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getAlertDetails

A Graze API GET request that returns details, such as the description or severity, of an alert.

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Request arguments

Endpoint getAlertDetails takes the following request arguments:

Name

Type

Required

Description

auth_token

String

Yes

A valid auth_token returned from the authenticate request. Alternatively, basic authenticate headers can be used in place of this parameter. See the authenticate endpoint for more information and usage examples.

alert_id

Number

Yes

Alert ID.

Response

Endpoint getAlertDetails returns the following response:

Successful requests return a JSON object which contains alert details from the following:

Name

Type

Description

active_sitn_list

Number list

A list of Situation IDs of the active Situations to which this alert belongs.

agent

String

Agent name associated with this alert. *

agent_location

String

Agent location associated with this alert. *

alert_id

Number

Alert ID.

class

String

Class associated with this alert. *

count

Number

Number of times that this alert has occurred.

custom_info

JSON object

A JSON object containing the custom information.

description

String

Description associated with this alert. *

entropy

Number

Entropy value of the alert, the measure of probability that an alert will arrive in the system at any given time. This is a value between 0 (very certain) and 1 (very uncertain).

external_id

String

External ID associated with this alert. *

first_event_time

Number

Timestamp (in Unix epoch time) of the first occurrence of the alert.

int_last_event_time

Number

Internal Moogsoft Enterprise timestamp (in Unix epoch time) of the last occurrence of this alert.

last_event_time

Number

Timestamp (in Unix epoch time) of the last occurrence of this alert.

last_state_change

Number

Timestamp (in Unix epoch time) of the last state change of this alert.

manager

String

Manager name associated with this alert. *

owner

Number

ID of the user that this alert is assigned to.

severity

Number

signature

String

Unique alert identifier.

significance

Number

Significance of the alert as an integer:

  • 0 = Collateral

  • 1 = Related

  • 2 = Impacting

  • 3 = Causal

source

String

Source associated with this alert. *

source_id

String

Source ID associated with the alert. *

state

Number

Indicates the lifecycle state of the alert.

type

String

Type associated with this alert. *

* = These details are derived from the input event text field, via the LAMs.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate typical use of endpoint getAlertDetails:

Request example

Example cURL request to return the details for alert ID 3968:

curl -G -u graze:graze -k -v "https://localhost/graze/v1/getAlertDetails" --data-urlencode "alert_id=3968"

Response example

Example response returning the details of alert ID 3968:

{
   "active_sitn_list":[1], 
   "agent":"TestBed",
   "agent_location":"localhost",
   "alert_id":3968,
   "class":"WebMon",
   "count":2,
   "custom_info":null,
   "description":"Web Server HTTPD is DOWN",
   "external_id":"12345",
   "first_event_time":1416307126,
   "int_last_event_time":1416307188,
   "last_event_time":1416307131,
   "last_state_change":1416307144,
   "manager":"WebMon",
   "owner":2, 
   "severity":0,
   "signature":"SIG:Web Server Down Trap:xldn1458pap:10",
   "significance":3,
   "source":"xldn1458pap",
   "source_id":"xldn1458pap",
   "state":9, 
   "type":"HTTPDDown"
}