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use chilkat();

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# 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"
#   ]
# }

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->UpdateString("title","Did you hear the news today?");
$json->UpdateString("text","Oh boy!");
$json->UpdateString("aggregation_key","officia ex veniam");
$json->UpdateString("alert_type","info");
$json->UpdateInt("date_happened",73027040);
$json->UpdateString("device_name","ut eu fugiat cul");
$json->UpdateString("host","i");
$json->UpdateString("priority","normal");
$json->UpdateInt("related_event_id",-43026196);
$json->UpdateString("source_type_name","Lorem Ut");
$json->UpdateString("tags[0]","environment:test");

$http->SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
$http->SetRequestHeader("Accept","application/json");

# resp is a HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostJson3("https://api.app.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/events","application/json",$json);
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);

$jResp = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->put_EmitCompact(0);

print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\r\n";

$respStatusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $resp->header() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";

    exit;
}

# 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

$Alert_type = $jResp->stringOf("event.alert_type");
$Date_happened = $jResp->IntOf("event.date_happened");
$Device_name = $jResp->stringOf("event.device_name");
$Host = $jResp->stringOf("event.host");
$Id = $jResp->IntOf("event.id");
$Id_str = $jResp->stringOf("event.id_str");
$Payload = $jResp->stringOf("event.payload");
$Priority = $jResp->stringOf("event.priority");
$Source_type_name = $jResp->stringOf("event.source_type_name");
$Text = $jResp->stringOf("event.text");
$Title = $jResp->stringOf("event.title");
$v_Url = $jResp->stringOf("event.url");
$status = $jResp->stringOf("status");
$i = 0;
$count_i = $jResp->SizeOfArray("event.tags");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jResp->put_I($i);
    $strVal = $jResp->stringOf("event.tags[i]");
    $i = $i + 1;
}

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}"
    }
  ]
}