Use GetShardIterator with a CLI - Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
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Use GetShardIterator with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use GetShardIterator.

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CLI
Amazon CLI

To obtain a shard iterator

The following get-shard-iterator example uses the AT_SEQUENCE_NUMBER shard iterator type and generates a shard iterator to start reading data records exactly from the position denoted by the specified sequence number.

aws kinesis get-shard-iterator \
    --stream-name samplestream \
    --shard-id shardId-000000000001 \
    --shard-iterator-type LATEST

Output:

{
    "ShardIterator": "AAAAAAAAAAFEvJjIYI+3jw/4aqgH9FifJ+n48XWTh/IFIsbILP6o5eDueD39NXNBfpZ10WL5K6ADXk8w+5H+Qhd9cFA9k268CPXCz/kebq1TGYI7Vy+lUkA9BuN3xvATxMBGxRY3zYK05gqgvaIRn94O8SqeEqwhigwZxNWxID3Ej7YYYcxQi8Q/fIrCjGAy/n2r5Z9G864YpWDfN9upNNQAR/iiOWKs"
}

For more information, see Developing Consumers Using the Kinesis Data Streams API with the Amazon SDK for Java in the Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Developer Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: Returns a shard iterator for the specified shard and starting position. Details of the shard identifiers and sequence numbers can be obtained from the output of the Get-KINStream cmdlet, by referencing the Shards collection of the returned stream object. The returned iterator can be used with the Get-KINRecord cmdlet to pull data records in the shard.

Get-KINShardIterator -StreamName "mystream" -ShardId "shardId-000000000000" -ShardIteratorType AT_SEQUENCE_NUMBER -StartingSequenceNumber "495598645..."

Output:

AAAAAAAAAAGIc....9VnbiRNaP

  • For API details, see GetShardIterator in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

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