The generateAlertFromPackageTemplate() GraphQL query to generate an unsaved alert from a package alert template.

Syntax

Below is the syntax for the generateAlertFromPackageTemplate() query field:

graphql
generateAlertFromPackageTemplate(
      input: GenerateAlertFromPackageTemplateInput!
   ): UnsavedAlert!

For input, you would replace GenerateAlertFromPackageTemplateInput in the syntax with data for generating an unsaved alert object from a library package template. For the returned datatype, UnsavedAlert enter a list of parameters you would like values See the Given and the Returned Datatype sections that follow the example below:

Raw
graphql
query {
  generateAlertFromPackageTemplate(
    input: {viewName: "company-http", 
            packageId: "http-packers@1.23",
            templateName: "standard-aggregatealert-template"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    throttleField,
    actions {
      id, name, isAllowedToRun
    }    
  }
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" : "query {
  generateAlertFromPackageTemplate(
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\", 
            packageId: \"http-packers@1.23\",
            templateName: \"standard-aggregatealert-template\"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    throttleField,
    actions {
      id, name, isAllowedToRun
    }    
  }"
}
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" : "query {
  generateAlertFromPackageTemplate(
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\", 
            packageId: \"http-packers@1.23\",
            templateName: \"standard-aggregatealert-template\"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    throttleField,
    actions {
      id, name, isAllowedToRun
    }    
  }"
}
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" : "query { ^
  generateAlertFromPackageTemplate( ^
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\",  ^
            packageId: \"http-packers@1.23\", ^
            templateName: \"standard-aggregatealert-template\"} ^
  ) { ^
    name,  ^
    description, ^
    throttleField, ^
    actions { ^
      id, name, isAllowedToRun ^
    }     ^
  }" ^
} '
Windows Powershell and curl
powershell
curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "query {
  generateAlertFromPackageTemplate(
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\", 
            packageId: \"http-packers@1.23\",
            templateName: \"standard-aggregatealert-template\"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    throttleField,
    actions {
      id, name, isAllowedToRun
    }    
  }"
}'
"$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" : "query {
  generateAlertFromPackageTemplate(
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\", 
            packageId: \"http-packers@1.23\",
            templateName: \"standard-aggregatealert-template\"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    throttleField,
    actions {
      id, name, isAllowedToRun
    }    
  }"
}';
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" : "query {
  generateAlertFromPackageTemplate(
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\", 
            packageId: \"http-packers@1.23\",
            templateName: \"standard-aggregatealert-template\"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    throttleField,
    actions {
      id, name, isAllowedToRun
    }    
  }"
}'''

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" : "query {
  generateAlertFromPackageTemplate(
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\", 
            packageId: \"http-packers@1.23\",
            templateName: \"standard-aggregatealert-template\"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    throttleField,
    actions {
      id, name, isAllowedToRun
    }    
  }"
}
);


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();

Given Datatypes

The GenerateAlertFromPackageTemplateInput datatype has just a few parameters. Below is a list of them along a description of each:

Table: GenerateAlertFromPackageTemplateInput

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: Oct 22, 2024
packageIdVersionedPackageSpecifieryes The unique identifier of the package of the alert template. VersionedPackageSpecifier is a scalar.
templateNamestringyes The name of the alert template in the package.
viewNameRepoOrViewNameyes The name of the view of the alert. RepoOrViewName is a scalar.

Returned Datatypes

For UnsavedAlert, there are several possible values returned. They're listed and described below:

Table: UnsavedAlert

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.
actionsActionyes A list of IDs for actions to fire on query result. See Action.
descriptionstring  A description of the alert.
enabledbooleanyes Whether the alert is enabled.
labels[string]yes Labels attached to the alert.
namestringyes The name of the alert.
queryStartstringyes Start of the relative time interval for the query.
queryStringstringyes The LogScale query to execute.
throttleFieldstring  The field on which to throttle.
throttleTimeMillislongyes Throttle time in milliseconds.