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Get a synthetic node

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Get a synthetic node in Dynatrace with the Synthetic API by its node ID and retrieve the node properties for the specified node.

GETSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.apps.dynatrace.com/platform/synthetic/v1/nodes/{node-id}

Overview

Provide the node-id path parameter to identify the synthetic node you want to inspect. Dynatrace returns the properties of that node in a successful response.

Authentication

To execute this request, you need a platform token or OAuth access token with synthetic:locations:read scope. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionInRequired
node-idstring

The ID of the required synthetic node.

pathRequired

Response

Response codes

CodeTypeDescription
200ExtendedNodeResponse

Success

4XXErrorResponseEnvelope

Client side error.

5XXErrorResponseEnvelope

Server side error.

Response body objects

The ExtendedNodeResponse object

Configuration of a synthetic node. Compare to NodeResponse contains additional browser-related data.

ElementTypeDescription
activeGateVersionstring

The version of the Active Gate.

autoUpdateEnabledboolean

The Active Gate has the Auto update option enabled ('true') or not ('false').

browserMonitorsEnabledboolean

The synthetic node is able to execute browser monitors (true) or not (false).

browserTypestring

The browser type.

browserVersionstring

The browser version.

capabilitiesstring[]

The list of node's capabilities.

healthCheckStatusstring

The health check status of the synthetic node.

hostnamestring

The hostname of the synthetic node.

idstring

The ID of the synthetic node.

ipsstring[]

The IP of the synthetic node.

oneAgentRoutingEnabledboolean

The Active Gate has the One Agent routing enabled ('true') or not ('false').

operatingSystemstring

The Active Gate's host operating system.

playerVersionstring

The version of the synthetic player.

statusstring

The status of the synthetic node.

versionstring

The version of the synthetic node.

The ErrorResponseEnvelope object

Encloses the encountered error.

ElementTypeDescription
errorErrorResponse

Basic information of the encountered error.

The ErrorResponse object

Basic information of the encountered error.

ElementTypeDescription
codeinteger

The returned HTTP status code.

detailsErrorResponseDetails

Detailed information of the error.

messagestring

Description of the encountered error.

The ErrorResponseDetails object

Detailed information of the error.

ElementTypeDescription
typestring

Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects:

  • constraintViolation -> ConstraintViolationDetails
The element can hold these values
  • constraintViolation

Response body JSON models

{
"activeGateVersion": "1.172.2.20190607-040913",
"autoUpdateEnabled": true,
"browserMonitorsEnabled": true,
"browserType": "Chrome",
"browserVersion": "69.0.3497.81",
"capabilities": [
"HTTP_HIGH_RESOURCE",
"HTTP"
],
"healthCheckStatus": "Ok",
"hostname": "gdn.dyna.trace",
"id": "3086117876",
"ips": [
"238.245.160.14"
],
"oneAgentRoutingEnabled": true,
"operatingSystem": "Linux",
"playerVersion": "1.179.0.20190920-145430",
"status": "Running",
"version": "1.161.0.20181210-173639"
}
{
"error": {
"code": 1,
"details": {
"type": "constraintViolation"
},
"message": "string"
}
}
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