Use GetLogEvents with an Amazon SDK or CLI

The following command retrieves log events from a log stream named 20150601 in the log group my-logs:

aws logs get-log-events --log-group-name my-logs --log-stream-name 20150601

Output:

{
    "nextForwardToken": "f/31961209122447488583055879464742346735121166569214640130",
    "events": [
        {
            "ingestionTime": 1433190494190,
            "timestamp": 1433190184356,
            "message": "Example Event 1"
        },
        {
            "ingestionTime": 1433190516679,
            "timestamp": 1433190184356,
            "message": "Example Event 1"
        },
        {
            "ingestionTime": 1433190494190,
            "timestamp": 1433190184358,
            "message": "Example Event 2"
        }
    ],
    "nextBackwardToken": "b/31961209122358285602261756944988674324553373268216709120"
}

import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cloudwatch.model.CloudWatchException;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cloudwatchlogs.CloudWatchLogsClient;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cloudwatchlogs.model.GetLogEventsRequest;

/**
 * Before running this Java V2 code example, set up your development
 * environment, including your credentials.
 *
 * For more information, see the following documentation topic:
 *
 * https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/latest/developer-guide/get-started.html
 */
public class GetLogEvents {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        final String usage = """

                Usage:
                  <logGroupName> <logStreamName> 

                Where:
                  logGroupName - The name of the log group (for example, myloggroup).
                  logStreamName - The name of the log stream (for example, mystream).
                  
                """;

        if (args.length != 2) {
            System.out.print(usage);
            System.exit(1);

        }

        String logGroupName = args[0];
        String logStreamName = args[1];

        Region region = Region.US_WEST_2;
        CloudWatchLogsClient cloudWatchLogsClient = CloudWatchLogsClient.builder()
                .region(region)
                .build();

        getCWLogEvents(cloudWatchLogsClient, logGroupName, logStreamName);
        cloudWatchLogsClient.close();
    }

    public static void getCWLogEvents(CloudWatchLogsClient cloudWatchLogsClient, String logGroupName,
            String logStreamName) {
        try {
            GetLogEventsRequest getLogEventsRequest = GetLogEventsRequest.builder()
                    .logGroupName(logGroupName)
                    .logStreamName(logStreamName)
                    .startFromHead(true)
                    .build();

            int logLimit = cloudWatchLogsClient.getLogEvents(getLogEventsRequest).events().size();
            for (int c = 0; c < logLimit; c++) {
                System.out.println(cloudWatchLogsClient.getLogEvents(getLogEventsRequest).events().get(c).message());
            }

            System.out.println("Successfully got CloudWatch log events!");

        } catch (CloudWatchException e) {
            System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
            System.exit(1);
        }
    }
}