Updates include:

* Update RDS Dashboard response ID key
* Debug output
* Update SDK

go.mod

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Shopify/sarama v1.32.0
 	github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-go/v5 v5.7.0
 	github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20210208195552-ff826a37aa15
-	github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go v1.61.1483
+	github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go v1.61.1529
 	github.com/amir/raidman v0.0.0-20170415203553-1ccc43bfb9c9
 	github.com/antchfx/jsonquery v1.1.5
 	github.com/antchfx/xmlquery v1.3.9

go.sum

@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ github.com/alexflint/go-filemutex v0.0.0-20171022225611-72bdc8eae2ae/go.mod h1:C
 github.com/alexkohler/prealloc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:VetnK3dIgFBBKmg0YnD9F9x6Icjd+9cvfHR56wJVlKE=
 github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20200520072559-a9ecdc9d1d3a/go.mod h1:SGnFV6hVsYE877CKEZ6tDNTjaSXYUk6QqoIK6PrAtcc=
 github.com/alicebob/miniredis v2.5.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:8HZjEj4yU0dwhYHky+DxYx+6BMjkBbe5ONFIF1MXffk=
-github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go v1.61.1483 h1:J8HaD+Zpfi1gcel3HCKpoHHEsrcuRrZlSnx7R9SCf5I=
-github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go v1.61.1483/go.mod h1:RcDobYh8k5VP6TNybz9m++gL3ijVI5wueVr0EM10VsU=
+github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go v1.61.1529 h1:qAt5MZ3Ukwx/JMAiaagQhNQMBZLcmJbnweBoK3EeHxI=
+github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go v1.61.1529/go.mod h1:RcDobYh8k5VP6TNybz9m++gL3ijVI5wueVr0EM10VsU=
 github.com/amir/raidman v0.0.0-20170415203553-1ccc43bfb9c9 h1:FXrPTd8Rdlc94dKccl7KPmdmIbVh/OjelJ8/vgMRzcQ=
 github.com/amir/raidman v0.0.0-20170415203553-1ccc43bfb9c9/go.mod h1:eliMa/PW+RDr2QLWRmLH1R1ZA4RInpmvOzDDXtaIZkc=
 github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883/go.mod h1:rCTlJbsFo29Kk6CurOXKm700vrz8f0KW0JNfpkRJY/8=

plugins/inputs/aliyuncms/aliyuncms.go

@@ -383,6 +383,11 @@ func (s *AliyunCMS) gatherMetric(acc telegraf.Accumulator, metricName string, me
 		req.Dimensions = metric.requestDimensionsStr
 		req.RegionId = region
 
+		fmt.Println("Making the following request:")
+		fmt.Println(req)
+		fmt.Println("Request Dimensions:")
+		fmt.Println(req.Dimensions)
+
 		for more := true; more; {
 			resp, err := s.client.DescribeMetricList(req)
 			if err != nil {

plugins/inputs/aliyuncms/discovery.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package aliyuncms
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ func newDiscoveryTool(regions []string, project string, lg telegraf.Logger, cred
 			responseObjectIDKey = "InstanceId"
 		case "acs_rds_dashboard":
 			dscReq[region] = rds.CreateDescribeDBInstancesRequest()
-			responseObjectIDKey = "DBInstanceId"
+			responseObjectIDKey = "Items"
 		case "acs_slb_dashboard":
 			dscReq[region] = slb.CreateDescribeLoadBalancersRequest()
 			responseObjectIDKey = "LoadBalancerId"
@@ -295,6 +296,8 @@ func (dt *discoveryTool) parseDiscoveryResponse(resp *responses.CommonResponse)
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("Can't parse JSON from discovery response: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	fmt.Printf("discovery response output:\n%s\n", data)
+	fmt.Printf("loking for root key: '%s' or 'Items'\n", dt.respRootKey)
 	for key, val := range fullOutput {
 		switch key {
 		case dt.respRootKey: