Reports API - POST subscribe to a report
Subscribes the specified users to the specified report. All existing subscriptions remain intact.
The request consumes and produces an application/json
payload.
POST | SaaS | https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/reports/{id}/subscribe |
Environment ActiveGate | https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/reports/{id}/subscribe |
Authentication
To execute this request, you need an access token with WriteConfig
scope.
To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.
Parameters
Parameter | Type | Description | In | Required |
---|---|---|---|---|
id | string | The ID of the report to subscribe to. | path | required |
body | Report | The JSON body of the request. Contains a list of new subscribers. | body | optional |
Request body objects
The ReportSubscriptions
object
Configuration of a report subscription.
Element | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
recipients | string[] | A list of the recipients. You can specify email addresses or Dynatrace user IDs here. | required |
schedule | string | The schedule of the subscription.
| 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.
{"recipients": ["demo@email.com","demo2@email.com"],"schedule": "WEEK"}
Response
Response codes
Code | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
201 | Entity | Success. The new subscriptions have been created. The response body contains the report ID. |
400 | Error | Failed. The input is invalid. |
Response body objects
The EntityShortRepresentation
object
The short representation of a Dynatrace entity.
Element | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
description | string | A short description of the Dynatrace entity. |
id | string | The ID of the Dynatrace entity. |
name | string | The name of the Dynatrace entity. |
Response body JSON model
{"description": "Dynatrace entity for the REST API example","id": "6a98d7bc-abb9-44f8-ae6a-73e68e71812a","name": "Dynatrace entity"}
Example
In this example, the request updates the report from the POST request example. It adds the weekly subscriptions for the Dynatrace user ryan.white.
The API token is passed in the Authorization header.
Curl
curl -X POST \https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/reports/f78f78f5-00bd-4cc1-9e8b-ecfd1e379a73/subscribe \-H 'Accept: application/json' \-H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890' \-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \-d '{"schedule": "WEEK","recipients": ["ryan.white"]}'
Request URL
https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/reports/f78f78f5-00bd-4cc1-9e8b-ecfd1e379a73/subscribe
Request body
{"schedule": "WEEK","recipients": ["ryan.white"]}
Response body
{"id": "f78f78f5-00bd-4cc1-9e8b-ecfd1e379a73"}
Response code
201