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 |
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
The ID of the problem where you want to add the comment.
Request body objects
The PushProblemComment
object
A comment of a problem
A comment on the problem.
The context of the comment. It can contain any additional information.
The author of the comment.
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
Response body objects
The ProblemComment
object
The comment to the problem.
The text of the comment.
The context of the comment.
Could be any textual comment. You can only set it via REST API.
The timestamp of the comment creation, in UTC milliseconds.
The ID of the comment.
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