def create_alarm()

in src/aws_interfaces/alarm_interface.py [0:0]


    def create_alarm(self, alarmName, jobId, namespace, metricName, period, stat,
                     threshold, alarmType, evaluationPeriods, datapointsToAlarm,
                     alarmActions):
        logging.info('Creating alarm: metric=%s, stat=%s, threshold=%s, type=%s',
                     metricName, stat, threshold, alarmType)

        alarmBase = self._create_alarm_base(alarmName, jobId, namespace, metricName,
                                            period, stat, evaluationPeriods,
                                            datapointsToAlarm, alarmActions)

        requestPayload = {
                'Threshold': threshold,
                **alarmBase
            }

        if alarmType == 'upper':
            requestPayload['ComparisonOperator'] = 'GreaterThanThreshold'
        else:
            requestPayload['ComparisonOperator'] = 'LessThanThreshold'

        try:
            self.client.put_metric_alarm(**requestPayload)
        except ClientError as e:
            return False, str(e)
        return True, None