Metric

Note

Before using anything on this page, please refer to the resources user guide for the most recent guidance on using resources.

class CloudWatch.Metric(namespace, name)

A resource representing an Amazon CloudWatch Metric:

import boto3

cloudwatch = boto3.resource('cloudwatch')
metric = cloudwatch.Metric('namespace','name')

Parameters

• namespace (string) -- The Metric's namespace identifier. This must be set.
• name (string) -- The Metric's name identifier. This must be set.

Identifiers

Identifiers are properties of a resource that are set upon instantiation of the resource. For more information about identifiers refer to the Resources Introduction Guide.

These are the resource's available identifiers:

• namespace
• name

Attributes

Attributes provide access to the properties of a resource. Attributes are lazy-loaded the first time one is accessed via the load() method. For more information about attributes refer to the Resources Introduction Guide.

These are the resource's available attributes:

• dimensions
• metric_name

Actions

Actions call operations on resources. They may automatically handle the passing in of arguments set from identifiers and some attributes. For more information about actions refer to the Resources Introduction Guide.

These are the resource's available actions:

• get_available_subresources
• get_statistics
• load
• put_alarm
• put_data
• reload

Collections

Collections provide an interface to iterate over and manipulate groups of resources. For more information about collections refer to the Resources Introduction Guide.

These are the resource's available collections:

• alarms