Tests the filter pattern of a metric filter against a sample of log event messages¶

Description¶

Tests the filter pattern of a metric filter against a sample of log event messages. You can use this operation to validate the correctness of a metric filter pattern.

Usage¶

cloudwatchlogs_test_metric_filter(filterPattern, logEventMessages)

Arguments¶

• filterPattern

  [required] A symbolic description of how CloudWatch Logs should interpret the data in each log event. For example, a log event can contain timestamps, IP addresses, strings, and so on. You use the filter pattern to specify what to look for in the log event message.

• logEventMessages

  [required] The log event messages to test.

Value¶

A list with the following syntax:

list(
  matches = list(
    list(
      eventNumber = 123,
      eventMessage = "string",
      extractedValues = list(
        "string"
      )
    )
  )
)

Request syntax¶

svc$test_metric_filter(
  filterPattern = "string",
  logEventMessages = list(
    "string"
  )
)