StartCanary - Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics

StartCanary

Use this operation to run a canary that has already been created. The frequency of the canary runs is determined by the value of the canary's Schedule. To see a canary's schedule, use GetCanary.

Request Syntax

POST /canary/name/start HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

name

The name of the canary that you want to run. To find canary names, use DescribeCanaries.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 21.

Pattern: ^[0-9a-z_\-]+$

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

ConflictException

A conflicting operation is already in progress.

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalServerException

An unknown internal error occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

One of the specified resources was not found.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ValidationException

A parameter could not be validated.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: