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Database Autonomy Service:DescribeTopHotKeys

Last Updated:Nov 11, 2025

Retrieves the top 100 hot keys within a specific period.

Operation description

A key is recorded as a hot key if its queries per second (QPS) exceeds 3,000.

  • If you use an Alibaba Cloud software development kit (SDK), ensure that the version of aliyun-sdk-core is later than 4.3.3. We recommend that you use the latest version.

  • The version of the DAS SDK must be 1.0.2 or later.

  • When you use an SDK to call the DAS service, you must set the region to cn-shanghai.

  • This operation applies only to Redis instances that meet the following requirements:

    • The instance is an open source Redis instance or a Tair memory-optimized instance.

    • The instance runs on the latest minor version.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

hdm:DescribeTopHotKeys

get

*All Resource

*

None

None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

ConsoleContext

string

No

A reserved parameter.

None

InstanceId

string

Yes

The ID of the Redis instance.

r-bp18ff4a195d****

NodeId

string

No

The ID of the data shard of the Redis instance.

r-****-db-0

StartTime

string

Yes

The beginning of the time range to query. Specify the time in the UNIX timestamp format. The time must be in milliseconds.

1596177993000

EndTime

string

Yes

The end of the time range to query. Specify the time in the UNIX timestamp format. The time must be in milliseconds.

Note
  • The end time must be later than the start time.

  • You can query data only within the last four days.

  • The maximum time range that can be specified between StartTime and EndTime is three hours.

1596177993001

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

Message

string

The returned message.

Successful

RequestId

string

The request ID.

B6D17591-B48B-4D31-9CD6-9B9796B2****

Data

object

HotKey

array<object>

The list of hot keys.

object

The list of hot keys.

Db

integer

The database in which the key is stored.

0

Key

string

The name of the key.

abc:def:eng

Hot

string

The access frequency of the key. This value indicates the number of times the key is accessed per second.

5500~6000

KeyType

string

The type of the key.

zset

Lfu

integer

The statistical value of the Least Frequently Used (LFU) algorithm.

253

NodeId

string

The ID of the data shard of the Redis instance.

r-x****-db-0

Code

string

The response code.

200

Success

string

Indicates whether the request was successful.

  • true: The request was successful.

  • false: The request failed.

true

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "Message": "Successful",
  "RequestId": "B6D17591-B48B-4D31-9CD6-9B9796B2****",
  "Data": {
    "HotKey": [
      {
        "Db": 0,
        "Key": "abc:def:eng",
        "Hot": "5500~6000",
        "KeyType": "zset",
        "Lfu": 253,
        "NodeId": "r-x****-db-0"
      }
    ]
  },
  "Code": "200",
  "Success": "true"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400

InvalidParams

The request parameters are invalid.

403

NoPermission

You are not authorized to do this action.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.