Updated on 2026-06-11 GMT+08:00

Querying Events

Function

This API is used to query the event list, including system events and custom events.

Debugging

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in API Explorer or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    ces:events:list

    List

    -

    -

    -

    -

URI

GET /V1.0/{project_id}/events

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID. It is used to specify the project that an asset belongs to. You can query the assets of a project by project ID. You can obtain the project ID from the API or console. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

1 to 64 characters.

Default Value

N/A

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

event_type

No

String

Definition

Event type.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can be:

  • EVENT.SYS: system events.

  • EVENT.CUSTOM: custom events.

Default Value

N/A

sub_event_type

No

String

Definition

Event subtype.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can be:

  • SUB_EVENT.OPS: O&M events.

  • SUB_EVENT.PLAN: planned events.

  • SUB_EVENT.CUSTOM: custom events.

Default Value

N/A

event_name

No

String

Definition

Event name, which can be the name of a system event or a custom event.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value must start with a letter. It can contain letters, digits, and underscores (_) and allows 1 to 64 characters.

Default Value

N/A

from

No

Long

Definition

Start time of the query. The value is a UNIX timestamp in milliseconds.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The millisecond-level timestamp range is [1111111111111,9999999999999].

Default Value

N/A

to

No

Long

Definition

End time of the query. The value is a UNIX timestamp in milliseconds.

Constraints

The value of from must be earlier than that of to.

Range

The millisecond-level timestamp range is [1111111111111,9999999999999].

Default Value

N/A

start

No

String

Definition

Pagination start value.

Constraints

N/A

Range

0 or a positive integer.

Default Value

0

limit

No

Integer

Definition

Maximum number of records that can be queried at a time.

Constraints

N/A

Range

[1,100]

Default Value

100

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

Content-Type

No

String

Definition

MIME type of the request body.

Constraints

N/A

Range

1 to 64 characters

Default Value

Default value application/json; charset=UTF-8 is recommended. For APIs used to upload objects or images, the MIME type varies with the flow type.

X-Auth-Token

No

String

Definition

User token.

Constraints

N/A

Range

1 to 16,384 characters

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

events

Array of EventInfo objects

Definition

One or more pieces of event data.

meta_data

TotalMetaData object

Definition

Number of metadata records in the query results.

Table 5 EventInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

event_name

String

Definition

Event name.

Range

N/A

event_type

String

Definition

Event type.

Range

The value can be:

  • EVENT.SYS: system events.

  • EVENT.CUSTOM: custom events.

sub_event_type

String

Definition

Event subtype.

Range

The value can be:

  • SUB_EVENT.OPS: O&M events.

  • SUB_EVENT.PLAN: planned events.

  • SUB_EVENT.CUSTOM: custom events.

event_count

Integer

Definition

Number of times that the event occurs within the specified time range.

Range

N/A

latest_occur_time

Long

Definition

Time when the event last occurred.

Range

N/A

latest_event_source

String

Definition

Event source. If the event is a system event, the source is the namespace of each service.

For details about service namespaces, see Services Interconnected with Cloud Eye. If the event is a custom event, the event source is defined by the user.

Range

N/A

Table 6 TotalMetaData

Parameter

Type

Description

total

Integer

Definition

Total number of records.

Range

[0,2147483647]

Status code: 400

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

-

String

Request error.

Status code: 401

Table 8 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

-

String

The authentication information is not provided or is incorrect.

Status code: 403

Table 9 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

-

String

Access to the requested page is forbidden.

Status code: 408

Table 10 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

-

String

The request timed out.

Status code: 429

Table 11 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

-

String

Too many requests.

Status code: 500

Table 12 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

-

String

Failed to complete the request because of an internal service error.

Status code: 503

Table 13 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

-

String

The system is currently unavailable.

Example Requests

/V1.0/{project_id}/events?start=0&limit=10&to=1606557500911&from=1605952700911

Example Responses

Status code: 200

OK

{
  "events" : [ {
    "event_name" : "rebootServer",
    "event_type" : "EVENT.SYS",
    "sub_event_type" : "SUB_EVENT.OPS",
    "event_count" : 5,
    "latest_occur_time" : 1606302400000,
    "latest_event_source" : "SYS.ECS"
  }, {
    "event_name" : "deleteVolume",
    "event_type" : "EVENT.SYS",
    "sub_event_type" : "SUB_EVENT.PLAN",
    "event_count" : 6,
    "latest_occur_time" : 1606300359126,
    "latest_event_source" : "SYS.EVS"
  }, {
    "event_name" : "event_001",
    "event_type" : "EVENT.CUSTOM",
    "sub_event_type" : "SUB_EVENT.CUSTOM",
    "event_count" : 4,
    "latest_occur_time" : 1606499035522,
    "latest_event_source" : "TEST.System"
  } ],
  "meta_data" : {
    "total" : 10
  }
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

OK

400

Bad Request

401

Unauthorized

403

Forbidden

408

Request Timeout

429

Too Many Requests

500

Internal Server Error

503

Service Unavailable

Error Codes

See Error Codes.