alerts

Creates, updates, deletes, gets or lists an alerts resource.

Overview

Name	alerts
Type	Resource
Id	digitalocean.monitoring.alerts

Fields

The following fields are returned by SELECT queries:

uptime_get_alert

The response will be a JSON object with a key called alert. The value of this will be an object that contains the standard attributes associated with an uptime alert.

Name	Datatype	Description
id	string (uuid)	A unique ID that can be used to identify and reference the alert. (example: 5a4981aa-9653-4bd1-bef5-d6bff52042e4)
name	string	A human-friendly display name. (example: Landing page degraded performance)
comparison	string	The comparison operator used against the alert's threshold. (example: greater_than)
notifications	object	The notification settings for a trigger alert.
period	string	Period of time the threshold must be exceeded to trigger the alert. (example: 2m)
threshold	integer	The threshold at which the alert will enter a trigger state. The specific threshold is dependent on the alert type.
type	string	The type of alert. (example: latency)

uptime_list_alerts

The response will be a JSON object with a key called alerts. This will be set to an array of objects, each of which will contain the standard attributes associated with an uptime alert.

Name	Datatype	Description
id	string (uuid)	A unique ID that can be used to identify and reference the alert. (example: 5a4981aa-9653-4bd1-bef5-d6bff52042e4)
name	string	A human-friendly display name. (example: Landing page degraded performance)
comparison	string	The comparison operator used against the alert's threshold. (example: greater_than)
notifications	object	The notification settings for a trigger alert.
period	string	Period of time the threshold must be exceeded to trigger the alert. (example: 2m)
threshold	integer	The threshold at which the alert will enter a trigger state. The specific threshold is dependent on the alert type.
type	string	The type of alert. (example: latency)

Methods

The following methods are available for this resource:

Name	Accessible by	Required Params	Optional Params	Description
uptime_get_alert	select	check_id, alert_id		To show information about an existing alert, send a GET request to /v2/uptime/checks/$CHECK_ID/alerts/$ALERT_ID.
uptime_list_alerts	select	check_id	per_page, page	To list all of the alerts for an Uptime check, send a GET request to /v2/uptime/checks/$CHECK_ID/alerts.
uptime_create_alert	insert	check_id, data__name, data__type, data__notifications, data__period		To create an Uptime alert, send a POST request to /v2/uptime/checks/$CHECK_ID/alerts specifying the attributes in the table below in the JSON body.
uptime_update_alert	replace	check_id, alert_id, data__name, data__type, data__notifications, data__period		To update the settings of an Uptime alert, send a PUT request to /v2/uptime/checks/$CHECK_ID/alerts/$ALERT_ID.
uptime_delete_alert	delete	check_id, alert_id		To delete an Uptime alert, send a DELETE request to /v2/uptime/checks/$CHECK_ID/alerts/$ALERT_ID. A 204 status code with no body will be returned in response to a successful request.

Parameters

Parameters can be passed in the WHERE clause of a query. Check the Methods section to see which parameters are required or optional for each operation.

Name	Datatype	Description
alert_id	string (uuid)	A unique identifier for an alert. (example: 17f0f0ae-b7e5-4ef6-86e3-aa569db58284)
check_id	string (uuid)	A unique identifier for a check. (example: 4de7ac8b-495b-4884-9a69-1050c6793cd6)
page	integer	Which 'page' of paginated results to return. (example: 1)
per_page	integer	Number of items returned per page (example: 2)

SELECT examples

uptime_get_alert

To show information about an existing alert, send a GET request to /v2/uptime/checks/$CHECK_ID/alerts/$ALERT_ID.

SELECT
id,
name,
comparison,
notifications,
period,
threshold,
type
FROM digitalocean.monitoring.alerts
WHERE check_id = '{{ check_id }}' -- required
AND alert_id = '{{ alert_id }}' -- required;

uptime_list_alerts

To list all of the alerts for an Uptime check, send a GET request to /v2/uptime/checks/$CHECK_ID/alerts.

SELECT
id,
name,
comparison,
notifications,
period,
threshold,
type
FROM digitalocean.monitoring.alerts
WHERE check_id = '{{ check_id }}' -- required
AND per_page = '{{ per_page }}'
AND page = '{{ page }}';

INSERT examples

uptime_create_alert

To create an Uptime alert, send a POST request to /v2/uptime/checks/$CHECK_ID/alerts specifying the attributes
in the table below in the JSON body.

INSERT INTO digitalocean.monitoring.alerts (
data__name,
data__type,
data__threshold,
data__comparison,
data__notifications,
data__period,
check_id
)
SELECT 
'{{ name }}' --required,
'{{ type }}' --required,
{{ threshold }},
'{{ comparison }}',
'{{ notifications }}' --required,
'{{ period }}' --required,
'{{ check_id }}'
RETURNING
alert
;

Manifest

# Description fields are for documentation purposes
- name: alerts
  props:
    - name: check_id
      value: string (uuid)
      description: Required parameter for the alerts resource.
    - name: name
      value: string
      description: >
        A human-friendly display name.
        
    - name: type
      value: string
      description: >
        The type of alert.
        
      valid_values: ['latency', 'down', 'down_global', 'ssl_expiry']
    - name: threshold
      value: integer
      description: >
        The threshold at which the alert will enter a trigger state. The specific threshold is dependent on the alert type.
        
    - name: comparison
      value: string
      description: >
        The comparison operator used against the alert's threshold.
        
      valid_values: ['greater_than', 'less_than']
    - name: notifications
      value: object
      description: >
        The notification settings for a trigger alert.
        
    - name: period
      value: string
      description: >
        Period of time the threshold must be exceeded to trigger the alert.
        
      valid_values: ['2m', '3m', '5m', '10m', '15m', '30m', '1h']

REPLACE examples

uptime_update_alert

To update the settings of an Uptime alert, send a PUT request to /v2/uptime/checks/$CHECK_ID/alerts/$ALERT_ID.

REPLACE digitalocean.monitoring.alerts
SET 
data__name = '{{ name }}',
data__type = '{{ type }}',
data__threshold = {{ threshold }},
data__comparison = '{{ comparison }}',
data__notifications = '{{ notifications }}',
data__period = '{{ period }}'
WHERE 
check_id = '{{ check_id }}' --required
AND alert_id = '{{ alert_id }}' --required
AND data__name = '{{ name }}' --required
AND data__type = '{{ type }}' --required
AND data__notifications = '{{ notifications }}' --required
AND data__period = '{{ period }}' --required
RETURNING
alert;

DELETE examples

uptime_delete_alert

To delete an Uptime alert, send a DELETE request to /v2/uptime/checks/$CHECK_ID/alerts/$ALERT_ID. A 204 status
code with no body will be returned in response to a successful request.

DELETE FROM digitalocean.monitoring.alerts
WHERE check_id = '{{ check_id }}' --required
AND alert_id = '{{ alert_id }}' --required;