describe_alert

describe_alert(**kwargs)

Describes an alert.

Amazon Lookout for Metrics API actions are eventually consistent. If you do a read operation on a resource immediately after creating or modifying it, use retries to allow time for the write operation to complete.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.describe_alert(
    AlertArn='string'
)

Parameters

AlertArn (string) --

[REQUIRED]

The ARN of the alert to describe.

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Alert': {
        'Action': {
            'SNSConfiguration': {
                'RoleArn': 'string',
                'SnsTopicArn': 'string',
                'SnsFormat': 'LONG_TEXT'|'SHORT_TEXT'|'JSON'
            },
            'LambdaConfiguration': {
                'RoleArn': 'string',
                'LambdaArn': 'string'
            }
        },
        'AlertDescription': 'string',
        'AlertArn': 'string',
        'AnomalyDetectorArn': 'string',
        'AlertName': 'string',
        'AlertSensitivityThreshold': 123,
        'AlertType': 'SNS'|'LAMBDA',
        'AlertStatus': 'ACTIVE'|'INACTIVE',
        'LastModificationTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
        'CreationTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
        'AlertFilters': {
            'MetricList': [
                'string',
            ],
            'DimensionFilterList': [
                {
                    'DimensionName': 'string',
                    'DimensionValueList': [
                        'string',
                    ]
                },
            ]
        }
    }
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --
  • Alert (dict) --

    Contains information about an alert.

    • Action (dict) --

      Action that will be triggered when there is an alert.

      • SNSConfiguration (dict) --

        A configuration for an Amazon SNS channel.

        • RoleArn (string) --

          The ARN of the IAM role that has access to the target SNS topic.

        • SnsTopicArn (string) --

          The ARN of the target SNS topic.

        • SnsFormat (string) --

          The format of the SNS topic.

          • JSON – Send JSON alerts with an anomaly ID and a link to the anomaly detail page. This is the default.
          • LONG_TEXT – Send human-readable alerts with information about the impacted timeseries and a link to the anomaly detail page. We recommend this for email.
          • SHORT_TEXT – Send human-readable alerts with a link to the anomaly detail page. We recommend this for SMS.
      • LambdaConfiguration (dict) --

        A configuration for an AWS Lambda channel.

        • RoleArn (string) --

          The ARN of an IAM role that has permission to invoke the Lambda function.

        • LambdaArn (string) --

          The ARN of the Lambda function.

    • AlertDescription (string) --

      A description of the alert.

    • AlertArn (string) --

      The ARN of the alert.

    • AnomalyDetectorArn (string) --

      The ARN of the detector to which the alert is attached.

    • AlertName (string) --

      The name of the alert.

    • AlertSensitivityThreshold (integer) --

      The minimum severity for an anomaly to trigger the alert.

    • AlertType (string) --

      The type of the alert.

    • AlertStatus (string) --

      The status of the alert.

    • LastModificationTime (datetime) --

      The time at which the alert was last modified.

    • CreationTime (datetime) --

      The time at which the alert was created.

    • AlertFilters (dict) --

      The configuration of the alert filters, containing MetricList and DimensionFilter.

      • MetricList (list) --

        The list of measures that you want to get alerts for.

        • (string) --
      • DimensionFilterList (list) --

        The list of DimensionFilter objects that are used for dimension-based filtering.

        • (dict) --

          The dimension filter, containing DimensionName and DimensionValueList.

          • DimensionName (string) --

            The name of the dimension to filter on.

          • DimensionValueList (list) --

            The list of values for the dimension specified in DimensionName that you want to filter on.

            • (string) --

Exceptions

• LookoutMetrics.Client.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException
• LookoutMetrics.Client.exceptions.ValidationException
• LookoutMetrics.Client.exceptions.AccessDeniedException
• LookoutMetrics.Client.exceptions.InternalServerException
• LookoutMetrics.Client.exceptions.TooManyRequestsException