Synthetic locations API - GET all locations

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Published Jul 25, 2019

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Lists all locations, public and private, and their parameters available for your environment.

The request produces an application/json payload.

GET	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/synthetic/locations`
GET	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v1/synthetic/locations`

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with one of the following scopes:

DataExport
ExternalSyntheticIntegration
ReadSyntheticData

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

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
cloudPlatform	string	Filters the resulting set of locations to those which are hosted on a specific cloud platform. `AWS` `AZURE` `ALIBABA` `GOOGLE_CLOUD` `OTHER`	query	optional
type	string	Filters the resulting set of locations by a specific type. `PUBLIC` `PRIVATE`	query	optional

Response

Response codes

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

Response body objects

The `SyntheticLocations` object

A list of synthetic locations.

Element	Type	Description
locations	LocationCollectionElement[]	A list of synthetic locations.

The `LocationCollectionElement` object

A synthetic location.

Element	Type	Description
capabilities	string[]	The list of location's capabilities.
cloudPlatform	string	The cloud provider where the location is hosted. Only applicable to `PUBLIC` locations. `ALIBABA` `AMAZON_EC2` `AZURE` `DYNATRACE_CLOUD` `GOOGLE_CLOUD` `INTEROUTE` `OTHER` `UNDEFINED`
entityId	string	The Dynatrace entity ID of the location.
ips	string[]	The list of IP addresses assigned to the location. Only applicable to `PUBLIC` locations.
name	string	The name of the location.
stage	string	The release stage of the location. `BETA` `COMING_SOON` `DELETED` `GA`
status	string	The status of the location. `DISABLED` `ENABLED` `HIDDEN`
type	string	The type of the location. `CLUSTER` `PRIVATE` `PUBLIC`

Response body JSON model

{
  "locations": [
    {
      "capabilities": [
        "BROWSER",
        "HTTP"
      ],
      "cloudPlatform": "AMAZON_EC2",
      "entityId": "GEOLOCATION-B8D793BCA914E0AF",
      "ips": [
        "134.189.153.97",
        "134.189.153.98"
      ],
      "name": "Gdansk",
      "stage": "GA",
      "status": "ENABLED",
      "type": "PUBLIC"
    },
    {
      "entityId": "SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-53F47ECB33907667",
      "name": "My private location",
      "status": "ENABLED",
      "type": "PRIVATE"
    }
  ]
}

Example

In this example, the request lists all synthetic locations available for the mySampleEnv environment.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

The result is truncated to three entries.

Curl

curl -X GET \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/synthetic/locations \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/synthetic/locations

Response body

{
  "locations": [
    {
      "name": "Amazon US East (N. Virginia)",
      "entityId": "GEOLOCATION-95196F3C9A4F4215",
      "type": "PUBLIC",
      "cloudPlatform": "AMAZON_EC2",
      "ips": [
        "134.189.153.97",
        "134.189.153.98",
        "134.189.153.99"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "AWS Europe (London)",
      "entityId": "GEOLOCATION-A9022AAFA0763F56",
      "type": "PUBLIC",
      "cloudPlatform": "AMAZON_EC2",
      "ips": [
        "243.22.221.174",
        "104.179.71.29"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gdansk HTTP",
      "entityId": "SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-9C75B59442498323",
      "type": "PRIVATE"
    }
  ]
}

Response code

200

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