Querying Events and Alarms

Function

This API is used to query events and alarms of a user.

URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/events

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID obtained from IAM. Generally, a project ID contains 32 characters.

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

type

No

String

Type of information to be queried. active_alert: Active alarms are to be queried. history_alert: Historical alarms are to be queried. If this parameter is not transferred or other values are transferred, information that meets the specified search criteria will be returned.

Enumeration values:

  • history_alert

  • active_alert

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token obtained from IAM.

Content-Type

Yes

String

Content type, which is application/json.

Enumeration values:

  • application/json

Table 4 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

time_range

Yes

String

Time range specified to query data of the last N minutes when the client time is inconsistent with the server time. It can also be used to accurately query the data of a specified period.

Example:

  • -1.-1.60: indicates that the data of the latest 60 minutes is queried. This query is based on the server time regardless of the current client time.

  • 1650852000000.1650852300000.5: indicates the five minutes from 10:00:00 to 10:05:00 on April 25, 2022 GMT+08:00.

Format:

startTimeInMillis.endTimeInMillis.durationInMinutes

Parameter description:

  • startTimeInMillis: Start time of the query, in milliseconds. If this parameter is set to -1, the server calculates the start time as follows: endTimeInMillis - durationInMinutes x 60 x 1000. For example, -1.1650852300000.5 is equivalent to 1650852000000.1650852300000.5.

  • endTimeInMillis: End time of the query, in milliseconds. If this parameter is set to -1, the server calculates the end time as follows: startTimeInMillis + durationInMinutes x 60 x 1000. If the calculated end time is later than the current system time, the current system time is used. For example, 1650852000000.-1.5 is equivalent to 1650852000000.1650852300000.5.

  • durationInMinutes: Time span, in minutes. The value must be greater than 0 and greater than or equal to the result of "(endTimeInMillis - startTimeInMillis)/(60 x 1000) - 1". If both the start time and end time are set to -1, the system sets the end time to the current UTC time (in milliseconds) and calculates the start time as follows: endTimeInMillis - durationInMinutes x 60 x 1000. For example, -1.-1.60 indicates the latest 60 minutes.

Constraint:

In a single request, the following condition must be met: durationInMinutes x 60/period <= 1440

step

No

Long

Statistical step (unit: ms). For example, if the statistical step is one minute, set this parameter to 60,000.

search

No

String

Field specified for fuzzy query, which can be left blank. If this field is not left blank, fuzzy query can be performed accordingly. In that case, the metadata field is mandatory.

sort

No

sort object

Sorting order, which can be left blank.

metadata_relation

No

Array of RelationModel objects

Combination of search criteria, which can be left blank.

Table 5 sort

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

order_by

No

Array of strings

List of sorted fields. Fields in this list are sorted based on the specified order.

order

No

String

Sorting order. asc: ascending order. desc: descending order.

Enumeration values:

  • asc

  • desc

Table 6 RelationModel

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key

No

String

Key specified for query, which corresponds to the key in the metadata.

value

No

Array of strings

Value of the specified key in the search criterion.

relation

No

String

Relationship between search criteria. Values: AND: All criteria must be met. OR: One of the criteria needs to be met. NOT: None of the criteria can be met.

Enumeration values:

  • AND

  • OR

  • NOT

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

events

Array of EventModel objects

Event or alarm details.

Table 8 EventModel

Parameter

Type

Description

starts_at

Long

Time when an event or alarm is generated (CST timestamp precise down to the millisecond).

ends_at

Long

Time when an event or alarm is cleared (CST timestamp precise down to the millisecond). 0: The event or alarm is not deleted.

timeout

Long

Duration (in milliseconds) at which an alarm is automatically cleared. For example, if an alarm needs to be automatically cleared in one minute, set this parameter to 60000. The default value is 3 days (that is, 3 days x 24 hours x 60 minutes x 1000 ms = 4,320,000 ms).

metadata

Map<String,String>

Details of an event or alarm. The value is a key-value pair. The following fields are mandatory:

  • event_name: event or alarm name, which is a string.

  • event_severity: event severity, which is an enumerated value with string elements. Value: Critical, Major, Minor, or Info.

  • event_type: event type, which is an enumerated value with string elements. Value: event or alarm.

  • resource_provider: name of a cloud service corresponding to an event, which is a string.

  • resource_type: resource type corresponding to an event, which is a string.

  • resource_id: resource ID corresponding to an event, which is a string.

annotations

Map<String,String>

Additional field for an event or alarm, which can be left blank.

attach_rule

Map<String,String>

Reserved field for an event or alarm, which can be left blank.

id

String

Event or alarm ID, which is automatically generated by the system.

Status code: 400

Table 9 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Response code.

error_msg

String

Error description.

error_type

String

API call failure type.

Status code: 401

Table 10 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Response code.

error_msg

String

Error description.

error_type

String

API call failure type.

Status code: 403

Table 11 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Response code.

error_msg

String

Error description.

error_type

String

API call failure type.

Status code: 500

Table 12 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Response code.

error_msg

String

Error description.

error_type

String

API call failure type.

Status code: 503

Table 13 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Response code.

error_msg

String

Error description.

error_type

String

API call failure type.

Example Requests

Query the events and alarms of a specified user.

https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/events

{
  "time_range" : "-1.-1.30",
  "metadata_relation" : [ {
    "key" : "event_type",
    "relation" : "AND",
    "value" : [ "alarm" ]
  }, {
    "key" : "event_severity",
    "relation" : "AND",
    "value" : [ "Critical", "Major", "Minor", "Info" ]
  } ],
  "search" : "",
  "sort" : {
    "order_by" : [ "starts_at" ],
    "order" : "desc"
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

OK: The request is successful.

{
  "events" : [ {
    "annotations" : {
      "alarm_probableCause_zh_cn" : "Possible Causes",
      "message" : "Alarm Details",
      "alarm_fix_suggestion_zh_cn" : "Suggestions"
    },
    "attach_rule" : { },
    "ends_at" : 0,
    "id" : "6775161208461480000",
    "metadata" : {
      "event_type" : "alarm",
      "event_severity" : "Major",
      "resource_type" : "vm",
      "event_name" : "test",
      "resource_id" : "ecs123",
      "resource_provider" : "ecs"
    },
    "starts_at" : 16377362908000,
    "timeout" : 60000
  } ]
}

Status code: 400

Bad Request: The request is invalid. The client should not repeat the request without modifications.

{
  "error_code" : "AOM.0400",
  "error_message" : "param error",
  "error_type" : "SC_BAD_REQUEST"
}

Status code: 401

Unauthorized: The authentication information is incorrect or invalid.

{
  "error_code" : "AOM.0401",
  "error_message" : "you dont have permission",
  "error_type" : "SC_UNAUTHORIZED"
}

Status code: 403

Forbidden: The request is rejected. The server has received the request and understood it, but the server refuses to respond to it. The client should not repeat the request without modifications.

{
  "error_code" : "AOM.0403",
  "error_message" : "you dont have permission",
  "error_type" : "SC_FORBIDDEN"
}

Status code: 500

Internal Server Error: The server is able to receive the request but unable to understand the request.

{
  "error_code" : "AOM.0500",
  "error_message" : "SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR",
  "error_type" : "SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR"
}

Status code: 503

Service Unavailable: The requested service is invalid. The client should not repeat the request without modifications.

{
  "error_code" : "AOM.0503",
  "error_message" : "SC_NOT_IMPLEMENTED",
  "error_type" : "SC_NOT_IMPLEMENTED"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

OK: The request is successful.

400

Bad Request: The request is invalid. The client should not repeat the request without modifications.

401

Unauthorized: The authentication information is incorrect or invalid.

403

Forbidden: The request is rejected. The server has received the request and understood it, but the server refuses to respond to it. The client should not repeat the request without modifications.

500

Internal Server Error: The server is able to receive the request but unable to understand the request.

503

Service Unavailable: The requested service is invalid. The client should not repeat the request without modifications.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.