Queries a flow log.

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Request parameters

Parameter Type Required? Example value Description
Action String Yes DescribeFlowLogs

The name of this action. Value: DescribeFlowLogs.

RegionId String Yes cn-qingdao

The ID of the region to which the flow log belongs. To query the region ID, call DescribeRegions.

FlowLogId String No flowlog-m5evbtbptxxxxxxxxxxxx

The ID of the flow log.
FlowLogName String No myFlowlog

The name of the flow log. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length. It must start with a letter and can contain numbers, periods (.), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). It cannot start with http:// or https://.

LogStoreName String No FlowLogStore

The Logstore that stores the captured traffic.
ProjectName String No FlowLogProject

The Project that stores the captured traffic.
ResourceId String No eni-askldfasxxxxxxxx

The ID of the resource whose traffic you want to capture.
ResourceType String No NetworkInterface

The type of the resource whose traffic you want to capture. Valid values:

  • NetworkInterface: ENI
  • VSwitch: all ENIs in the VSwitch
  • VPC: all ENIs in the VPC
TrafficType String No All

The type of the traffic to be captured. Valid values:

  • All: all traffic
  • Allow: traffic permitted by access control
  • Drop: traffic denied by access control

Response parameters

Parameter Type Example value Description 
FlowLogs

The flow log.
CreationTime String 2018-07-24T13:00:52Z

The time when the flow log was created.
Description String abc

The description of the flow log.
FlowLogId String flowlog-m5evbtbptxxxxxxxxxxxx

The ID of the flow log.
FlowLogName String myFlowlog

The name of the flow log.
LogStoreName String FlowLogStore

The Logstore that stores the captured traffic.
ProjectName String FlowLogProject

The Project that stores the captured traffic.
RegionId String cn-qingdao

The region to which the flow log belongs.
RequestId String F7DDDC17-FA06-4AC2-8F35-59D2470FCFC1

The ID of the request.

Examples

Request example


https://vpc.aliyuncs.com/?Action=DescribeFlowLogs
&RegionId=cn-qingdao
&FlowLogId=fl-m5evbtbptxxxxxxxxxxxx
&<CommonParameters>

Response example

XML format 

<DescribeFlowLogsResponse>
      <RequestId>04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FExxxxx</RequestId>
</DescribeFlowLogsResponse>

JSON format 

{
	"RequestId":"04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FExxxxx"
}

Errors

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