CloudWatch Logs code examples for the SDK for Python

Overview

Shows how to use the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) to work with Amazon CloudWatch Logs.

CloudWatch Logs monitor, store, and access your log files from Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud instances, AWS CloudTrail, or other sources.

⚠ Important

Running this code might result in charges to your AWS account. For more details, see AWS Pricing and Free Tier.
Running the tests might result in charges to your AWS account.
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This code is not tested in every AWS Region. For more information, see AWS Regional Services.

Code examples

Prerequisites

For prerequisites, see the README in the python folder.

Install the packages required by these examples by running the following in a virtual environment:

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Single actions

Code excerpts that show you how to call individual service functions.

Scenarios

Code examples that show you how to accomplish a specific task by calling multiple functions within the same service.

Run the examples

Instructions

Run a large query

This example shows you how to use CloudWatch Logs to query more than 10,000 records.

Start the example by running the following at a command prompt:

python scenarios/large-query/exec.py

Use scheduled events to invoke a Lambda function

This example shows you how to create an AWS Lambda function invoked by an Amazon EventBridge scheduled event.

Tests

⚠ Running tests might result in charges to your AWS account.

To find instructions for running these tests, see the README in the python folder.

Additional resources

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