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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL loJResp
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL lcStrVal
LOCAL lcAlert_type
LOCAL lnDate_happened
LOCAL lcDevice_name
LOCAL lcHost
LOCAL lnId
LOCAL lcId_str
LOCAL lcPayload
LOCAL lcPriority
LOCAL lcSource_type_name
LOCAL lcText
LOCAL lcTitle
LOCAL lcV_Url
LOCAL lcStatus
LOCAL i
LOCAL lnCount_i
* This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
* See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Http')
* Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
* The following JSON is sent in the request body.
* {
* "title": "Did you hear the news today?",
* "text": "Oh boy!",
* "aggregation_key": "officia ex veniam",
* "alert_type": "info",
* "date_happened": 73027040,
* "device_name": "ut eu fugiat cul",
* "host": "i",
* "priority": "normal",
* "related_event_id": -43026196,
* "source_type_name": "Lorem Ut",
* "tags": [
* "environment:test"
* ]
* }
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("title","Did you hear the news today?")
loJson.UpdateString("text","Oh boy!")
loJson.UpdateString("aggregation_key","officia ex veniam")
loJson.UpdateString("alert_type","info")
loJson.UpdateInt("date_happened",73027040)
loJson.UpdateString("device_name","ut eu fugiat cul")
loJson.UpdateString("host","i")
loJson.UpdateString("priority","normal")
loJson.UpdateInt("related_event_id",-43026196)
loJson.UpdateString("source_type_name","Lorem Ut")
loJson.UpdateString("tags[0]","environment:test")
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Accept","application/json")
loResp = loHttp.PostJson3("https://api.app.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/events","application/json",loJson)
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
? loHttp.LastErrorText
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
CANCEL
ENDIF
loSbResponseBody = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loResp.GetBodySb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJResp.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp.EmitCompact = 0
? "Response Body:"
? loJResp.Emit()
lnRespStatusCode = loResp.StatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + STR(lnRespStatusCode)
IF (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) THEN
? "Response Header:"
? loResp.Header
? "Failed."
RELEASE loResp
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJResp
CANCEL
ENDIF
RELEASE loResp
* Sample JSON response:
* (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
* {
* "event": {
* "alert_type": "info",
* "date_happened": -7687934,
* "device_name": "labore aliquip dolor",
* "host": "incididunt sunt",
* "id": -98412440,
* "id_str": "incididunt laborum",
* "payload": "{}",
* "priority": "normal",
* "source_type_name": "commodo cupidatat ea",
* "tags": [
* "environment:test"
* ],
* "text": "Oh boy!",
* "title": "Did you hear the news today?",
* "url": "non"
* },
* "status": "sit in"
* }
* Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
* Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
lcAlert_type = loJResp.StringOf("event.alert_type")
lnDate_happened = loJResp.IntOf("event.date_happened")
lcDevice_name = loJResp.StringOf("event.device_name")
lcHost = loJResp.StringOf("event.host")
lnId = loJResp.IntOf("event.id")
lcId_str = loJResp.StringOf("event.id_str")
lcPayload = loJResp.StringOf("event.payload")
lcPriority = loJResp.StringOf("event.priority")
lcSource_type_name = loJResp.StringOf("event.source_type_name")
lcText = loJResp.StringOf("event.text")
lcTitle = loJResp.StringOf("event.title")
lcV_Url = loJResp.StringOf("event.url")
lcStatus = loJResp.StringOf("status")
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJResp.SizeOfArray("event.tags")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
loJResp.I = i
lcStrVal = loJResp.StringOf("event.tags[i]")
i = i + 1
ENDDO
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJResp
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "Accept: application/json"
-d '{
"title": "Did you hear the news today?",
"text": "Oh boy!",
"aggregation_key": "officia ex veniam",
"alert_type": "info",
"date_happened": 73027040,
"device_name": "ut eu fugiat cul",
"host": "i",
"priority": "normal",
"related_event_id": -43026196,
"source_type_name": "Lorem Ut",
"tags": [
"environment:test"
]
}'
https://api.app.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/events
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Post an event",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"title\": \"Did you hear the news today?\",\n \"text\": \"Oh boy!\",\n \"aggregation_key\": \"officia ex veniam\",\n \"alert_type\": \"info\",\n \"date_happened\": 73027040,\n \"device_name\": \"ut eu fugiat cul\",\n \"host\": \"i\",\n \"priority\": \"normal\",\n \"related_event_id\": -43026196,\n \"source_type_name\": \"Lorem Ut\",\n \"tags\": [\n \"environment:test\"\n ]\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"headerFamily": "json",
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/events",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v1",
"events"
]
},
"description": "This endpoint allows you to post events to the stream.\nTag them, set priority and event aggregate them with other events."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "OK",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
"key": "DD-API-KEY",
"value": "<API Key>"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"title\": \"Did you hear the news today?\",\n \"text\": \"Oh boy!\",\n \"aggregation_key\": \"officia ex veniam\",\n \"alert_type\": \"info\",\n \"date_happened\": 73027040,\n \"device_name\": \"ut eu fugiat cul\",\n \"host\": \"i\",\n \"priority\": \"normal\",\n \"related_event_id\": -43026196,\n \"source_type_name\": \"Lorem Ut\",\n \"tags\": [\n \"environment:test\"\n ]\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"headerFamily": "json",
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/events",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v1",
"events"
]
}
},
"status": "Accepted",
"code": 202,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"event\": {\n \"alert_type\": \"info\",\n \"date_happened\": -7687934,\n \"device_name\": \"labore aliquip dolor\",\n \"host\": \"incididunt sunt\",\n \"id\": -98412440,\n \"id_str\": \"incididunt laborum\",\n \"payload\": \"{}\",\n \"priority\": \"normal\",\n \"source_type_name\": \"commodo cupidatat ea\",\n \"tags\": [\n \"environment:test\"\n ],\n \"text\": \"Oh boy!\",\n \"title\": \"Did you hear the news today?\",\n \"url\": \"non\"\n },\n \"status\": \"sit in\"\n}"
},
{
"name": "Bad Request",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
"key": "DD-API-KEY",
"value": "<API Key>"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"title\": \"Did you hear the news today?\",\n \"text\": \"Oh boy!\",\n \"aggregation_key\": \"officia ex veniam\",\n \"alert_type\": \"info\",\n \"date_happened\": 73027040,\n \"device_name\": \"ut eu fugiat cul\",\n \"host\": \"i\",\n \"priority\": \"normal\",\n \"related_event_id\": -43026196,\n \"source_type_name\": \"Lorem Ut\",\n \"tags\": [\n \"environment:test\"\n ]\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"headerFamily": "json",
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/events",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v1",
"events"
]
}
},
"status": "Bad Request",
"code": 400,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"errors\": [\n \"Bad Request\",\n \"Bad Request\"\n ]\n}"
},
{
"name": "Too many requests",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
"key": "DD-API-KEY",
"value": "<API Key>"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"title\": \"Did you hear the news today?\",\n \"text\": \"Oh boy!\",\n \"aggregation_key\": \"officia ex veniam\",\n \"alert_type\": \"info\",\n \"date_happened\": 73027040,\n \"device_name\": \"ut eu fugiat cul\",\n \"host\": \"i\",\n \"priority\": \"normal\",\n \"related_event_id\": -43026196,\n \"source_type_name\": \"Lorem Ut\",\n \"tags\": [\n \"environment:test\"\n ]\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"headerFamily": "json",
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/events",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v1",
"events"
]
}
},
"status": "Too Many Requests",
"code": 429,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"errors\": [\n \"Bad Request\",\n \"Bad Request\"\n ]\n}"
}
]
}
