Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

DescribeEventCategories

Displays a list of categories for all event source types, or, if specified, for a specified source type. You can also see this list in the "Amazon RDS event categories and event messages" section of the Amazon RDS User Guide or the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

Filters.Filter.N

This parameter isn't currently supported.

Type: Array of Filter objects

Required: No

SourceType

The type of source that is generating the events. For RDS Proxy events, specify db-proxy.

Type: String

Required: No

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

EventCategoriesMapList.EventCategoriesMap.N

A list of EventCategoriesMap data types.

Type: Array of EventCategoriesMap objects

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Error Types.

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of DescribeEventCategories.

Sample Request



https://rds.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=DescribeEventCategories
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &Version=2014-10-31
   &X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
   &X-Amz-Credential=AKIADQKE4SARGYLE/20140421/us-west-2/rds/aws4_request
   &X-Amz-Date=20140421T194732Z
   &X-Amz-SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date
   &X-Amz-Signature=6e25c542bf96fe24b28c12976ec92d2f856ab1d2a158e21c35441a736e4fde2b

Sample Response




  
    
      
        db-instance
        
          backup
          recovery
          restoration
          failover
          low storage
          maintenance
          deletion
          availability
          configuration change
          notification
          failure
          creation
        
      
      
        db-security-group
        
          configuration change
          failure
        
      
      
        db-parameter-group
        
          configuration change
        
      
      
        db-snapshot
        
          deletion
          restoration
          notification
          failure
          creation
        
      
    
  
  
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