Create Metric Token
Creates a new metric token that can be used to access the metric without authentication.
Request
HTTP Request
Path parameters
No parameters required.
Body parameters
Parameter | Type | Field |
---|---|---|
metric | String | The name of the metric for which to create a token. |
entityId | String | The ID of the entity that has the specified metric. |
entityType | String | The type of the entity that owns the specified metric. 1 is object, 2 is link. |
Request body
Response
Response contains the information passed in the request body and the created metric token stored in the id
field.
Example
Request
let login = <...>
let password = <...>
let saymonHostname = <...>
let path = "/node/api/metric-token";
let auth = "Basic " + btoa(login + ":" + password);
let headers = new Headers();
headers.append("Content-Type", "application/json");
headers.append("Authorization", auth);
let data = JSON.stringify({
"entityId": "5e7dbc31f988c426bb372053",
"entityType": 1,
"metric": "averageCpuLoad"
});
let requestOptions = {
method: "POST",
headers: headers,
body: data
};
fetch(saymonHostname + path, requestOptions)
.then(response => response.text())
.then(result => console.log(result))
.catch(error => console.log("error", error));
const http = require("http");
let login = <...>
let password = <...>
let saymonHostname = <...>
let path = "/node/api/metric-token/";
let auth = "Basic " + Buffer.from(login + ":" + password).toString("base64");
let options = {
"method": "POST",
"hostname": saymonHostname,
"headers": {
"Authorization": auth,
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
"path": path
};
let req = http.request(options, function (res) {
let chunks = [];
res.on("data", function (chunk) {
chunks.push(chunk);
});
res.on("end", function (chunk) {
let body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
console.log(body.toString());
});
res.on("error", function (error) {
console.error(error);
});
});
let data = JSON.stringify({
"entityId": "5e7dbc31f988c426bb372053",
"entityType": 1,
"metric": "averageCpuLoad"
});
req.write(data);
req.end();
import requests
login = <...>
password = <...>
saymon_hostname = <...>
url = "https://" + saymon_hostname + "/node/api/metric-token"
body = {
"entityId": "5e21b85b308c3c66d64e07d2",
"entityType": 1,
"metric": "averageCpuLoad"
}
response = requests.request("POST", url, json=body, auth=(login, password))
print(response.text)