metricName

The metric for which you want to return information.

Valid distribution metric names are listed below, along with the most useful statistics to include in your request, and the published unit value.

• Requests - The total number of viewer requests received by your Lightsail distribution, for all HTTP methods, and for both HTTP and HTTPS requests.Statistics: The most useful statistic is Sum.Unit: The published unit is None.

• BytesDownloaded - The number of bytes downloaded by viewers for GET, HEAD, and OPTIONS requests.Statistics: The most useful statistic is Sum.Unit: The published unit is None.

• BytesUploaded - The number of bytes uploaded to your origin by your Lightsail distribution, using POST and PUT requests.Statistics: The most useful statistic is Sum.Unit: The published unit is None.

• TotalErrorRate - The percentage of all viewer requests for which the response's HTTP status code was 4xx or 5xx.Statistics: The most useful statistic is Average.Unit: The published unit is Percent.

• 4xxErrorRate - The percentage of all viewer requests for which the response's HTTP status cod was 4xx. In these cases, the client or client viewer may have made an error. For example, a status code of 404 (Not Found) means that the client requested an object that could not be found.Statistics: The most useful statistic is Average.Unit: The published unit is Percent.

• 5xxErrorRate - The percentage of all viewer requests for which the response's HTTP status code was 5xx. In these cases, the origin server did not satisfy the requests. For example, a status code of 503 (Service Unavailable) means that the origin server is currently unavailable.Statistics: The most useful statistic is Average.Unit: The published unit is Percent.