Queries the top 100 hot keys over a period of time.

If the number of queries per second (QPS) of a key is greater than 3,000, the key is considered a hot key.

  • If you use an Alibaba Cloud SDK, make sure that the aliyun-sdk-core version is later than V4.3.3. We recommend that you use the latest version.
  • The version of your Database Autonomy Service (DAS) SDK must be V1.0.2 or later.
  • If you use an SDK to call DAS, you must set the region to cn-shanghai.
  • The DescribeTopHotKeys operation is available only for ApsaraDB for Redis instances of the following versions:
    • The instance is a Community Edition instance that uses a major version of 5.0 or later or a performance-enhanced instance of the Enhanced Edition (Tair).
    • The instance is updated to the latest minor version.
Note For information about how to query and update the minor version of a database instance, see DescribeEngineVersion and ModifyInstanceMinorVersion.

Request parameters

Parameter Type Required Example Description
Action String Yes DescribeTopHotKeys

The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to DescribeTopHotKeys.

ConsoleContext String No None

A reserved parameter.

InstanceId String Yes r-bp18ff4a195d****

The ID of the ApsaraDB for Redis instance. You can call the DescribeInstances operation to query the ID.

NodeId String No r-****-db-0

The ID of the data shard on the ApsaraDB for Redis instance. You can call the DescribeRoleZoneInfo operation to query the ID.

StartTime String Yes 1596177993000

The beginning of the time range to query. Set this parameter to a UNIX timestamp. Unit: milliseconds.

EndTime String Yes 1596177993001

The end of the time range to query. Set this parameter to a UNIX timestamp. Unit: milliseconds.

Note
  • The end time must be later than the start time.
  • Only data within the last four days can be queried.
  • The maximum interval between the time specified by StartTime and that specified by EndTime is three hours.

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example Description
Message String Successful

The message that is returned for the request.

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

The ID of the request.

Data Array of HotKey

Details about the hot keys.

HotKey
Db Integer 0

The database in which the key is stored.

Key String abc:def:eng

The name of the key.

Hot String 5500~6000

The frequency at which the key is accessed, which indicates the QPS of the key.

KeyType String zset

The type of the key.

Lfu Integer 253

The statistical value that is calculated based on the least frequently used (LFU) caching algorithm.

NodeId String r-x****-db-0

The ID of the data shard on the ApsaraDB for Redis instance.

Code String 200

The returned HTTP status code.

Success String true

Indicates whether the request was successful. Valid values:

  • true: The request was successful.
  • false: The request failed.

Examples

Sample requests

http(s)://das.cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com/?Action=DescribeTopHotKeys
&InstanceId=r-bp18ff4a195d****
&NodeId=r-****-db-0
&StartTime=1596177993000
&EndTime=1596177993001
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/xml

<DescribeTopHotKeysResponse>
    <Message>Successful</Message>
    <RequestId>B6D17591-B48B-4D31-9CD6-9B9796B2****</RequestId>
    <Data>
        <Db>0</Db>
        <Key>abc:def:eng</Key>
        <Hot>5500~6000</Hot>
        <KeyType>zset</KeyType>
        <Lfu>253</Lfu>
        <NodeId>r-x****-db-0</NodeId>
    </Data>
    <Code>200</Code>
    <Success>true</Success>
</DescribeTopHotKeysResponse>

JSON format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/json

{
  "Message" : "Successful",
  "RequestId" : "B6D17591-B48B-4D31-9CD6-9B9796B2****",
  "Data" : [ {
    "Db" : 0,
    "Key" : "abc:def:eng",
    "Hot" : "5500~6000",
    "KeyType" : "zset",
    "Lfu" : 253,
    "NodeId" : "r-x****-db-0"
  } ],
  "Code" : "200",
  "Success" : "true"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code Error code Error message Description
400 InvalidParams The request parameters are invalid. The error message returned because the specified request parameters are invalid.

For a list of error codes, visit the API Error Center.