opEvents versions 2.0 and newer provide a REST-style API for limited event management, e.g. creation and retrieval of single events, and lookup of events.
This version also comes with a simple client (both source and compiled), /usr/local/omk/bin/create_remote_event.pl
(and .exe
).
Authentication is required to access any of the methods listed below.
POST /omk/opEvents/login
You must authenticate to opEvents first. Two parameters must be supplied as post-body, username and password.
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
username | The username to authenticate with |
password | The password for the user |
A cookie is created and sent with the response. This must be saved and used with subsequent requests.
POST /omk/opEvents/events
The body of the request must be a valid JSON document, containing the desired event properties as a hash. Some properties (e.g. date
, time
) can be omitted and will be filled in automatically. As an absolute minimum, a node
or a host
property, and an event
property must be present. If (and only if!) node
is not present, then opEvents looks up host
and attempts to find the canonical node for the hostname or IP address from the host
property - this heuristic is described in more detail here. The resulting node
must be known to opEvents and must not be disabled for opEvents.
Request Example
{ "node": "test-node", "event": "Node Down", "level": "Major", "priority": 6, "state": "down", "stateful": "Node", "details" : "Ping failed" } |
HTTP Status | HTTP Headers | Body | Description |
---|---|---|---|
201 | Location | JSON hash with success and id properties | The success property is set to 1 and only if the request was successful. The id property is the new event's ID (but see the Limitations section below) The Location header contains the complete URL for retrieving the newly created event. |
HTTP Status | Body | Description |
---|---|---|
401 | N/A | You are not authenticated. |
404 | N/A | You are authenticated but not authorised to create events in opEvents. |
400 | JSON hash with success being 0 and an error property. | The error property contains an explanation of what went wrong with your request, e.g. why the parameters were considered invalid. |
If your GET call provides an Accept
header indicating JSON, or if you use /events.json
as URI, then opEvents will look for matching events and return their properties in the form of a JSON array of hashes. Extra query parameters can be used to narrow down the listing or search for particular events only; without parameters you will get all events of the last two hours.
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
o_start , o_end | Start and end of the period you are interested in. Note, you should pass o_summarise=1 to make sure UNIX time is not rounded. |
o_node | Name of the node you are interested in. You can use " regex:<regular expression> " or a plain text string. |
ev_event_name | Name of the event you are interested in. You can use " regex:<regular expression> " or a plain text string. |
ev_event_type | Type of the event, i.e. what source it came from. e.g: nmis_eventlog , api . |
ev_event_element | Element in question. Not present for all events. Regex or plain text string. |
| Details that were supplied with the event. Not present for all events. Regex or plain text string. |
HTTP Status | Body | Description |
---|---|---|
200 | JSON array of hashes | Each array element is a hash of the raw properties of the event in question. |
HTTP Status | Body | Description |
---|---|---|
401 | N/A | You are not authenticated. |
404 | N/A | You are authenticated but not authorised to create events in opEvents. |
200 | Empty JSON array | Your request was valid, but there were no matching events. |
If your GET call provides an Accept
header indicating JSON, or if you use /events/<eventid>.json
as URI, then the event will be looked up and all properties will be returned in the form of a JSON hash.
HTTP Status | Body |
---|---|
200 | JSON hash with all known event properties. |
HTTP Status | Body | Description |
---|---|---|
401 | N/A | You are not authenticated. |
404 | N/A | You are authenticated but not authorised to view events in opEvents. |
404 | JSON hash with an error property. | The |