Use DescribeLogStreams with an Amazon SDK or CLI - Amazon CloudWatch Logs
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Use DescribeLogStreams with an Amazon SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeLogStreams.

CLI
Amazon CLI

The following command shows all log streams starting with the prefix 2015 in the log group my-logs:

aws logs describe-log-streams --log-group-name my-logs --log-stream-name-prefix 2015

Output:

{ "logStreams": [ { "creationTime": 1433189871774, "arn": "arn:aws:logs:us-west-2:0123456789012:log-group:my-logs:log-stream:20150531", "logStreamName": "20150531", "storedBytes": 0 }, { "creationTime": 1433189873898, "arn": "arn:aws:logs:us-west-2:0123456789012:log-group:my-logs:log-stream:20150601", "logStreamName": "20150601", "storedBytes": 0 } ] }
Java
SDK for Java 2.x
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

/** * Before running this Java V2 code example, set up your development * environment, including your credentials. * <p> * For more information, see the following documentation topic: * <p> * https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/latest/developer-guide/get-started.html */ public class CloudWatchLogQuery { public static void main(final String[] args) { final String usage = """ Usage: <logGroupName> Where: logGroupName - The name of the log group (for example, /aws/lambda/ChatAIHandler). """; if (args.length != 1) { System.out.print(usage); System.exit(1); } String logGroupName = "/aws/lambda/ChatAIHandler" ; //args[0]; CloudWatchLogsClient logsClient = CloudWatchLogsClient.builder() .region(Region.US_EAST_1) .build(); describeMostRecentLogStream(logsClient, logGroupName); } /** * Describes and prints metadata about the most recent log stream in the specified log group. * * @param logsClient the CloudWatchLogsClient used to interact with AWS CloudWatch Logs * @param logGroupName the name of the log group */ public static void describeMostRecentLogStream(CloudWatchLogsClient logsClient, String logGroupName) { DescribeLogStreamsRequest streamsRequest = DescribeLogStreamsRequest.builder() .logGroupName(logGroupName) .orderBy(OrderBy.LAST_EVENT_TIME) .descending(true) .limit(1) .build(); try { DescribeLogStreamsResponse streamsResponse = logsClient.describeLogStreams(streamsRequest); List<LogStream> logStreams = streamsResponse.logStreams(); if (logStreams.isEmpty()) { System.out.println("No log streams found for log group: " + logGroupName); return; } LogStream stream = logStreams.get(0); System.out.println("Most Recent Log Stream:"); System.out.println(" Name: " + stream.logStreamName()); System.out.println(" ARN: " + stream.arn()); System.out.println(" Creation Time: " + stream.creationTime()); System.out.println(" First Event Time: " + stream.firstEventTimestamp()); System.out.println(" Last Event Time: " + stream.lastEventTimestamp()); System.out.println(" Stored Bytes: " + stream.storedBytes()); System.out.println(" Upload Sequence Token: " + stream.uploadSequenceToken()); } catch (CloudWatchLogsException e) { System.err.println("Failed to describe log stream: " + e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage()); } } }

For a complete list of Amazon SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using CloudWatch Logs with an Amazon SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.