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Overview

You can use LogicMonitor’s REST API to programmatically update Alert Rules. As with all of our API calls, authentication is required.

Request Information

HTTP Method: PUT

Resource URI: /setting/alert/rules/{id}
(where id is the id of the alert rule you’d like to update).

Request Parameters: You can include the following parameters in your PUT request.

Property	Description	Required?	Type	Example
name	The name of the alert rule	Yes	String	“name”:”prodDBErrors”
priority	The priority associated with the alert rule	Yes	Integer	“priority”:100
levelStr	The alert severity levels the alert rule is configured to match. Possible values are All \| Warn \| Error \| Critical	No. Defaults to “All”	String	“levelStr”:”All”
devices	The device names and service names the alert rule is configured to match	No. Defaults to * for all devices	JSON Array	“devices” : [ “prod*” ]
deviceGroups	The device groups and service groups the alert rule is configured to match	No. Defaults to * for all groups.	JSON Array	“deviceGroups” : [ “Production*” ]
datasource	The datasource the alert rule is configured to match	Yes	String	“datasource” : “SQL”
instance	The instance the alert rule is configured to match	Yes	String	“instance” : “*”
datapoint	The datapoint the alert rule is configured to match	Yes	String	“datapoint” : “*”
escalationInterval	The escalation interval associated with the alert rule, in minutes	Yes	Integer	“escalationInterval” : 15
escalatingChainId	The id of the escalation chain associated with the alert rule	Yes	Integer	“escalatingChainId” : 12
suppressAlertClear	Whether or not alert clear notifications should be sent to the alert rule	No. Defaults to false.	Boolean	“suppressAlertClear” : true
suppressAlertAckSdt	Whether or not status notifications for acknowledgements and SDTs should be sent to the alert rule	No. Defaults to false	Boolean	“suppressAlertAckSdt” : false

Examples

Example: Update Alert Rule

The following example updates alert rule 74 in account api.logicmonitor.com.

#!/bin/env python

import requests
import json
import hashlib
import base64
import time
import hmac

#Account Info
AccessId ='48v2wRzfK94y53sq5EuF'
AccessKey ='H_D9i(f5~B^U36^K6i42=^nS~e75gy382Bf6{)P+'
Company = 'api'

#Request Info
httpVerb ='PUT'
resourcePath = '/setting/alert/rules/74'
queryParams =''
data = '{"name":"DBAlerts","priority":500,"datasource":"*MYSQL*","instance":"*","datapoint":"*","escalationInterval":15,"escalatingChainId":1}'

#Construct URL 
url = 'https://'+ Company +'.logicmonitor.com/santaba/rest' + resourcePath +queryParams

#Get current time in milliseconds
epoch = str(int(time.time() * 1000))

#Concatenate Request details
requestVars = httpVerb + epoch + data + resourcePath

# Construct signature
hmac1 = hmac.new(AccessKey.encode(),msg=requestVars.encode(),digestmod=hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
signature = base64.b64encode(hmac1.encode())
 
# Construct headers
auth = 'LMv1 ' + AccessId + ':' + signature.decode() + ':' + epoch
headers = {'Content-Type':'application/json','Authorization':auth}
 
# Make request
response = requests.put(url, data=data, headers=headers)
 
# Print status and body of response
print('Response Status:',response.status_code)
print('Response Body:',response.content)

Python 3

Example: Get Alert Rule

The following example gets alert rule74, changes the priority for that rule, and then makes a put request to update it in api.logicmonitor.com.

#!/bin/env python

import requests
import json
import hashlib
import base64
import time
import hmac

#Account Info
AccessId ='48v2wRzfK94y53sq5EuF'
AccessKey ='H_D9i(f5~B^U36^K6i42=^nS~e75gy382Bf6{)P+'
Company = 'api'

#Request Info
httpVerb ='GET'
resourcePath = '/setting/alert/rules/74'
queryParams =''
data = ''

#Construct URL 
url = 'https://'+ Company +'.logicmonitor.com/santaba/rest' + resourcePath +queryParams

#Get current time in milliseconds
epoch = str(int(time.time() * 1000))

#Concatenate Request details
requestVars = httpVerb + epoch + data + resourcePath

# Construct signature
hmac1 = hmac.new(AccessKey.encode(),msg=requestVars.encode(),digestmod=hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
signature = base64.b64encode(hmac1.encode())
 
# Construct headers
auth = 'LMv1 ' + AccessId + ':' + signature.decode() + ':' + epoch
headers = {'Content-Type':'application/json','Authorization':auth}
 
# Make request
response = requests.get(url, data=data, headers=headers)

#Parse response
jsonResponse = json.loads(response.content)

#Change Collector Id and add configuration object
rule = jsonResponse['data']
rule['priority'] = 50

#Request Info
httpVerb ='PUT'
resourcePath = '/setting/alert/rules/74'
queryParams =''
data = str(json.dumps(rule))

#Construct URL 
url = 'https://'+ Company +'.logicmonitor.com/santaba/rest' + resourcePath +queryParams

#Get current time in milliseconds
epoch = str(int(time.time() * 1000))

#Concatenate Request details
requestVars = httpVerb + epoch + data + resourcePath

# Construct signature
hmac1 = hmac.new(AccessKey.encode(),msg=requestVars.encode(),digestmod=hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
signature = base64.b64encode(hmac1.encode())
 
# Construct headers
auth = 'LMv1 ' + AccessId + ':' + signature.decode() + ':' + epoch
headers = {'Content-Type':'application/json','Authorization':auth}
 
# Make request
response = requests.put(url, data=data, headers=headers)
 
# Print status and body of response
print('Response Status:',response.status_code)
print('Response Body:',response.content)

Python 3

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