Events API v2 - GET an event type

Gets the properties of an event type.

The request produces an application/json payload.

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

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with events.read scope.

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

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionInRequired
eventTypestring

The event type you're inquiring.

pathrequired

Response

Response codes

CodeTypeDescription
200EventType

Success

4XXErrorEnvelope

Client side error.

5XXErrorEnvelope

Server side error.

Response body objects

The EventType object

Configuration of an event type.

ElementTypeDescription
descriptionstring

A short description of the event type.

displayNamestring

The display name of the event type.

severityLevelstring

The severity level associated with the event type.

  • AVAILABILITY
  • CUSTOM_ALERT
  • ERROR
  • INFO
  • MONITORING_UNAVAILABLE
  • PERFORMANCE
  • RESOURCE_CONTENTION
typestring

The event type.

Response body JSON model

{
  "description": "string",
  "displayName": "High CPU",
  "severityLevel": "PERFORMANCE",
  "type": "OSI_HIGH_CPU"
}

Example

In this example, the request queries the properties of the APPLICATION_SLOWDOWN type.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Curl

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/eventTypes/APPLICATION_SLOWDOWN' \
  --header 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/eventTypes/APPLICATION_SLOWDOWN

Response body

{
  "type": "APPLICATION_SLOWDOWN",
  "displayName": "Application slowdown",
  "severityLevel": "PERFORMANCE",
  "description": "User action duration degradation"
}

Response code

200

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