v1

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Displays a list of categories for all event source types, or, if specified, for a specified source type. You can also see this list in the "Amazon RDS event categories and event messages" section of the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_Events.Messages.html"> <i>Amazon RDS User Guide</i> </a> or the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/USER_Events.Messages.html"> <i>Amazon Aurora User Guide</i> </a>.

get/#Action=DescribeEventCategories

Query parameters

SourceTypestring
<p>The type of source that is generating the events. For RDS Proxy events, specify <code>db-proxy</code>.</p> <p>Valid values: <code>db-instance</code> | <code>db-cluster</code> | <code>db-parameter-group</code> | <code>db-security-group</code> | <code>db-snapshot</code> | <code>db-cluster-snapshot</code> | <code>db-proxy</code> </p>
Namestring required

The name of the filter. Filter names are case-sensitive.

Valuesstring[] required

One or more filter values. Filter values are case-sensitive.

This parameter isn't currently supported.

Action'DescribeEventCategories' required
Version'2014-10-31' required

Response

Success