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DescribeEvents

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Last updated: 2025-10-30 21:36:03

1. API Description

Domain name for API request: cloudaudit.intl.tencentcloudapi.com.

This API is used to query CloudAudit logs.

A maximum of 20 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

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2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

Parameter Name Required Type Description
Action Yes String Common Params. The value used for this API: DescribeEvents.
Version Yes String Common Params. The value used for this API: 2019-03-19.
Region Yes String Common Params. For more information, please see the list of regions supported by the product. This API only supports: ap-guangzhou, ap-hongkong, ap-seoul, ap-singapore, ap-tokyo, eu-frankfurt.
StartTime Yes Integer Start timestamp in seconds (cannot be 90 days after the current time).
EndTime Yes Integer End timestamp in seconds (the time range for query is less than 30 days).
NextToken No Integer Credential for viewing more logs.
MaxResults No Integer Max number of returned logs (up to 50).
LookupAttributes.N No Array of LookupAttribute Search condition. Valid values: RequestId, EventName, ActionType (write/read), PrincipalId (sub-account), ResourceType, ResourceName, AccessKeyId, SensitiveAction, ApiErrorCode, CamErrorCode, and Tags (Format of AttributeValue: [{"key":"*","value":"*"}])
IsReturnLocation No Integer Whether to return the IP location. 1: yes, 0: no.

3. Output Parameters

Parameter Name Type Description
ListOver Boolean Whether the log list has come to an end. true: Yes. Pagination is not required.
NextToken Integer Credential for viewing more logs.
Events Array of Event Logset.
Note: null may be returned for this field, indicating that no valid values can be obtained.
TotalCount Integer This parameter has been deprecated. Please use ListOver and NextToken for pagination, and read data of the next page when the value of ListOver is false.
Note: This field may return null, indicating that no valid values can be obtained.
RequestId String The unique request ID, generated by the server, will be returned for every request (if the request fails to reach the server for other reasons, the request will not obtain a RequestId). RequestId is required for locating a problem.

4. Example

Example1 Querying Operation Audit Log

This example shows you how to query operation audit log

Input Example

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: cloudaudit.intl.tencentcloudapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-TC-Action: DescribeEvents
<common request parameters>

{
    "StartTime": 1610613170,
    "EndTime": 1610699570,
    "MaxResults": 1
}

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "ListOver": false,
        "TotalCount": 1,
        "Events": [
            {
                "CloudAuditEvent": "{\"userIdentity\":{\"principalId\":\"100000000000\",\"accountId\":\"100000000000\",\"secretId\":\"xxx\",\"type\":\"Root\",\"userName\":\"root\",\"sessionContext\":\"{\\\"token\\\": \\\"xxx\\\", \\\"userIp\\\": \\\"163.177.68.30\\\", \\\"uin\\\": 100000000000, \\\"ownerUin\\\": 100000000000, \\\"appId\\\": 1000000000, \\\"expireTime\\\": \\\"2021-01-15 17:35:55\\\", \\\"mfa\\\": 0, \\\"mfaExpireTime\\\": \\\"0000-00-00 00:00:00\\\", \\\"interfaceName\\\": \\\"\\\", \\\"hasPolicyFilter\\\": 0, \\\"policyFilter\\\": \\\"\\\", \\\"extraInfo\\\": \\\"\\\"}\"},\"@timestamp\":\"2021-01-15T07:35:59.115042\",\"onlyRecordNotSeen\":\"0\",\"eventRegion\":\"ap-guangzhou\",\"eventVersion\":2,\"errorCode\":\"0\",\"errorMessage\":\"permission verify\",\"requestID\":\"c8c04477-eb9e-4703-84ae-f8758c6084ff\",\"eventID\":\"c8c04477-eb9e-4703-84ae-f8758c6084ff\",\"apiVersion\":\"3.0\",\"eventType\":\"ConsoleCall\",\"actionType\":\"Read\",\"authMode\":\"0\",\"isRisk\":\"0\",\"ruleId\":\"0\",\"httpMethod\":\"POST\",\"apiErrorCode\":\"0\",\"apiErrorMessage\":\"\",\"userAgent\":\"SDK_NODEJS_0.2.1\",\"eventTime\":1610696155,\"updateEsTime\":16106961641644206,\"sensitiveAction\":\"\",\"eventPlatform\":\"0\",\"sourceIPAddress\":\"9.83.55.32\",\"resourceType\":\"cloudaudit\",\"eventName\":\"LookUpEvents\",\"eventSource\":\"cloudaudit.ap-chongqing.api.tencentyun.com\",\"requestParameters\":\"{\\\"Region\\\": \\\"ap-guangzhou\\\", \\\"SecretId\\\": \\\"xxx\\\", \\\"Timestamp\\\": \\\"1610696155\\\", \\\"Nonce\\\": \\\"11289\\\", \\\"RequestClient\\\": \\\"SDK_NODEJS_0.2.1\\\", \\\"StartTime\\\": \\\"1610121600\\\", \\\"EndTime\\\": \\\"1610726399\\\", \\\"MaxResults\\\": \\\"20\\\", \\\"Mode\\\": \\\"standard\\\", \\\"Version\\\": \\\"2019-03-19\\\", \\\"Action\\\": \\\"LookUpEvents\\\", \\\"RequestOperator\\\": \\\"100000000000\\\", \\\"Token\\\": \\\"xxx\\\", \\\"RequestSource\\\": \\\"MC\\\", \\\"seqId\\\": \\\"1be35142-f784-64d4-4502-a1250702edcd\\\"}\",\"resources\":\"[\\\"*\\\"]\",\"resourceName\":\"\",\"cloudapi\":1,\"auth\":1,\"signature\":0}",
                "EventName": "LookUpEvents",
                "EventTime": 1610696155,
                "SecretId": "xxx",
                "ErrorCode": "0",
                "RequestID": "c8c04477-eb9e-4703-84ae-f8758c6084ff",
                "SourceIPAddress": "9.83.55.32",
                "EventSource": "cloudaudit.ap-chongqing.api.tencentyun.com",
                "EventRegion": "ap-guangzhou",
                "Resources": {
                    "ResourceName": "",
                    "ResourceType": "cloudaudit"
                },
                "Username": "root",
                "ResourceTypeCn": "Cloud Audit",
                "EventNameCn": "",
                "ResourceRegion": ""
            }
        ],
        "NextToken": 16106961641644206,
        "RequestId": "2d4a7fba-bba8-452e-a99e-ccf11fdaa583"
    }
}

5. Developer Resources

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TencentCloud API 3.0 integrates SDKs that support various programming languages to make it easier for you to call APIs.

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6. Error Code

The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.

Error Code Description
FailedOperation Operation failed.
FailedOperation.MemberNotAuditRole The user currently being queried has not enabled operation audit permissions. If you need to query this user's audit records, please contact them to enable it.
FailedOperation.MemberNotInOrganization The member is not in the group organization.
InternalError Internal error.
InvalidParameter Parameter error.
LimitExceeded.OverAmount The maximum number of tracking sets has been exceeded.
UnauthorizedOperation Unauthorized operation.

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