

For information about common request parameters, see Common parameters.

Response elements

Element	Type	Description	Example
	object
EndTime	string	The end of the time range of the retrieved events.	2020-07-22T14:00:00Z
Events	array<object>	The list of retrieved events.
	object	The details about the retrieved event. For more information about the event fields in the list, see Management event structure.	{ "eventId": "6EEC3A76-C207-5075-889D-A909E62F****", "eventVersion": 1, "eventName": "GetTemplate" }
NextToken	string	A pagination token. It can be used in the next request to retrieve a new page of results. Note If NextToken is empty, no next page exists.	eyJhY2NvdW50IjoiMTQyNDM3OTU4NjM4NzE2MSIsImV2ZW50SWQiOiI3MkJDRTExRi02OTU3LTQ0NUItQjY0MC1CNEUyMkM4NUEwQzgiLCJsb2dJZCI6IjgyLTE0MjQzNzk1ODYzODcxNjEiLCJ0aW1lIjoxNjAyMzExNTQwMD****
RequestId	string	The request ID.	FD79665A-CE8B-49D4-82E6-5EE2E0E7****
StartTime	string	The start of the time range of the retrieved events.	2020-07-15T14:00:00Z

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "EndTime": "2020-07-22T14:00:00Z",
  "Events": [
    {
      "eventId": "6EEC3A76-C207-5075-889D-A909E62F****",
      "eventVersion": 1,
      "eventName": "GetTemplate"
    }
  ],
  "NextToken": "eyJhY2NvdW50IjoiMTQyNDM3OTU4NjM4NzE2MSIsImV2ZW50SWQiOiI3MkJDRTExRi02OTU3LTQ0NUItQjY0MC1CNEUyMkM4NUEwQzgiLCJsb2dJZCI6IjgyLTE0MjQzNzk1ODYzODcxNjEiLCJ0aW1lIjoxNjAyMzExNTQwMD****",
  "RequestId": "FD79665A-CE8B-49D4-82E6-5EE2E0E7****",
  "StartTime": "2020-07-15T14:00:00Z"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code	Error code	Error message	Description
400	IncompleteSignature	The request signature does not conform to Alibaba Cloud standards.	The request signature does not conform to Alibaba Cloud standards.
400	InvalidParameterCombination	The end time must be later than the start time.	The end time must be greater than the start time.
400	InvalidQueryParameter	The specified query parameter is invalid.	The specified query parameter is not valid.
400	InvalidParameterEndTime	The specified EndTime is invalid.
400	InvalidParameterStartTime	The specified StartTime is invalid.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.