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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL loJResp
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL lcStatus
* This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
* See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Http')
loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.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.
* {
* "description": "Post time-series data that can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards.",
* "externalValue": "examples/metrics/distribution-points.json.sh",
* "summary": "Dynamic Points",
* "x-variables": {
* "NOW": "$(date +%s)"
* }
* }
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("description","Post time-series data that can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards.")
loJson.UpdateString("externalValue","examples/metrics/distribution-points.json.sh")
loJson.UpdateString("summary","Dynamic Points")
loJson.UpdateString("x-variables.NOW","$(date +%s)")
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","text/json")
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Accept","text/json")
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Content-Encoding","identity")
loResp = loHttp.PostJson3("https://api.app.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/distribution_points","text/json",loJson)
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
? loHttp.LastErrorText
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
CANCEL
ENDIF
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loSbResponseBody = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loResp.GetBodySb(loSbResponseBody)
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.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)
* {
* "status": "ok"
* }
* Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
* Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
lcStatus = loJResp.StringOf("status")
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJResp
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Content-Encoding: identity"
-H "Content-Type: text/json"
-H "Accept: text/json"
-d '{
"description": "Post time-series data that can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards.",
"externalValue": "examples/metrics/distribution-points.json.sh",
"summary": "Dynamic Points",
"x-variables": {
"NOW": "$(date +%s)"
}
}'
https://api.app.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/distribution_points
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Submit distribution points",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"description": "HTTP header used to compress the media-type.",
"key": "Content-Encoding",
"value": "identity"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/json"
},
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "text/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"description\": \"Post time-series data that can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards.\",\n \"externalValue\": \"examples/metrics/distribution-points.json.sh\",\n \"summary\": \"Dynamic Points\",\n \"x-variables\": {\n \"NOW\": \"$(date +%s)\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/distribution_points",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v1",
"distribution_points"
]
},
"description": "The distribution points end-point allows you to post distribution data that can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Payload accepted",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"description": "HTTP header used to compress the media-type.",
"key": "Content-Encoding",
"value": "deflate"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/json"
},
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "text/json"
},
{
"description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
"key": "DD-API-KEY",
"value": "<API Key>"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"description\": \"Post time-series data that can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards.\",\n \"externalValue\": \"examples/metrics/distribution-points.json.sh\",\n \"summary\": \"Dynamic Points\",\n \"x-variables\": {\n \"NOW\": \"$(date +%s)\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/distribution_points",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v1",
"distribution_points"
]
}
},
"status": "Accepted",
"code": 202,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "text",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/json"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"status\": \"ok\"\n}"
},
{
"name": "Bad Request",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"description": "HTTP header used to compress the media-type.",
"key": "Content-Encoding",
"value": "deflate"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/json"
},
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "text/json"
},
{
"description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
"key": "DD-API-KEY",
"value": "<API Key>"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"description\": \"Post time-series data that can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards.\",\n \"externalValue\": \"examples/metrics/distribution-points.json.sh\",\n \"summary\": \"Dynamic Points\",\n \"x-variables\": {\n \"NOW\": \"$(date +%s)\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/distribution_points",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v1",
"distribution_points"
]
}
},
"status": "Bad Request",
"code": 400,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "text",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/json"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"errors\": [\n \"Bad Request\",\n \"Bad Request\"\n ]\n}"
},
{
"name": "Authentication error",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"description": "HTTP header used to compress the media-type.",
"key": "Content-Encoding",
"value": "deflate"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/json"
},
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "text/json"
},
{
"description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
"key": "DD-API-KEY",
"value": "<API Key>"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"description\": \"Post time-series data that can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards.\",\n \"externalValue\": \"examples/metrics/distribution-points.json.sh\",\n \"summary\": \"Dynamic Points\",\n \"x-variables\": {\n \"NOW\": \"$(date +%s)\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/distribution_points",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v1",
"distribution_points"
]
}
},
"status": "Forbidden",
"code": 403,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "text",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/json"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"errors\": [\n \"Bad Request\",\n \"Bad Request\"\n ]\n}"
},
{
"name": "Request timeout",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"description": "HTTP header used to compress the media-type.",
"key": "Content-Encoding",
"value": "deflate"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/json"
},
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "text/json"
},
{
"description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
"key": "DD-API-KEY",
"value": "<API Key>"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"description\": \"Post time-series data that can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards.\",\n \"externalValue\": \"examples/metrics/distribution-points.json.sh\",\n \"summary\": \"Dynamic Points\",\n \"x-variables\": {\n \"NOW\": \"$(date +%s)\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/distribution_points",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v1",
"distribution_points"
]
}
},
"status": "Request Timeout",
"code": 408,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "text",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/json"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"errors\": [\n \"Bad Request\",\n \"Bad Request\"\n ]\n}"
},
{
"name": "Payload too large",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"description": "HTTP header used to compress the media-type.",
"key": "Content-Encoding",
"value": "deflate"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/json"
},
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "text/json"
},
{
"description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
"key": "DD-API-KEY",
"value": "<API Key>"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"description\": \"Post time-series data that can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards.\",\n \"externalValue\": \"examples/metrics/distribution-points.json.sh\",\n \"summary\": \"Dynamic Points\",\n \"x-variables\": {\n \"NOW\": \"$(date +%s)\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/distribution_points",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v1",
"distribution_points"
]
}
},
"status": "Request Entity Too Large",
"code": 413,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "text",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/json"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"errors\": [\n \"Bad Request\",\n \"Bad Request\"\n ]\n}"
},
{
"name": "Too many requests",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"description": "HTTP header used to compress the media-type.",
"key": "Content-Encoding",
"value": "deflate"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/json"
},
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
"key": "DD-API-KEY",
"value": "<API Key>"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"description\": \"Post time-series data that can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards.\",\n \"externalValue\": \"examples/metrics/distribution-points.json.sh\",\n \"summary\": \"Dynamic Points\",\n \"x-variables\": {\n \"NOW\": \"$(date +%s)\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/distribution_points",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v1",
"distribution_points"
]
}
},
"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}"
}
]
}
