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changeEvents

Create an event

post/v1/changeevents

Request body

idinteger

Optional ID of the event. It is recommended to leave this empty when creating a new event so that a unique ID will be generated

namestring required

The name of the event. Can be used as a category or type of event. Does not need to be unique.

titlestring required

A short, high-level summary of the event.

timestampinteger

Timestamp of the event in seconds since the epoch. Defaults to the current time.

sourcestring

Description of the event's origination. For example, a hostname, user, or application name.

descriptionstring

Extra metadata about the event describing the specifics of the event.

parentEventIdinteger

The id of the parent event

tagsobject

A set of key-value pairs that describe the event

Example request

{
  "id": 1731676626,
  "name": "app-deploys",
  "title": "deployed v45",
  "timestamp": 1731676626,
  "source": "foo3.example.com",
  "tags": {
    "app": "foo",
    "environment": "production"
  },
  "links": [
    {
      "href": "https://example.com",
      "rel": "self"
    }
  ]
}

Response

The ID of the created event

idinteger required

Resource identifier.

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