API Stability Long-Term

The enableEventForwarder() GraphQL mutation may be used to enable an event forwarder.

Related to this mutation is the mutation disableEventForwarder() to disable an event forwarder; updateKafkaEventForwarder() to update a Kafka event forwarder; and deleteEventForwarder() to delete an event forwarder. For these mutations, you'll need to use eventForwarders() to get the unique identifier for the event forwarder you want to change or delete.

Syntax

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

graphql
enableEventForwarder(
      input: EnableEventForwarderInput!
   ): boolean

There are no special return datatypes for this mutation field.

Example

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

Raw
graphql
mutation {
  enableEventForwarder( input:
   { id: "abc123" } )
}
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 {
  enableEventForwarder( input:
   { id: \"abc123\" } )
}"
}
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 {
  enableEventForwarder( input:
   { id: \"abc123\" } )
}"
}
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 { ^
  enableEventForwarder( input: ^
   { id: \"abc123\" } ) ^
}" ^
} '
Windows Powershell and curl
powershell
curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "mutation {
  enableEventForwarder( input:
   { id: \"abc123\" } )
}"
}'
    "$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql"
Perl
perl
#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP;

my $TOKEN = "TOKEN";

my $uri = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql';

my $query = "mutation {
  enableEventForwarder( input:
   { id: \"abc123\" } )
}";
$query =~ s/\n/ /g;
my $json = sprintf('{"query" : "%s"}',$query);
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 {
  enableEventForwarder( input:
   { id: \"abc123\" } )
}"
}'''

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 {
  enableEventForwarder( input:
   { id: \"abc123\" } )
}"
}
);


const options = {
  hostname: '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL',
  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": {
    "enableEventForwarder": true
  }
}

Given Datatype

For this input datatype, you would give the unique identifier of the event forwarder to enable. This is described in the table below:

Table: EnableEventForwarderInput

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultStabilityDescription
Some arguments may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For return datatypes, this indicates that you must specify which fields you want returned in the results.
Table last updated: Sep 18, 2024
idstringyes Long-TermThe unique identifier of the event forwarder.