

# Network Flow Monitor API operations
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The following table lists Network Flow Monitor API operations that you can use with Network Flow Monitor. The table also includes links to relevant documentation.


| Action | API operation | More information | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
|  Create a flow monitor.  |  See [CreateMonitor](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_CreateMonitor.html)   |  See [Create a monitor in Network Flow Monitor](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-configure-monitors-create.md)  | 
|  Generate metrics for a scope of resources.  |  See [CreateScope](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_CreateScope.html)   |  See [Evaluate network flows with workload insights](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-configure-evaluate-flows.md)  | 
|  Remove a monitor.  |  See [DeleteMonitor](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_DeleteMonitor.html)   |  See [Delete a monitor in Network Flow Monitor](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-configure-monitors-delete.md)  | 
|  Delete a defined scope.  |  See [DeleteScope](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_DeleteScope.html)   |  See [Delete a monitor in Network Flow Monitor](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-configure-monitors-delete.md)  | 
|  Get information about a monitor.  |  See [GetMonitor](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_GetMonitor.html)   |  See [Monitor and analyze network flows with a Network Flow Monitor monitor](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-monitor-and-analyze.md)  | 
|  Get query data for the top contributors in a specific monitor.  |  See [GetQueryResultsMonitorTopContributors](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_GetQueryResultsMonitorTopContributors.html)   |  See [Monitor and analyze network flows with a Network Flow Monitor monitor](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-monitor-and-analyze.md)  | 
|  Query the top contributors for a defined scope for workload insights.  |  See [GetQueryResultsWorkloadInsightsTopContributors](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_GetQueryResultsWorkloadInsightsTopContributors.html)   |  See [Evaluate network flows with workload insights](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-configure-evaluate-flows.md)  | 
|  Query workload insights data for the top contributors in a specific scope.  |  See [GetQueryResultsWorkloadInsightsTopContributorsData](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_GetQueryResultsWorkloadInsightsTopContributorsData.html)   |  See [Evaluate network flows with workload insights](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-configure-evaluate-flows.md)  | 
|  Check the status of a query for top contributors in a monitor to ensure that it has succeeded before reviewing the results.  |  See [GetQueryStatusMonitorTopContributors](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_GetQueryStatusMonitorTopContributors.html)   |  N/A  | 
|  Check the status of a query on workload insights for top contributors to ensure that it has succeeded before reviewing the results.  |  See [GetQueryStatusWorkloadInsightsTopContributors](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_GetQueryStatusWorkloadInsightsTopContributors.html)   |  N/A  | 
|  Check the status of a query on workload insights data for top contributors to ensure that it has succeeded before reviewing the results.  |  See [GetQueryStatusWorkloadInsightsTopContributorsData](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_GetQueryStatusWorkloadInsightsTopContributorsData)   |  N/A  | 
|  Get information about an account, or scope, including name, status, tags, and target details.  |  See [GetScope](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_GetScope)   |  See [Monitor and analyze network flows with a Network Flow Monitor monitor](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-monitor-and-analyze.md)  | 
|  List all monitors in an account.  |  See [ListMonitors](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_ListMonitors)   |  [Monitor and analyze network flows with a Network Flow Monitor monitor](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-monitor-and-analyze.md)  | 
|  List all scopes for an account.  |  See [ListScopes](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_ListScopes)   |  N/A  | 
|  List all tags for a specific resource.  |  See [ListTagsForResource](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_ListTagsForResource)   |  See [Monitor and analyze network flows with a Network Flow Monitor monitor](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-monitor-and-analyze.md)  | 
|  See query data for top contributors in a monitor.  |  See [StartQueryMonitorTopContributors](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_StartQueryMonitorTopContributors)   |  See [Monitor and analyze network flows with a Network Flow Monitor monitor](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-monitor-and-analyze.md)  | 
|  Start a query to gather workload insights data for top contributors.  |  See [StartQueryWorkloadInsightsTopContributors](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_StartQueryWorkloadInsightsTopContributors)   |  See [Evaluate network flows with workload insights](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-configure-evaluate-flows.md)  | 
|  Stop a query for top contributors in a monitor.  |  See [StopQueryMonitorTopContributors](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_StopQueryMonitorTopContributors)   |  N/A  | 
|  Stop a query on workload insights data for top contributors.  |  See [StopQueryWorkloadInsightsTopContributors](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_StopQueryWorkloadInsightsTopContributors)   |  N/A  | 
|  Stop a query on workload insights data for top contributors.  |  See [StopQueryWorkloadInsightsTopContributorsData](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_StopQueryWorkloadInsightsTopContributorsData)   |  N/A  | 
|  Add a tag to a resource.  |  See [TagResource](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_TagResource)   |  See [Edit a monitor in Network Flow Monitor](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-configure-monitors-edit.md)  | 
|  Remove a tag from a resource.  |  See [UntagResource](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_UntagResource)   |  See [Edit a monitor in Network Flow Monitor](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-configure-monitors-edit.md)  | 
|  Update a monitor to add or remove local or remote resources.  |  See [UpdateMonitor](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_UpdateMonitor)   |  See [Edit a monitor in Network Flow Monitor](CloudWatch-NetworkFlowMonitor-configure-monitors-edit.md)  | 
|  Modify a scope to add or remove resources that Network Flow Monitor will generate metrics on.  |  See [UpdateScope](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/networkflowmonitor/2.0/APIReference/API_UpdateScope)   |  N/A  | 