RPC API: Add a new Escalation Chain

Parameter	Type	Description
name	String	Required. The unique name of the escalation chain.
description	String	Optional. The long text description of the escalation chain.
enableThrottling	Boolean	Optional. Enable/disable rate limiting of alerts sent to the recipients of this escalation chain. This value defaults to False.
throttlingAlerts	Integer	Required if enableThrottling is True. The number of alerts allowed during the specified period (throttlingPeriod). This value defaults to 20.
throttlingPeriod	Integer	Required if enableThrottling is True. The time period in minutes for throttling alerts. This value defaults to 10.
useTimeBased	Boolean	Optional. This value indicates whether the escalation chain should be a time-based escalation chain.
destination	JSON String	Optional. The primary destination for the escalation chain. This field must be a properly formatted JSON string containing one or more stages of recipients, and must be URL encoded. For help constructing this object, see the section below this table.
ccdestination	JSON String	Optional. The secondary destination for the escalation chain. This field must be a properly formatted JSON string containing one or more stages of recipients, and must be URL encoded. For help constructing this object, reference the section below this table.

Note: This section assumes existing knowledge of JSON. If you are new to JSON please visit https://www.json.org/ before continuing.

Simple Escalation Chain Destination JSON Strings:

The JSON string for a non-timebased (simple) escalation chain requires the following values (Note: destination and ccdestination objects must be URL encoded in your request):

Parameter	Type	Description
type	String	The type of the escalation chain. For simple chains this value should be set to “simple”.
stages	JSON String	A list of JSON string represented Stage objects. Each stage defined in the escalation chain must be a valid JSON string containing addr, method, comment, and type values.
addr	String	The name of either a user or a recipient group
method	String	If the addr references a user, this specifies the delivery method. Common values include “email” and “sms”
comment	String	Long text description of the stage
type	String	Either “admin” or “group” depending on the addr value. If the addr value is pointing to a user should be “admin”. If pointing to a recipient group use “group”.

 

------------- Sample Destination (URL decoded for readability) -------------
destination=[{"type":"simple","stages":[[{"addr":"oncall0","method":"","comment":"","type":"group"}]]}]
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Time-Based Escalation Chain Destination JSON Strings:

The JSON string for a time-based escalation chain requires the following values (Note: this object must be URL encoded in your request):

Parameter	Type	Description
type	String	The type of the escalation chain. For timebased chains this value should be set to “timebased”.
period	JSON String	A JSON representation of the days of the week and times of day that this escalation chain. e.g. {“weekdays”:”1|2|3″,”start”:0,”end”:1440} for all day Sunday, Monday and Tuesday or {“weekdays”:”1|2|3|4|5|6|7″,”start”:360,”end”:1050} for every day from 6:00 am to 5:30 pm
stages	JSON String	A list of JSON string represented Stage objects. Each stage defined in the escalation chain must be a valid JSON string containing addr, method, comment, and type values.
addr	String	The name of either a user or a recipient group
method	String	If the addr references a user, this specifies the delivery method. Common values include “email” and “sms”
comment	String	Long text description of the stage
type	String	Either “admin” or “group” depending on the addr value. If the addr value is pointing to a user should be “admin”. If pointing to a recipient group use “group”.

 

------------Sample Destination (URL decoded for readability) --------------
destination=[
{"type":"timebased","period":{"weekdays":"1|2|3","start":0,"end":1440},
"stages":[[{"addr":"oncall0","method":"","comment":"","type":"group"}]]},
{"type":"timebased","period":{"weekdays":"1|2|3|4|5|6|7","start":360,"end":1050},
"stages":[[{"addr":"oncall0","method":"","comment":"","type":"group"}]]}]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Value	Description
id	The id number assigned to the newly created escalation chain
throttlingPeriod	The time period for throttling alerts
throttlingAlerts	The max number of alerts that will be sent in the throttlingPeriod
description	The long text description
ccdestination	The JSON string representing the cc recipients set for the escalation chain
name	The name of the added escalation chain
enableThrottling	The current state of alert throttling
inAlerting	The current state of alerting on the escalation chain.
destination	JSON string representing the set of stages including recipients

Request:

curl "https://apiAccount.logicmonitor.com/santaba/rpc/addEscalatingChain?c=apiAccount&u=apiUser&p=example&name=MyEscalationChain&enableThrottling=false&destination=%5B%7B%22type%22%3A%22simple%22%2C%22stages%22%3A%5B%5B%7B%22addr%22%3A%22sarah%22%2C%22method%22%3A%22email%22%2C%22comment%22%3A%22%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22admin%22%7D%5D%2C%5B%7B%22addr%22%3A%22victoria%22%2C%22method%22%3A%22email%22%2C%22comment%22%3A%22%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22admin%22%7D%5D%5D%7D%5D"

Response:

{
  "status": 200,
  "data": {
    "id": 19,
    "throttlingPeriod": 10,
    "throttlingAlerts": 20,
    "description": "",
    "ccdestination": [],
    "name": "MyEscalationChain",
    "enableThrottling": false,
    "inAlerting": false,
    "destination": [{
      "type": "simple",
      "stages": [
        [{
          "addr": "sarah",
          "method": "email",
          "comment": "",
          "type": "admin"
        }],
        [{
          "addr": "victoria",
          "method": "email",
          "comment": "",
          "type": "admin"
        }]
      ]
    }]
  },
  "errmsg": "OK"
}