Problems API - POST a comment

This API is deprecated. Use the Problems API v2 instead.

Adds a comments to the specified problem.

The request consumes and produces an application/json payload.

POST	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/problem/details/{problemId}/comments`
POST	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v1/problem/details/{problemId}/comments`

Authentication

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

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

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
problemId	string	The ID of the problem where you want to add the comment.	path	required
body	PushProblemComment	JSON body of the request, containing the comment.	body	optional

Request body objects

The `PushProblemComment` object

A comment of a problem

Element	Type	Description	Required
comment	string	A comment on the problem.	required
context	string	The context of the comment. It can contain any additional information.	optional
user	string	The author of the comment.	required

Request body JSON model

This is a model of the request body, showing the possible elements. It has to be adjusted for usage in an actual request.

{
  "comment": "This is a comment!",
  "context": "Slack",
  "user": "user1"
}

Response

Response codes

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

Response body objects

The `ProblemComment` object

The comment to the problem.

Element	Type	Description
content	string	The text of the comment.
context	string	The context of the comment. Could be any textual comment. You can only set it via REST API.
createdAtTimestamp	integer	The timestamp of the comment creation, in UTC milliseconds.
id	string	The ID of the comment.
userName	string	The author of the comment.

Response body JSON model

{
  "content": "string",
  "context": "string",
  "createdAtTimestamp": 1,
  "id": "string",
  "userName": "string"
}

Example

In this example, the request adds a new comment on the problem with ID 2307087411653364173_1538400720000V2.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Curl

curl -X POST \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/problem/details/2307087411653364173_1538400720000V2/comments \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "comment": "This one is probably caused by network",
  "user": "john.smith",
  "context": "Slack"
}'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/problem/details/2307087411653364173_1538400720000V2/comments

Request body

{
  "comment": "This one is probably caused by network",
  "user": "john.smith",
  "context": "Slack"
}

Response body

{
    "id": "-6026872125973307382_1538400720000",
    "createdAtTimestamp": 1538559856030,
    "content": "This one is probably caused by network",
    "userName": "john.smith",
    "context": "Slack"
}

Response code

200