The createSystemPermissionsToken() GraphQL mutation field is used to create a system permissions token for system-level access.

For more information on access tokens of various types, see the Ingest Tokens documentation page. For information on user authorization, see the Manage users & permissions documentation page.

Syntax

Below is the syntax for the createSystemPermissionsToken() mutation field:

graphql
createSystemPermissionsToken(
      input: CreateSystemPermissionTokenInput!
   ): string!

Below is an example of how this mutation field might be used:

Raw
graphql
mutation {
  createSystemPermissionsToken( input:
     { name: "admin-nurse",
       expireAt: null,
       permissions: [ ReadHealthCheck ],
    } )
}
Mac OS or Linux (curl)
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  createSystemPermissionsToken( input:
     { name: \"admin-nurse\",
       expireAt: null,
       permissions: [ ReadHealthCheck ],
    } )
}"
}
EOF
Mac OS or Linux (curl) One-line
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  createSystemPermissionsToken( input:
     { name: \"admin-nurse\",
       expireAt: null,
       permissions: [ ReadHealthCheck ],
    } )
}"
}
EOF
Windows Cmd and curl
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql ^
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" ^
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" ^
    -d @'{"query" : "mutation { ^
  createSystemPermissionsToken( input: ^
     { name: \"admin-nurse\", ^
       expireAt: null, ^
       permissions: [ ReadHealthCheck ], ^
    } ) ^
}" ^
} '
Windows Powershell and curl
powershell
curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "mutation {
  createSystemPermissionsToken( input:
     { name: \"admin-nurse\",
       expireAt: null,
       permissions: [ ReadHealthCheck ],
    } )
}"
}'
    "$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql"
Perl
perl
#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP;

my $INGEST_TOKEN = "TOKEN";

my $uri = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql';

my $json = '{"query" : "mutation {
  createSystemPermissionsToken( input:
     { name: \"admin-nurse\",
       expireAt: null,
       permissions: [ ReadHealthCheck ],
    } )
}"
}';
my $req = HTTP::Request->new("POST", $uri );

$req->header("Authorization" => "Bearer $TOKEN");
$req->header("Content-Type" => "application/json");

$req->content( $json );

my $lwp = LWP::UserAgent->new;

my $result = $lwp->request( $req );

print $result->{"_content"},"\n";
Python
python
#! /usr/local/bin/python3

import requests

url = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql'
mydata = r'''{"query" : "mutation {
  createSystemPermissionsToken( input:
     { name: \"admin-nurse\",
       expireAt: null,
       permissions: [ ReadHealthCheck ],
    } )
}"
}'''

resp = requests.post(url,
                     data = mydata,
                     headers = {
   "Authorization" : "Bearer $TOKEN",
   "Content-Type" : "application/json"
}
)

print(resp.text)
Node.js
javascript
const https = require('https');

const data = JSON.stringify(
    {"query" : "mutation {
  createSystemPermissionsToken( input:
     { name: \"admin-nurse\",
       expireAt: null,
       permissions: [ ReadHealthCheck ],
    } )
}"
}
);


const options = {
  hostname: '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql',
  path: '/graphql',
  port: 443,
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': data.length,
    Authorization: 'BEARER ' + process.env.TOKEN,
    'User-Agent': 'Node',
  },
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`);

  res.on('data', (d) => {
    data += d;
  });
  res.on('end', () => {
    console.log(JSON.parse(data).data);
  });
});

req.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error(error);
});

req.write(data);
req.end();
Example Responses
Success (HTTP Response Code 200 OK)
json
{
  "data": {
    "createSystemPermissionsToken": "27RT2spHrDgWTKErvYrWOet..."
  }
}

Given Datatypes

The datatype CreateSystemPermissionTokenInput has a few parameters that may be given. Below is a list of them along with descriptions of each:

Table: CreateSystemPermissionTokenInput

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
Some arguments may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For some fields, this column indicates that a result will always be returned for this column.
Table last updated: Sep 17, 2024
expireAtlong  The date when the permission token will expire.
fields[SystemPermission]yes A list of system permissions associated with the token. See SystemPermission.
ipFilterIdstring  The unique identifier of the IP filter for the token.
namestringyes The name for the system permission token to create.