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        1. List AWS CloudWatch integrations GET
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Create AWS CloudWatch integration

Returns either a newly created AWS CloudWatch integration, or validation errors.

POST https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2/aws-cloudwatch-integrations

Headers

Authorization
required string

Bearer $TOKEN

Content_Type
string

application/json

Body parameters

team_name
string

Required if using global API token to specify the team which should own the resource

name
string

The name of the AWS CloudWatch integration that you can see in the dashboard.

*

Any other params you'd like to set. See the list of all AWS CloudWatch integration API parameters for details.

201

Returns newly created AWS CloudWatch integration

Response body

{
  "data": {
    "id": "37",
    "type": "aws_cloudwatch_integration",
    "attributes": {
      "call": false,
      "sms": false,
      "email": true,
      "team_wait": 180,
      "recovery_period": null,
      "policy_id": null,
      "push": true,
      "name": "Test",
      "paused": false,
      "webhook_url": "https://uptime.betterstack.dev/api/v1/aws-cloudwatch/webhook/[token]"
      "team_name": "Production"
    }
  }
}

Example cURL

Example
curl -X "POST" "https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2/aws-cloudwatch-integrations/" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8' \
     -d $'{
  "name": "Test"
}'


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