Events

Retrieving a list of events

Request

The request is a HTTP GET to the events URL. See below for full summary:

URL	/maddash/events
HTTP Method	GET

URL Parameters

Name	Value
gridName	Matches events that affect a certain grid. It can be specified multiple times.
rowName	Matches events that affect a certain row. It can be specified multiple times.
columnName	Matches events that affect a certain column. It can be specified multiple times.
checkName	Matches events that affect a certain check. It can be specified multiple times.
dimensionName	Matches events that affect a certain row or column. It can be specified multiple times.

Response

Type: application/json

Field	Type	Required	Description
events	JSON Array	Yes	List of events
events[n].uri	string	Yes	The URI where full event details can be found
events[n].name	string	Yes	The name of the event
events[n].description	string	Yes	A description of the event
events[n].startTime	UNIX timestamp	Yes	The time at which the event starts as a UNIX timestamp
events[n].endTime	UNIX timestamp	Yes	The time at which the event ends as a UNIX timestamp
events[n].changeStatus	boolean	Yes	True or false value indicating if event causes checks to be marked as down.

Example

{
   "events":[
      {
         "uri":"/maddash/events/18",
         "name":"Test",
         "description":"test",
         "startTime":1421865300,
         "endTime":1422470100,
         "changeStatus":true
      }
   ]
}

Retrieving a single event

Request

The request is a HTTP GET to the event URL. See below for full summary:

URL	/maddash/events/<id>
HTTP Method	GET

Response

Type: application/json

Field	Type	Required	Description
uri	string	Yes	The URI where full event details can be found
name	string	Yes	The name of the event
description	string	Yes	A description of the event
startTime	UNIX timestamp	Yes	The time at which the event starts as a UNIX timestamp
endTime	UNIX timestamp	Yes	The time at which the event ends as a UNIX timestamp
changeStatus	boolean	Yes	True or false value indicating if event causes checks to be marked as down.
checks	JSON Array	Yes	List of check URIs that are affected by this event

Example

{
   "uri":"/maddash/events/18",
   "name":"Test",
   "description":"test",
   "startTime":1421865300,
   "endTime":1422470100,
   "changeStatus":true,
   "checks":[
      "/maddash/grids/OWAMP/albq-owamp.es.net/bois-owamp.es.net/Loss",
      "/maddash/grids/OWAMP/albq-owamp.es.net/bost-owamp.es.net/Loss",
   ]
}

Creating an Event

Request

The request is a HTTP POST that must be authenticated using HTTP BASIC authentication:

URL	/maddash/admin/events
HTTP Method	POST

JSON Parameters

Name	Type | Required		Value
checkFilters	JSON Object	Yes	A JSON object with filters that select which checks will be affected by the event
checkFilters.gridName	JSON Array or String	No	A JSON array with the list of grids to select. Undefined or the string * means to match every thing.
checkFilters.rowName	JSON Array or String	No	A JSON array with the list of rows to select. Undefined or the string * means to match every thing.
checkFilters.columnName	JSON Array or String	No	A JSON array with the list of columns to select. Undefined or the string * means to match every thing.
checkFilters.checkName	JSON Array or String	No	A JSON array with the list of checks to select. Undefined or the string * means to match every thing.
checkFilters.dimensionName	JSON Array or String	No	A JSON array with the list of columns or rows to select. Undefined or the string * means to match every thing.
name	string	Yes	The name of the event
description	string	Yes	A description of the event
startTime	UNIX timestamp	Yes	The time at which the event starts as a UNIX timestamp
endTime	UNIX timestamp	Yes	The time at which the event ends as a UNIX timestamp
changeStatus	boolean	Yes	True or false value indicating if event causes checks to be marked as down.

Example

{
   "checkFilters": {
        "gridName": ["BWCTL"],
        "rowName": ["chic-pt1.es.net"],
        "columnName": "*",
        "checkName": "*",
   },
   "name":"Test",
   "description":"test",
   "startTime":1421865300,
   "endTime":1422470100,
   "changeStatus":true,
}

Response

Type: application/json

Field	Type	Required	Description
uri	string	Yes	The URI of the created event resource

Example

{
    "uri": "/maddash/events/19"
}

Deleting an Event

Request

The request is a HTTP DELETE that must be authenticated using HTTP BASIC authentication:

URL	/maddash/admin/events/<id>
HTTP Method	DELETE

Response

Type: application/json

Field	Type	Required	Description
status	integer	Yes	A value of 0 means the operation succeeded. Non-zero means an error occurred.
message	string	Yes	A message describing the result of the operation

Example

{
    "status": 0,
    "message": "Successfully deleted event"
}