Creating a Message Template

Function

This API is used to create a notification template. Currently, each account can create a maximum of 100 notification templates. After a notification template is created, its name cannot be changed.

URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/{domain_id}/lts/events/notification/templates

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining the Project ID, Account ID, Log Group ID, and Log Stream ID. Minimum: 32 Maximum: 32
domain_id	Yes	String	Account ID. For details about how to obtain an account ID, see Obtaining the Project ID, Account ID, Log Group ID, and Log Stream ID. Minimum: 32 Maximum: 32

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	User token obtained from IAM. For details about how to obtain a user token, see Obtaining a User Token. Minimum: 1000 Maximum: 2000
Content-Type	Yes	String	Set this parameter to application/json;charset=UTF-8. Minimum: 30 Maximum: 30

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	Yes	String	Notification rule name, which is mandatory. The value can contain only digits, letters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-), and cannot start or end with special characters such as underscores. The value can contain 1 to 100 characters and cannot be changed after being created. Minimum: 1 Maximum: 100
type	No	Array of strings	Notification method.
desc	No	String	Template description, which is mandatory. The value can contain only digits, letters, and underscores (_), and cannot start or end with an underscore. The value can contain 0 to 1,024 characters. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1024
source	Yes	String	Template source. Currently, this parameter must be set to LTS. Otherwise, the template cannot be filtered. Minimum: 3 Maximum: 3
locale	Yes	String	Language type, for example, en-us.
templates	Yes	Array of SubTemplate objects	Template body is an array.

**Table 4** SubTemplate
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
sub_type	Yes	String	Template subtype, for example, sms or email.
content	Yes	String	Sub-template body. A variable following a dollar symbol ($) can only be one of the following variables. The supported variables vary according to alarm types. Currently, the variables supported for keyword alarms are as follows: Severity: ${event_severity}; Occurred: ${starts_at}; Alarm source: $event.metadata.resource_provider; Resource type: $event.metadata.resource_type; Resource ID: ${resources}; Statistical type: by keyword; Expression: $event.annotations.condition_expression; Current value: $event.annotations.current_value; Statistical period: $event.annotations.frequency; Query time: $event.annotations.results[0].time; Query log: $event.annotations.results[0].raw_results; NOTE: Each variable must be followed by an English semicolon (;). Otherwise, the template replacement fails. Minimum: 2 Maximum: 1024
topic	No	String	Email subject. This parameter is valid only when sub_type is set to email.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

**Table 5** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
name	String	Notification rule name.
type	Array of strings	Notification method.
desc	String	Template description.
source	String	Template source.
locale	String	Language.
templates	Array of SubTemplateResBody objects	Template body, which is an array.

**Table 6** SubTemplateResBody
Parameter	Type	Description
sub_type	String	Template subtype, for example, sms or email.
content	String	Sub-template body. A variable following a dollar symbol ($) can only be one of the following variables. The supported variables vary according to alarm types (keyword or SQL).
topic	String	Email subject. This parameter is valid only when sub_type is set to email.

Status code: 400

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.

Status code: 500

**Table 8** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.

Example Requests

Creating a message template

POST https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/{domain_id}/lts/events/notification/templates

{
  "name" : "alarm-template",
  "desc" : "test",
  "source" : "LTS",
  "locale" : "en-us",
  "templates" : [ {
    "sub_type" : "sms",
    "content" : "Severity: ${event_severity};\nOccurred: ${starts_at};\nResource ID: ${resources};\nStatistical type: by keyword;\nExpression: $event.annotations.condition_expression;\nCurrent value: $event.annotations.current_value;\nStatistical period: $event.annotations.frequency;"
  }, {
    "sub_type" : "email",
    "content" : "Severity: ${event_severity};\nOccurred: ${starts_at};\nAlarm source: $event.metadata.resource_provider;\nResource type: $event.metadata.resource_type;\nResource ID: ${resources};\nStatistical type: by keyword;\nExpression: $event.annotations.condition_expression;\nCurrent value: $event.annotations.current_value;\nStatistical period: $event.annotations.frequency;\nQuery time: $event.annotations.results[0].time;\nQuery log: $event.annotations.results[0].raw_results;"
  } ]
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

The request is successful.

{
  "desc" : "description",
  "locale" : "en-us",
  "name" : "postman-test",
  "source" : "LTS",
  "templates" : [ {
    "content" : "Severity: ${event_severity};\nOccurred: ${starts_at};\nResource ID: ${resources};\nStatistical type: by keyword;\nExpression: $event.annotations.condition_expression;\nCurrent value: $event.annotations.current_value;\nStatistical period: $event.annotations.frequency;",
    "sub_type" : "sms"
  }, {
    "content" : "Severity: ${event_severity};\nOccurred: ${starts_at};\nAlarm source: $event.metadata.resource_provider;\nResource type: $event.metadata.resource_type;\nResource ID: ${resources};\nStatistical type: by keyword;\nExpression: $event.annotations.condition_expression;\nCurrent value: $event.annotations.current_value;\nStatistical period: $event.annotations.frequency;\nQuery time: $event.annotations.results[0].time;\nQuery log: $event.annotations.results[0].raw_results;",
    "sub_type" : "email"
  } ]
}

Status code: 400

Invalid request. Modify the request based on the description in error_msg before a retry.

{
  "error_code" : "LTS.2014",
  "error_msg" : "desc is invalid!"
}

Status code: 500

The server has received the request but encountered an internal error.

{
  "error_code" : "LTS.2014",
  "error_msg" : "Failed to create notification template."
}

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
200	The request is successful.
400	Invalid request. Modify the request based on the description in error_msg before a retry.
500	The server has received the request but encountered an internal error.