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The alerts resource supports the following operations.

Method	URL	Description
GET	`alerts`	Get a list of all alerts.
GET	`alerts/{alert_id}`	Get a single alert by alert id.
POST	`alerts/disposition`	Disposition an Alert through API.

GET¶

/alerts

/alerts/{alert_id}

GET Parameters

alert_id - Optional input parameter specifying alert by alert_id.

Example

/alerts/104
GET Query Parameters

Query parameters are only used with GET requests and can be appended to the URL with a ? sign:

?reference_id - Optional query parameter specifying the alert by reference_id.

Example

/alerts?reference_id=20000-55000002-00-01-2784-2
Response Codes

HTTP Status Code

Reason

200

Success
Response Body

AlertResult

HTTP Status Code	Reason
200	Success

Example Curl Request

Command with alert_id:

curl -k -w '\nRESP_CODE: %{response_code}\n'
     -X GET https://10.13.37.12/api/alerts/807

Output:

{"alerts":[{
     "ALERTLOG_ID":"807",
     "ALERT_MESSAGE":"Node: tarb(127.0.0.1) - Alert 1 : User (admin) : Device (tarb)",
     "STATMON_ID":"1",
     "STATMON_LIFE_ID":"1",
     "CYCLE_NUM":"0",
     "LOG_DATE":"1485531000",
     "LAST_ESC_DATE":"1485534603",
     "ACK_DATE":"1486064927",
     "LAST_UPDATED":"0",
     "ACK_LEVEL":-1,
     "PCOUNTER":1,
     "ASC_ID":11,
     "IRP_ID":"1",
     "IRS_ID":"107",
     "AD_ID":2,
     "REFERENCE_ID":"20000- 55000002-00-01-2785-4",
     "USER_NAME":"admin",
     "NODE":"tarb",
     "SHORT_MESSAGE":"Alert 1 : User (admin) : Device (tarb)",
     "RULE_NAME":"Alert  1",
     "POLICY_NAME":"Kenny",
     "DISPOSITION_SCRIPT":".\/scripts\/disptest.php",
     "DISPOSITION_CONFIG":""}]
 }

RESP_CODE: 200

Command with reference_id:

curl -k -w '\nRESP_CODE: %{response_code}\n'
     -X GET https://10.13.37.12/api/alerts?
              reference_id=20000-55000002-00-01-2785-4

Output:

{"alerts":[{
     "ALERTLOG_ID":"807",
     "ALERT_MESSAGE":"Node: tarb(127.0.0.1) - Alert 1 : User (admin) : Device (tarb)",
     "STATMON_ID":"1",
     "STATMON_LIFE_ID":"1",
     "CYCLE_NUM":"0",
     "LOG_DATE":"1485531000",
     "LAST_ESC_DATE":"1485534603",
     "ACK_DATE":"1486064927",
     "LAST_UPDATED":"0",
     "ACK_LEVEL":-1,
     "PCOUNTER":1,
     "ASC_ID":11,
     "IRP_ID":"1",
     "IRS_ID":"107",
     "AD_ID":2,
     "REFERENCE_ID":"20000- 55000002-00-01-2785-4",
     "USER_NAME":"admin",
     "NODE":"tarb",
     "SHORT_MESSAGE":"Alert 1 : User (admin) : Device (tarb)",
     "RULE_NAME":"Alert  1",
     "POLICY_NAME":"Kenny",
     "DISPOSITION_SCRIPT":".\/scripts\/disptest.php",
     "DISPOSITION_C  ONFIG":""}]
}

RESP_CODE: 200

POST¶

POST Parameters

The alerts POST API only accepts parameters form. The request application/x-www-form-urlencode body should be in the following format:

reference_id=value&disposition=14&username=value

The required fields are the following:

Field name	Type	Description
`reference_id`	Text	The reference id of the alert that needs to be dispositioned.
`disposition`	Number	The valid values are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 14, 15. Please see disposition table for description.
`username`	Text	The username making the request. Used only for tracking and logging.

Disposition Description

Value	Description
0	Open.
1	Under Review.
2	Acknowledged.
3	Release.
4	Disregarded. This will delete Alert from system.
14	Closed.
15	Closed and Locked. This will delete Alert from system.

Example Curl Request

curl -k -w '\nRESP_CODE: %{response_code}\n'
     -X POST https://10.13.37.14/api/alerts/disposition
     -d 'reference_id=10000-01000009-00-01-4607- 4&disposition=2&username=testuser'

Output:

{"alerts":{
    "ok":true,
    "data":{
       "ALERTLOG_ID":117760,
       "ALERT_MESSAGE":"Node: tarb50.14(10.13.37.14) - Tcritical : Severity  (critical)",
       "STATMON_ID":1,
       "STATMON_LIFE_ID":1,
       "CYCLE_NUM":0,
       "LOG_DATE":1571839153,
       "LAST_ESC_DATE":1571842756,
       "ACK_DATE":1571856666,
       "LAST_UPDATED":0,
       "ACK_LEVEL":-1,
       "PCOUNTER" :1,
       "ASC_ID":11,
       "IRP_ID":2,
       "IRS_ID":5,
       "AD_ID":"2",
       "REFERENCE_ID":"10000-01000009-00-01- 4607-4",
       "USER_NAME":null,
       "NODE":"tarb50.14",
       "SHORT_MESSAGE":"Tcritical : Severity  (critical)",
       "RULE_NAME":"Tcritical",
       "POLICY_NAME":"Touy",
       "DISPOSITION_SCRIPT":"",
       "DISPO  SITION_CONFIG":""},
    "query":""}}

RESP_CODE: 200

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