API Overview
Describes all the essential properties which a user should know to optimal execution of API requests.
OpsRamp Public API's Base URL
The API fully supports domain-specific tenants (partner and client) URLs. The base URL for tenants who do not use custom branding is:
https://api.opsramp.com/api/
Custom or Privated branded URLs
Tenant with custom branding use a base URL that has the following format: https://{custom-branded-url}.api.opsramp.com/api
For example, custom-branded-url
for the tenant with domain name, acme
would be https://acme.api.opsramp.com/api
HTTP status codes
These status codes are returned by the APIs:
Status | Message | Description |
---|---|---|
200 | Success | Request succeeded |
201 | Success | Resource successfully created |
400 | Bad Request | Unable to authenticate. |
401 | Unauthorized | System or user is not authorized to use the API. |
404 | Not found | Resource was not found. |
405 | Method not allowed | HTTP method is not allowed for the resource or not supported by any resource. |
407 | Proxy Authentication Required | Token expired. |
410 | Gone | Tenant is unavailable or deactivated. |
429 | Too Many Requests | Request exceeds the rate limit. |
500 | Internal Server Error | Unexpected condition preventing the server from completing the request. |
Rate limits
API throttling limits the number of requests an API server accepts within a given time period. API requests are throttled to ensure a better quality of service(QoS).
OpsRamp APIs Rate limits
The following limits apply for each tenant (service provider, partner, and client) as requests per minute: The following table shows partner-level and client-level rate limits for the different resource categories:
API Category | Scope | GET (non-paginated) | GET (paginated) | POST / DELETE / PUT |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alerts | Partners | 1500 | 150 | 600 |
Alerts | Client | 500 | 50 | 200 |
Metric | Partners | 1500 | 150 | 15000 |
Metric | Client | 500 | 50 | 5000 |
Device | Partners | 1500 | 150 | 75 |
Device | Client | 500 | 50 | 25 |
Tickets | Partners | 1500 | 150 | 150 |
Tickets | Client | 500 | 50 | 50 |
Other APIs | Partners | 1500 | 150 | 150 |
Other APIs | Client | 500 | 50 | 50 |
A request that is rejected because it exceeds the rate limit returns a HTTP 429 Too Many Requests status code with the following error information in the response body:
{
"error" : "throttled",
"error_description" : "Too Many Requests"
}
Once the rate limit is reached, any additional API requests will not be processed until the next reset time interval.
The API response header provides details about the API rate limit, including the current usage count, the remaining requests, and additional information such as:
x-ratelimit-bucket
: "API_HITS:854521_28776146-alerts_write"x-ratelimit-limit
: "500"x-ratelimit-remaining
: "497"x-ratelimit-reset
: "1726568820"
Filtering and Pagination
Where applicable, you can use the following query string parameters to get filter results paginated on API execution.The query format and its parameters can be concatenated as exampled below.The "queryString" formulates all the input filtering parameters given by user. Multiple query parameters are seggregated by ":" and concatenated by "+"
Special Characters
There are special characters that can be used in a queryString
:
- (+) represents the next field and must be URL-encoded.
- (:) represents equals. An example is
key : value
. - Space characters must be URL-encoded.
- Date format must be yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ (GMT).
- (,) indicates multiple values for a key. An example is alert states: CRITICAL,WARNING
Default Filtering
Based on the API endpoint functionality some of the query filters would be mandatory else by default
, the
query would give all the results. In case of incorrect query parameters,the endpoint results to default
.
https://api.opsramp.com/api/v2/tenants/clientId/sites/search?pageNo=1&pageSize=10&isDescendingOrder=true&sortName=id&queryString=id:31+name:east-zone+parentId:30
https://api.opsramp.com/api/v2/tenants/clientId/sites/search?pageNo=1&pageSize=10&isDescendingOrder=true&sortName=id&queryString=states:CRITICAL,WARNING
OpsRamp API Pagination with Query Strings
BaseURL: https://api.opsramp.com/api/v2/tenants/clientId/resources
Parameter | Description | Default | Example |
---|---|---|---|
pageNo | (optional) The page to return in a multi-page document | 1 | BaseURL/search?pageNo=1 |
pageSize | (optional) Enteries per page | 10 | BaseURL/search?pageSize=3 |
isDescendingOrder | Page order listing true = descending | false | BaseURL/search?isDescendingOrder=true |
sortName | (optional) Page data sorting order by field Name | Field Name | BaseURL/search?sortName=id |
queryString | (optional) Resource-specific query string. | n/a | BaseURL/search?queryString=agentInstalled:true+state:inactive |