[ aws . logs ]

filter-log-events

Description

Lists log events from the specified log group. You can list all the log events or filter the results using a filter pattern, a time range, and the name of the log stream.

You must have the logs:FilterLogEvents permission to perform this operation.

You can specify the log group to search by using either logGroupIdentifier or logGroupName . You must include one of these two parameters, but you can’t include both.

By default, this operation returns as many log events as can fit in 1 MB (up to 10,000 log events) or all the events found within the specified time range. If the results include a token, that means there are more log events available. You can get additional results by specifying the token in a subsequent call. This operation can return empty results while there are more log events available through the token.

The returned log events are sorted by event timestamp, the timestamp when the event was ingested by CloudWatch Logs, and the ID of the PutLogEvents request.

If you are using CloudWatch cross-account observability, you can use this operation in a monitoring account and view data from the linked source accounts. For more information, see CloudWatch cross-account observability .

See also: AWS API Documentation

filter-log-events is a paginated operation. Multiple API calls may be issued in order to retrieve the entire data set of results. You can disable pagination by providing the --no-paginate argument. When using --output text and the --query argument on a paginated response, the --query argument must extract data from the results of the following query expressions: events, searchedLogStreams

Synopsis

  filter-log-events
[--log-group-name <value>]
[--log-group-identifier <value>]
[--log-stream-names <value>]
[--log-stream-name-prefix <value>]
[--start-time <value>]
[--end-time <value>]
[--filter-pattern <value>]
[--interleaved | --no-interleaved]
[--unmask | --no-unmask]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]

Options

--log-group-name (string)

The name of the log group to search.

Note

You must include either logGroupIdentifier or logGroupName , but not both.

--log-group-identifier (string)

Specify either the name or ARN of the log group to view log events from. If the log group is in a source account and you are using a monitoring account, you must use the log group ARN.

Note

You must include either logGroupIdentifier or logGroupName , but not both.

--log-stream-names (list)

Filters the results to only logs from the log streams in this list.

If you specify a value for both logStreamNames and logStreamNamePrefix , the action returns an InvalidParameterException error.

(string)

Syntax:

"string" "string" ...

--log-stream-name-prefix (string)

Filters the results to include only events from log streams that have names starting with this prefix.

If you specify a value for both logStreamNamePrefix and logStreamNames , the action returns an InvalidParameterException error.

--start-time (long)

The start of the time range, expressed as the number of milliseconds after Jan 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC . Events with a timestamp before this time are not returned.

--end-time (long)

The end of the time range, expressed as the number of milliseconds after Jan 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC . Events with a timestamp later than this time are not returned.

--filter-pattern (string)

The filter pattern to use. For more information, see Filter and Pattern Syntax .

If not provided, all the events are matched.

--interleaved | --no-interleaved (boolean)

If the value is true, the operation attempts to provide responses that contain events from multiple log streams within the log group, interleaved in a single response. If the value is false, all the matched log events in the first log stream are searched first, then those in the next log stream, and so on.

Important As of June 17, 2019, this parameter is ignored and the value is assumed to be true. The response from this operation always interleaves events from multiple log streams within a log group.

--unmask | --no-unmask (boolean)

Specify true to display the log event fields with all sensitive data unmasked and visible. The default is false .

To use this operation with this parameter, you must be signed into an account with the logs:Unmask permission.

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--starting-token (string)

A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated response.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--page-size (integer)

The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command’s output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--max-items (integer)

The total number of items to return in the command’s output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command’s output. To resume pagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command’s default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

• json
• text
• table
• yaml
• yaml-stream

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

• on
• off
• auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-binary-format (string)

The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.

• base64
• raw-in-base64-out

--no-cli-pager (boolean)

Disable cli pager for output.

--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

Output

events -> (list)

The matched events.

(structure)

Represents a matched event.

logStreamName -> (string)

The name of the log stream to which this event belongs.

timestamp -> (long)

The time the event occurred, expressed as the number of milliseconds after Jan 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC .

message -> (string)

The data contained in the log event.

ingestionTime -> (long)

The time the event was ingested, expressed as the number of milliseconds after Jan 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC .

eventId -> (string)

The ID of the event.

searchedLogStreams -> (list)

Important As of May 15, 2020, this parameter is no longer supported. This parameter returns an empty list.

Indicates which log streams have been searched and whether each has been searched completely.

(structure)

Represents the search status of a log stream.

logStreamName -> (string)

The name of the log stream.

searchedCompletely -> (boolean)

Indicates whether all the events in this log stream were searched.

nextToken -> (string)

The token to use when requesting the next set of items. The token expires after 24 hours.