Function

This API is used to query alarm rules. You can specify the paging parameters to limit the number of query results displayed on a page. You can also set the sorting order of query results.

URI

GET /V1.0/{project_id}/alarms

Parameter description

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

**Table 2** Parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
alarms	Array of objects	Specifies the alarm rule list. For details, see Table 3.

**Table 3** Query parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
start	No	String	Specifies the first queried alarm to be displayed on a page. The value is alarm_id.
limit	No	Integer	Supported range: 1 to 100 (default) This parameter is used to limit the number of query results.
order	No	String	Specifies the result sorting method, which is sorted by timestamp. The default method is desc. asc: The query results are displayed in the ascending order. desc: The query results are displayed in the descending order.

Example
Request example 1: Query the current alarm rule list.
```
GET https://{Cloud Eye endpoint}/V1.0/{project_id}/alarms
```
Request example 2: Query the alarm rule list. Start by setting alarm_id to al1441967036681YkazZ0deN and retain 10 records in the descending order of time stamps.
```
GET https://{Cloud Eye endpoint}/V1.0/{project_id}/alarms?start=al1441967036681YkazZ0deN&limit=10&order=desc
```

Request

None

Response

Response parameters

**Table 4** Response parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
metric_alarms	Array of objects	Specifies the list of alarm objects. For details, see Table 5.
meta_data	Object	Specifies the metadata of query results, including the pagination information. For details, see Table 11.

**Table 5** **metric_alarms** data structure description
Parameter	Type	Description
alarm_name	String	Specifies the alarm rule name.
alarm_description	String	Provides supplementary information about the alarm rule.
metric	Object	Specifies the alarm metric. For details, see Table 6.
condition	Object	Specifies the alarm triggering condition. For details, see Table 10.
alarm_enabled	Boolean	Specifies whether to enable the alarm rule.
alarm_level	Integer	Specifies the alarm severity, which can be 1, 2 (default), 3 or 4, indicating critical, major, minor, and informational, respectively.
alarm_action_enabled	Boolean	Specifies whether to enable the action to be triggered by an alarm.
alarm_actions	Array of objects	Specifies the action to be triggered by an alarm. For details, see Table 8.
ok_actions	Array of objects	Specifies the action to be triggered after the alarm is cleared. For details, see Table 9.
alarm_id	String	Specifies the alarm rule ID.
update_time	Long	Specifies when the alarm status changed. The time is a UNIX timestamp and the unit is ms.
alarm_state	String	Specifies the alarm status, which can be ok: The alarm status is normal. alarm: An alarm is generated. insufficient_data: The required data is insufficient.

**Table 6** **metric** data structure description
Parameter	Type	Description
namespace	String	Specifies the namespace of a service. For details, see Services Interconnected with Cloud Eye.
dimensions	Array of objects	Specifies the list of metric dimensions. For details, see Table 7.
metric_name	String	Specifies the metric ID. For example, if the monitoring metric of an ECS is CPU usage, metric_name is cpu_util. For details, see Services Interconnected with Cloud Eye.

**Table 7** **dimensions** data structure description
Parameter	Type	Description
name	String	Specifies the dimension. For example, the ECS dimension is instance_id. For details about the dimension of each service, see the key column in Services Interconnected with Cloud Eye.
value	String	Specifies the dimension value, for example, an ECS ID. Enter 1 to 256 characters.

**Table 8** **alarm_actions** data structure description
Parameter	Type	Description
type	String	Specifies the alarm notification type. notification: indicates that a notification will be sent. autoscaling: indicates that a scaling action will be triggered.
notificationList	Array of strings	Specifies the list of objects to be notified if the alarm status changes. NOTE: The IDs in the list are strings.

**Table 9** **ok_actions** data structure description
Parameter	Type	Description
type	String	Specifies the notification type when an alarm is triggered. notification: indicates that a notification will be sent. autoscaling: indicates that a scaling action will be triggered.
notificationList	Array of strings	Specifies the ID list of objects to be notified if the alarm status changes. NOTE: The IDs in the list are strings.

**Table 10** **condition** data structure description
Parameter	Type	Description
period	Integer	Specifies the interval (seconds) for checking whether the configured alarm rules are met.
filter	String	Specifies the data rollup method, which can be average: Cloud Eye calculates the average value of metric data within a rollup period. max: Cloud Eye calculates the maximum value of metric data within a rollup period. min: Cloud Eye calculates the minimum value of metric data within a rollup period. sum: Cloud Eye calculates the sum of metric data within a rollup period. variance: Cloud Eye calculates the variance value of metric data within a rollup period.
comparison_operator	String	Specifies the alarm threshold operator, which can be >, =, <, >=, or <=.
value	Double	Specifies the alarm threshold. Supported range: 0 to Number. MAX_VALUE (1.7976931348623157e+108) For detailed thresholds, see the value range of each metric in the appendix. For example, you can set ECS cpu_util in Services Interconnected with Cloud Eye to 80.
unit	String	Specifies the data unit. Enter up to 32 characters.
count	Integer	Specifies the number of consecutive occurrence times that the alarm policy was met. Supported range: 1 to 5
suppress_duration	Integer	Specifies the interval for triggering an alarm if the alarm persists. Possible intervals are as follows: 0: Cloud Eye triggers the alarm only once. 300: Cloud Eye triggers the alarm every 5 minutes. 600: Cloud Eye triggers the alarm every 10 minutes. 900: Cloud Eye triggers the alarm every 15 minutes. 1800: Cloud Eye triggers the alarm every 30 minutes. 3600: Cloud Eye triggers the alarm every hour. 10800: Cloud Eye triggers the alarm every 3 hours. 21600: Cloud Eye triggers the alarm every 6 hours. 43200: Cloud Eye triggers the alarm every 12 hours. 86400: Cloud Eye triggers the alarm every day.

**Table 11** **meta_data** data structure description
Parameter	Type	Description
count	Integer	Specifies the number of returned results.
marker	String	Specifies the pagination marker. For example, you have queried 10 records this time and alarm_id of the tenth record is 1441967036681YkazZ0deN. In your next query, if start is set to al1441967036681YkazZ0deN, you can start your query from the next alarm rule ID of al1441967036681YkazZ0deN.
total	Integer	Specifies the total number of query results.

Example response

{
    "metric_alarms": [
        {
            "alarm_name": "alarm-ttttttt",
            "alarm_description": "",
            "metric": {
                "namespace": "SYS.ECS",
                "dimensions": [
                    {
                        "name": "instance_id",
                        "value": "07814c0e-59a1-4fcd-a6fb-56f2f6923046"
                    }
                ],
                "metric_name": "cpu_util"
            },
            "condition": {
                "period": 300,
                "filter": "average",
                "comparison_operator": ">=",
                "value": 0,
                "unit": "%",
                "count": 3                
            },
            "alarm_enabled": true,
            "alarm_level": 2,
            "alarm_action_enabled": false,
            "alarm_id": "al15330507498596W7vmlGKL",
            "update_time": 1533050749992,
            "alarm_state": "alarm"
        },
        {
            "alarm_name": "alarm-m5rwxxxxxxx",
            "alarm_description": "",
            "metric": {
                "namespace": "SYS.ECS",
                "dimensions": [
                    {
                        "name": "instance_id",
                        "value": "30f3858d-4377-4514-9081-be5bdbf1392e"
                    }
                ],
                "metric_name": "network_incoming_bytes_aggregate_rate"
            },
            "condition": {
                "period": 300,
                "filter": "average",
                "comparison_operator": ">=",
                "value": 12,
                "unit": "Byte/s",
                "count": 3,
                "suppress_duration": 1800               
            },
            "alarm_enabled": true,
            "alarm_level": 2,
            "alarm_action_enabled": true,
            "alarm_actions": [
                {
                    "type": "notification",
                    "notificationList": [
                        "urn:smn:region:68438a86d98e427e907e0097b7e35d48:test0315"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "ok_actions": [
                {
                    "type": "notification",
                    "notificationList": [
                        "urn:smn:region:68438a86d98e427e907e0097b7e35d48:test0315"
                    ]
                }
            ], 
            "alarm_id": "al1533031226533nKJexAlbq",
            "update_time": 1533204036276,
            "alarm_state": "ok"
        }
    ],
    "meta_data": {
        "count": 2,
        "marker": "al1533031226533nKJexAlbq",
        "total": 389
    }
}

Returned Values

Normal
200

Abnormal

Returned Value	Description
400 Bad Request	Request error.
401 Unauthorized	The authentication information is not provided or is incorrect.
403 Forbidden	Access to the requested page is forbidden.
408 Request Timeout	The request timed out.
429 Too Many Requests	Concurrent requests are excessive.
500 Internal Server Error	Failed to complete the request because of an internal service error.
503 Service Unavailable	The service is currently unavailable.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Querying Alarm Rules

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