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Database Autonomy Service:DescribeHotKeys

Last Updated:Dec 25, 2025

Call the DescribeHotKeys operation to query the hot keys in a Redis instance.

Operation description

Before you call this operation, make sure that the following requirements are met:

  • If you use an Alibaba Cloud SDK, make sure that the aliyun-sdk-core version is 4.3.3 or later. We recommend that you use the latest version.

  • The Database Autonomy Service (DAS) SDK version must be 1.0.2 or later.

  • If you use an SDK to call the DAS service, you must set the region to cn-shanghai.

  • This operation applies only to Redis instances that meet the following requirements:
    • The instance is a Redis Community Edition instance or a Tair (Enterprise Edition) memory-optimized instance.

    • The instance is updated to the latest minor version.

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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

hdm:DescribeHotKeys

get

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

InstanceId

string

Yes

The ID of the Redis instance.

r-bp18ff4a195d****

NodeId

string

No

The data shard ID of the Redis instance.

r-x****-db-0

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

Message

string

The returned message.

Note

If the request is successful, Successful is returned. If the request fails, an error message such as an error code is returned.

Successful

RequestId

string

The request ID.

B6D17591-B48B-4D31-9CD6-9B9796B2****

Data

object

HotKey

array<object>

The details of the hot keys.

object

The result set.

Key

string

The hot key.

abc:def:eng

Db

integer

The database where the key is stored.

0

Hot

string

The access frequency of the key, which is the number of accesses per second.

5500~6000

KeyType

string

The type of the key.

zset

Size

integer

The number of elements in the key.

2

InBytes

integer

The inbound traffic. Unit: bytes.

85766

OutBytes

integer

The outbound traffic. Unit: bytes.

1054688

NodeId

string

The node ID.

r-x****-db-0

Category

string

The category of the hot key. Valid values:

  • qps: The hot keys are identified based on queries per second (QPS).

  • traffic: The hot keys are identified based on traffic.

qps

Code

string

The HTTP status code.

200

Success

string

Indicates whether the request was successful. Valid values:

  • true: The request was successful.

  • false: The request failed.

true

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "Message": "Successful",
  "RequestId": "B6D17591-B48B-4D31-9CD6-9B9796B2****",
  "Data": {
    "HotKey": [
      {
        "Key": "abc:def:eng",
        "Db": 0,
        "Hot": "5500~6000",
        "KeyType": "zset",
        "Size": 2,
        "InBytes": 85766,
        "OutBytes": 1054688,
        "NodeId": "r-x****-db-0",
        "Category": "qps"
      }
    ]
  },
  "Code": "200",
  "Success": "true"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 InvalidParams The request parameters are invalid.
403 NoPermission You are not authorized to do this action.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.