API Stability Long-Term

The generateAlertFromTemplate() GraphQL query to generate an unsaved alert from a YAML template.

Syntax

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

graphql
generateAlertFromTemplate(
      input: GenerateAlertFromTemplateInput!
   ): UnsavedAlert

For input, you would replace GenerateAlertFromTemplateInput in the syntax with data for generating an unsaved alert object from a yaml 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 {
  generateAlertFromTemplate(
    input: {viewName: "company-http", 
            yamlTemplate: "xxxx"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    queryString,
    enabled,
    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 {
  generateAlertFromTemplate(
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\", 
            yamlTemplate: \"xxxx\"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    queryString,
    enabled,
    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 {
  generateAlertFromTemplate(
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\", 
            yamlTemplate: \"xxxx\"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    queryString,
    enabled,
    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 { ^
  generateAlertFromTemplate( ^
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\",  ^
            yamlTemplate: \"xxxx\"} ^
  ) { ^
    name,  ^
    description, ^
    queryString, ^
    enabled, ^
    actions { ^
      id, name, isAllowedToRun ^
    }     ^
  } ^
}" ^
} '
Windows Powershell and curl
powershell
curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "query {
  generateAlertFromTemplate(
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\", 
            yamlTemplate: \"xxxx\"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    queryString,
    enabled,
    actions {
      id, name, isAllowedToRun
    }    
  }
}"
}'
    "$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 = "query {
  generateAlertFromTemplate(
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\", 
            yamlTemplate: \"xxxx\"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    queryString,
    enabled,
    actions {
      id, name, isAllowedToRun
    }    
  }
}";
$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" : "query {
  generateAlertFromTemplate(
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\", 
            yamlTemplate: \"xxxx\"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    queryString,
    enabled,
    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 {
  generateAlertFromTemplate(
    input: {viewName: \"company-http\", 
            yamlTemplate: \"xxxx\"}
  ) {
    name, 
    description,
    queryString,
    enabled,
    actions {
      id, name, isAllowedToRun
    }    
  }
}"
}
);


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();

Given Datatypes

The given datatype GenerateAlertFromTemplateInput has its own parameters. Below is a list of them along with their datatypes and a description of each:

Table: GenerateAlertFromTemplateInput

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
viewNameRepoOrViewNameyes Long-TermThe name of the view of the alert. RepoOrViewName is a scalar.
yamlTemplateYAMLyes Long-TermThe yaml specification of the alert. YAML is a scalar.

Returned Datatypes

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

Table: UnsavedAlert

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: Apr 3, 2025
actions[Action]yes Long-TermA list of unique identifiers for actions to fire on query result. See Action.
descriptionstring  Long-TermA description of the alert.
enabledbooleanyes Long-TermWhether the alert is enabled.
labels[string]yes Long-TermLabels attached to the alert.
namestringyes Long-TermThe name of the alert.
queryStartstringyes Long-TermStart of the relative time interval for the query.
queryStringstringyes Long-TermThe LogScale query to execute.
throttleFieldstring  Long-TermThe field on which to throttle.
throttleTimeMillislongyes Long-TermThrottle time in milliseconds.