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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean
' 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"
' ]
' }
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
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")
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PostJson3("https://api.app.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/events","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
Exit Sub
End If
' 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
Dim strVal As String
Dim Alert_type As String = jResp.StringOf("event.alert_type")
Dim Date_happened As Integer = jResp.IntOf("event.date_happened")
Dim Device_name As String = jResp.StringOf("event.device_name")
Dim Host As String = jResp.StringOf("event.host")
Dim Id As Integer = jResp.IntOf("event.id")
Dim Id_str As String = jResp.StringOf("event.id_str")
Dim Payload As String = jResp.StringOf("event.payload")
Dim Priority As String = jResp.StringOf("event.priority")
Dim Source_type_name As String = jResp.StringOf("event.source_type_name")
Dim Text As String = jResp.StringOf("event.text")
Dim Title As String = jResp.StringOf("event.title")
Dim v_Url As String = jResp.StringOf("event.url")
Dim status As String = jResp.StringOf("status")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("event.tags")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
strVal = jResp.StringOf("event.tags[i]")
i = i + 1
End While
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}"
}
]
}
