Retrieving applications -- synthetic API


The GET method of the applications  API retrieves the details of one application or all applications.

Before you begin

You must obtain an authToken by using the login API. The token authenticates the user performing the operation. For details, see TSWS authentication.

Synthetic configuration APIs

Notes:

  • If you have upgraded to version 11.3.02, you can access the Synthetic Blackout and Synthetic Time Frames APIs listed in this table.
  • If you are using version 11.3.01 or earlier, you can continue to use the Execution Plan APIs to access the Blackouts.
API
Method
Description
Applications

GET
Retrieve the details of applications
PUT
Update an existing application
POST
Create a new application
DELETE
Delete an application
Execution Plans

GET
Retrieve the details of Execution Plans
PUT
DELETE
Delete an Execution Plan
Scripts
GET
Retrieve the details of scripts
Locations
GET
Retrieve the details of all locations
Blackouts
POST
Retrieve the details of Blackouts
PUT
POST
Activate the Blackout
POST
Deactivate the Blackout
POST
Delete a Blackout
Time Frames
POST
Retrieve the details of Time Frames
PUT
POST
Delete Time Frames
 

To retrieve one application or all applications

The applications  API uses the GET method to retrieve applications. Use the following request syntax:

For retrieving a single application

https://<PresentationServerHostName>/tsws/10.0/api/appvis/synthetic/api/applications/getById?applicationId=<AID>

 For retrieving all applications

https://<PresentationServerHostName>/tsws/10.0/api/appvis/synthetic/api/applications/getAll?isSynthetic=<SynStatus>

In the above examples:

  • <PresentationServerHostName>  indicates the host name of the TrueSight Presentation Server.
  • <AID> indicates the ID of the application on the Presentation Server (not the synthetic application ID).
  • <SynStatus> indicates the synthetic status of the application. SynStatus can be the following:
    • blank - all applications on the tenant
    • TRUE - only applications that have synthetic monitoring set to ON
    • FALSE - only applications that have syhtetic monitoring set to OFF

Sample request with REST client

After accessing the REST client, perform the following steps:

  1. Enter the URL for the API.
    An example of a request for a single Application is:

    https://localhost/tsws/10.0/api/appvis/synthetic/api/applications/getById?applicationId=112

  2. Add a new header row and select Authorization as the header type.
  3. Enter the text authToken followed by the authToken generated through the login API. 

  4. Click Send.

Request parameters

Element

Description

authToken

Value of authToken

Query parameters

applicationId

ID of the application on the Presentation Server (not the synthetic application ID) (for retrieving a single application)

isSynthetic

(Optional) Synthetic status of the retrieved applications (for retrieving multiple applications)

Response

The following sample is the JSON code returned by the API for a single application.

{"data":
   {
"name":"MyApp2",
"displayName":"MyApp2",
"type":"MANUAL",
"severity":"OK",
"importance":"MEDIUM",
"description":"",
"source":null,
"synthetic":"ON",
"eumApp":"OFF",
"appVisOnlyMode":true,
"severitySince":1452777815203,
"computationModel":"HIGHEST",
"totalUsers":"",
"impactedUsers":"",
"id":"4",
"appId":"4",
"providerId":"0",
"portalId":"1",
"tenantId":"*"
}
}

Response body parameters

The following parameters are the parameters that are relevant for synthetic monitoring.

Parameter

Description

Value

data

 

 

     name

Name of the application model

String

     displayName

Name of the application

String

     type

Type of application

  • MANUAL - Application was created manually.
  • AUTOMATIC - Application was automatically discovered by App Visibility.

     severity

Current severity level of the application

 

  • Critical
  • Minor
  • OK

     importance

Importance level of the application

  • High
  • Medium
  • Low

     description

Description of the application

String

     synthetic

Indicates if synthetic monitoring is enabled for the application

  • ON
  • OFF

     severitySince

UTC time of last change in severity

 

Number

     id

ID of the application the Presentation Server

String representing a numeric value

appId

ID of the application in Synthetic Monitor

String

portalId

ID of the App Visibility portal where the application was defined

String representing a numeric value

 

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