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GET /events/actions/{action_name}

Use this method to return information about a specific event action.

Authentication

Authentication with username and password is required.

Request URL

GET https://{management_server_IP}/events/actions/{action_name}

where {action_name} is the name of the action to be retrieved. To obtain the action name, use the GET /events/actions method.

Query parameters

None

Request body

None

Response codes

CodeDescriptionComments
200OKThe request completed successfully.
401UnauthorizedThe user cannot be authenticated. Authentication has not been provided or has failed. A descriptive error message is returned in the response body.
500Internal Server ErrorAn internal error occurred. A descriptive error message is returned in the response body.

Response body

AttributesTypeDescription
eventFilterObjectInformation about the event filter
 fieldsArray of objectsFields to filter on and the associated REGEX string to filter.

The event field must match one of the supported fields in the event class (see Filtering events).

  fieldStringFields to filter on

This field must match one of the supported fields in the event class. For more information about filtering events, see Filtering events.

  valueStringAssociated REGEX string to filter
 filtertypeStringThe type of filter. This can be one of the following values.
  • FIELDREGEXAND. Event filter matches only if all fields find a match with the given field REGEX.
  • FIELDREGEXOR. Event filter matches if any field finds a match with the given field REGEX.
  • FIELDREGEXNOT. Event filter matches only if all fields do not find a match with the given field REGEX.
nameStringName used to identify the event action
Note
This name must be unique.
persistentStringIndicates whether this event action entry should be saved across restarts of the XClarity Administrator
portIntegerPort to use for this event action

The default port is 8080.

uriStringThe action or function to call when an incoming event is found to match the filter. The action must be a REST API supporting a POST call to the URI with the JSON object form of the event in the body.
The following example is returned if the request is successful.
{
"eventFilter": {
"fields": [{
"field": "eventID",
"value": "FQXHMDM0001I|FQXHMDI0002I|FQXHMDI0001I|FQXHMDI0003A|FQXHMDI0003G|FQXHMDI0004A|
FQXHMDI0101I|FQXHMDI0102I|FQXHMDI0103G|FQXHMDI0104G |FQXHMDI0024I|0EA04001|
0EA04002|0EA04003|0EA04004|0E004001|0E004002|0E004003|0E004004|0E004005|0E004006|
0E004007|0E004008|0E004009|0E004009||0E00400B|0E00400C|0E00400D|0E00400E|00284001|
00284002|806F012B210100FF"
}],
"filterType": "FIELDREGEXOR"
},
"persistent": "false",
"name": "updates_event_handler",
"port": "808",
"uri": "/stgupdates/inventory/events"
}