Custom tags API - POST tags

Add custom tags to the specified monitored entities.

The request consumes and produces an application/json payload.

POSTSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/tags
Environment ActiveGateCluster ActiveGatehttps://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/tags

Authentication

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

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

Parameters

Parameter
Type
Description
In
Required
entitySelector
string

Specifies the entities where you want to update tags.

You must set one of these criteria:

  • Entity type: type("TYPE")
  • Dynatrace entity ID: entityId("id"). You can specify several IDs, separated by a comma (entityId("id-1","id-2")). All requested entities must be of the same type.

You can add one or more of the following criteria. Values are case-sensitive and the EQUALS operator is used unless otherwise specified.

  • Tag: tag("value"). Tags in [context]key:value, key:value, and value formats are detected and parsed automatically. Any colons (:) that are part of the key or value must be escaped with a backslash(\). Otherwise, it will be interpreted as the separator between the key and the value. All tag values are case-sensitive.
  • Management zone ID: mzId(123)
  • Management zone name: mzName("value")
  • Entity name:
    • entityName.equals: performs a non-casesensitive EQUALS query.
    • entityName.startsWith: changes the operator to BEGINS WITH.
    • entityName.in: enables you to provide multiple values. The EQUALS operator applies.
    • caseSensitive(entityName.equals("value")): takes any entity name criterion as an argument and makes the value case-sensitive.
  • Health state (HEALTHY,UNHEALTHY): healthState("HEALTHY")
  • First seen timestamp: firstSeenTms.<operator>(now-3h). Use any timestamp format from the from/to parameters. The following operators are available:
    • lte: earlier than or at the specified time
    • lt: earlier than the specified time
    • gte: later than or at the specified time
    • gt: later than the specified time
  • Entity attribute: <attribute>("value1","value2") and <attribute>.exists(). To fetch the list of available attributes, execute the GET entity type request and check the properties field of the response.
  • Relationships: fromRelationships.<relationshipName>() and toRelationships.<relationshipName>(). This criterion takes an entity selector as an attribute. To fetch the list of available relationships, execute the GET entity type request and check the fromRelationships and toRelationships fields.
  • Negation: not(<criterion>). Inverts any criterion except for type.

For more information, see Entity selector in Dynatrace Documentation.

To set several criteria, separate them with a comma (,). For example, type("HOST"),healthState("HEALTHY"). Only results matching all criteria are included in the response.

The maximum string length is 2,000 characters.

query
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 24 hours is used (now-24h).

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
body

The JSON body of the request. Contains tags to be added to the matching entities.

body
optional

Request body objects

The AddEntityTags object

A list of tags to be added to monitored entities.

Element
Type
Description
Required
tags

A list of tags to be added to monitored entities.

required

The AddEntityTag object

The custom tag to be added to monitored entities.

Element
Type
Description
Required
key
string

The key of the custom tag to be added to monitored entities.

required
value
string

The value of the custom tag to be added to monitored entities. May be null

optional

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.

{
  "tags": [
    {
      "key": "mainApp"
    },
    {
      "key": "bookings",
      "value": "42"
    }
  ]
}

Response

Response codes

Code
Type
Description
200

Success

4XX

Client side error.

5XX

Server side error.

Response body objects

The AddedEntityTags object

A list of custom tags added to monitored entities.

Element
Type
Description
appliedTags

A list of added custom tags.

matchedEntitiesCount
integer

The number of monitored entities where the tags have been added.

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

{
  "appliedTags": [
    {
      "context": "CONTEXTLESS",
      "key": "mainApp",
      "stringRepresentation": "mainApp"
    },
    {
      "context": "CONTEXTLESS",
      "key": "booking",
      "stringRepresentation": "booking"
    }
  ],
  "matchedEntitiesCount": 2
}

Example

In this example, the request adds the REST-test and RESTexample custom tags to hosts that already have the easyTravel tag. To achieve that, the entitySelector query parameter is set to type("HOST"),tag("easyTravel").

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Curl

curl -L -X POST 'https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/tags?entitySelector=type(%22HOST%22),tag(%22easyTravel%22)' \
-H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
  "tags": [
  {
    "key": "REST-test"
  },
  {
    "key": "RESTexample"
  }
  ]
}'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/tags?entitySelector=type(%22HOST%22),tag(%22easyTravel%22)

Request body

{
  "tags": [
    {
      "key": "REST-test"
    },
    {
      "key": "RESTexample"
    }
  ]
}

Response body

{
  "matchedEntitiesCount": 3,
  "appliedTags": [
    {
      "context": "CONTEXTLESS",
      "key": "REST-test",
      "stringRepresentation": "REST-test"
    },
    {
      "context": "CONTEXTLESS",
      "key": "RESTexample",
      "stringRepresentation": "RESTexample"
    }
  ]
}

Response code

200

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