Monitored entities API - GET an entity

Gets the full list of properties of the specified entity. The actual list depends on the entity type.

The request produces an application/json payload.

GET	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/entities/{entityId}`
GET	Environment ActiveGateCluster ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/entities/{entityId}`

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with entities.read scope.

To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
entityId	string	The ID of the required entity.	path	required
from	string	The start of the requested timeframe. You can use one of the following formats: Timestamp in UTC milliseconds. Human-readable format of `2021-01-25T05:57:01.123+01:00`. If no time zone is specified, UTC is used. You can use a space character instead of the `T`. Seconds and fractions of a second are optional. Relative timeframe, back from now. The format is `now-NU/A`, where `N` is the amount of time, `U` is the unit of time, and `A` is an alignment. The alignment rounds all the smaller values to the nearest zero in the past. For example, `now-1y/w` is one year back, aligned by a week. You can also specify relative timeframe without an alignment: `now-NU`. Supported time units for the relative timeframe are: `m`: minutes `h`: hours `d`: days `w`: weeks `M`: months `y`: years If not set, the relative timeframe of three days is used (`now-3d`).	query	optional
to	string	The end of the requested timeframe. You can use one of the following formats: Timestamp in UTC milliseconds. Human-readable format of `2021-01-25T05:57:01.123+01:00`. If no time zone is specified, UTC is used. You can use a space character instead of the `T`. Seconds and fractions of a second are optional. Relative timeframe, back from now. The format is `now-NU/A`, where `N` is the amount of time, `U` is the unit of time, and `A` is an alignment. The alignment rounds all the smaller values to the nearest zero in the past. For example, `now-1y/w` is one year back, aligned by a week. You can also specify relative timeframe without an alignment: `now-NU`. Supported time units for the relative timeframe are: `m`: minutes `h`: hours `d`: days `w`: weeks `M`: months `y`: years If not set, the current timestamp is used.	query	optional
fields	string	Defines the list of entity properties included in the response. The ID and the name of an entity are always included to the response. To add properties, list them with leading plus `+`. You can specify several properties, separated by a comma (for example `fields=+lastSeenTms,+properties.BITNESS`). Use the GET entity type request to fetch the list of properties available for your entity type. Fields from the properties object must be specified in the `properties.FIELD` format (for example, `properties.BITNESS`). When requesting large amounts of relationship fields, throttling can apply.	query	optional

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
200	Entity	Success
4XX	ErrorEnvelope	Client side error.
5XX	ErrorEnvelope	Server side error.

Response body objects

The `Entity` object

The properties of a monitored entity.

Element	Type	Description
displayName	string	The name of the entity, displayed in the UI.
entityId	string	The ID of the entity.
firstSeenTms	integer	The timestamp at which the entity was first seen, in UTC milliseconds.
fromRelationships	object	A list of relationships where the entity occupies the FROM position.
icon	EntityIcon	The icon of a monitored entity.
lastSeenTms	integer	The timestamp at which the entity was last seen, in UTC milliseconds.
managementZones	ManagementZone[]	A set of management zones to which the entity belongs.
properties	object	A list of additional properties of the entity.
tags	METag[]	A set of tags assigned to the entity.
toRelationships	object	A list of relationships where the entity occupies the TO position.
type	string	The type of the entity.

The `EntityId` object

A short representation of a monitored entity.

Element	Type	Description
id	string	The ID of the entity.
type	string	The type of the entity.

The `EntityIcon` object

The icon of a monitored entity.

Element	Type	Description
customIconPath	string	The user-defined icon of the entity. Specify the barista ID of the icon or a URL of your own icon.
primaryIconType	string	The primary icon of the entity. Specified by the barista ID of the icon.
secondaryIconType	string	The secondary icon of the entity. Specified by the barista ID of the icon.

Element

Type

Description

customIconPath

string

The user-defined icon of the entity.

Specify the barista ID of the icon or a URL of your own icon.

primaryIconType

string

The primary icon of the entity.

Specified by the barista ID of the icon.

secondaryIconType

string

The secondary icon of the entity.

Specified by the barista ID of the icon.

The `ManagementZone` object

A short representation of a management zone.

Element	Type	Description
id	string	The ID of the management zone.
name	string	The name of the management zone.

The `METag` object

The tag of a monitored entity.

Element	Type	Description
context	string	The origin of the tag, such as AWS or Cloud Foundry. Custom tags use the `CONTEXTLESS` value.
key	string	The key of the tag.
stringRepresentation	string	The string representation of the tag.
value	string	The value of the tag.

Response body JSON model

{
  "displayName": "my host",
  "entityId": "HOST-06F288EE2A930951",
  "firstSeenTms": 1574697667547,
  "fromRelationships": {
    "isInstanceOf": [
      {
        "id": "HOST_GROUP-0E489369D663A4BF",
        "type": "HOST_GROUP"
      }
    ]
  },
  "icon": {
    "customIconPath": "host",
    "primaryIconType": "linux",
    "secondaryIconType": "microsoft-azure-signet"
  },
  "lastSeenTms": 1588242361417,
  "managementZones": [
    {
      "id": "6239538939987181652",
      "name": "main app"
    }
  ],
  "properties": {
    "bitness": 64,
    "cpuCores": 8,
    "monitoringMode": "FULL_STACK",
    "networkZoneId": "aws.us.east01",
    "osArchitecture": "X86",
    "osType": "LINUX"
  },
  "tags": [
    {
      "context": "CONTEXTLESS",
      "key": "architecture",
      "stringRepresentation": "architecture:x86",
      "value": "x86"
    },
    {
      "context": "ENVIRONMENT",
      "key": "Infrastructure",
      "stringRepresentation": "[ENVIRONMENT]Infrastructure:Linux",
      "value": "Linux"
    }
  ],
  "toRelationships": {
    "isDiskOf": [
      {
        "id": "DISK-0393340DCA3853B0",
        "type": "DISK"
      }
    ]
  },
  "type": "HOST"
}

Example

In this example, the request lists the properties of the dotNetBackend_easyTravel_x64 service, which has the ID of SERVICE-1125C375A187D27A.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Curl

curl -L -X GET 'https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/entities/SERVICE-1125C375A187D27A' \
-H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/entities/SERVICE-1125C375A187D27A

Response body

{
  "entityId": "SERVICE-1125C375A187D27A",
  "displayName": "dotNetBackend_easyTravel_x64",
  "firstSeenTms": 1424310498896,
  "lastSeenTms": 1590609632865,
  "properties": {
    "serviceType": "WEB_REQUEST_SERVICE",
    "internalName": "dotNetBackend_easyTravel_x64",
    "webServerName": "dotNetBackend_easyTravel_x64",
    "softwareTechnologies": [
      {
        "edition": "FullCLR",
        "version": "2.0.50727"
      },
      {
        "type": "DOTNET",
        "edition": ".NET Framework",
        "version": "3.5.1.0"
      },
      {
        "type": "ADO_NET",
        "edition": "System.Data",
        "version": "2.0.50727.8751"
      },
      {
        "type": "ASP_DOTNET",
        "version": "3.5.1.0"
      },
      {
        "type": "IIS_APP_POOL",
        "version": "10.0.14393.0"
      },
      {
        "type": "DOTNET_REMOTING",
        "version": "2.0.50727.8771"
      }
    ],
    "serviceTechnologyTypes": [
      "IIS app pool",
      "ASP.NET",
      "DotNet"
    ],
    "mainServiceSoftwareTech": {
      "type": "ASP_DOTNET"
    },
    "contextRoot": "/",
    "agentTechnologyType": "DOTNET"
  },
  "tags": [
    {
      "context": "CONTEXTLESS",
      "key": "customService",
      "stringRepresentation": "customService"
    },
    {
      "context": "CONTEXTLESS",
      "key": "easytravel",
      "value": "backend",
      "stringRepresentation": "easytravel:backend"
    }
  ],
  "mangementZones": [
    {
      "id": "2827032493241090264",
      "name": "allServices"
    },
    {
      "id": "9130632296508575249",
      "name": "Easytravel"
    }
  ],
  "fromRelationships": {
    "calls": [
      {
        "id": "SERVICE-775060208AAA1058",
        "type": "SERVICE"
      },
      {
        "id": "SERVICE-6737CDED8F9BF969",
        "type": "SERVICE"
      }
    ],
    "runsOn": [
      {
        "id": "PROCESS_GROUP-0A9A52EA262BC039",
        "type": "PROCESS_GROUP"
      }
    ],
    "runsOnHost": [
      {
        "id": "HOST-B64B6B9CB11E2244",
        "type": "HOST"
      },
      {
        "id": "HOST-CF61BC45E6282234",
        "type": "HOST"
      }
    ],
    "runsOnProcessGroupInstance": [
      {
        "id": "PROCESS_GROUP_INSTANCE-DE765F657721AF59",
        "type": "PROCESS_GROUP_INSTANCE"
      }
    ]
  },
  "toRelationships": {
    "calls": [
      {
        "id": "SERVICE-D20E300A0A6814EF",
        "type": "SERVICE"
      },
      {
        "id": "SERVICE-7675DAA7464128F8",
        "type": "SERVICE"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response code

200

Monitored entities API - GET an entity

Authentication

Parameters

Response

Response codes

Response body objects

The Entity object

The EntityId object

The EntityIcon object

The ManagementZone object

The METag object

Response body JSON model

Example

Curl

Request URL

Response body

Response code

Related topics

The `Entity` object

The `EntityId` object

The `EntityIcon` object

The `ManagementZone` object

The `METag` object