Dynatrace API - Report custom device metric

[vijay_manda]

I am using the Dynatrace API V1 and trying to POST custom metrics into it. I have followed the below link and the workflow.

https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/extend-dynatrace/dynatrace-api/environment-api/timeseries/cus...

I'm have PUT the custom metric, GET the custom metric and Register a custom device using POST

However, when I try to POST metrics to the custom device I get the below error. Any thoughts on what it means and how to fix it?

{

"error": {

"code": 400,

"message": "The timeframe is not clear -- either start & end timestamp or relativeTime."

}

}

[HannahM]

Hi Vijay, can you add an example of what you are posting? Please mask any confidential strings

Thanks, Hannah

[vijay_manda]

Hi Hannah, Im pretty much duplicating whats in the below link but with updated timestamps https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/extend-dynatrace/dynatrace-api/environment-api/topology-and-s...

{ "tags": [ "tag2" ], "type": "F5-Firewall", "properties" : { "Sample Property 2": "Sample value 2" }, "series" : [ { "timeseriesId" : "custom:firewall.connections.dropped", "dimensions" : { "nic" : "ethernetcard1" }, "dataPoints" : [ [ 1539860400000, 460 ], [ 1539860460000, 456 ] ] }, { "timeseriesId" : "custom:firewall.connections.dropped", "dimensions" : { "nic" : "ethernetcard2" }, "dataPoints" : [ [ 1539860430000, 439 ], [ 1539860490000, 460 ] ] } ] }

[vijay_manda]

I have added the payloads from my requests as a comment on the original post

[vijay_manda]

Here are the calls I am making. The first three work fine, its the last one that fails with the error

PUT /e/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX/api/v1/timeseries/custom%3ACustomMetricName HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
cache-control: no-cache

{
"displayName" : "Custom Display Name",
"unit" : "Percent",
"dimensions": [
"CustomDimension"
],
"types": [
"Custom-Type"
]
}

GET /e/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX/api/v1/timeseries/custom%3ACustomMetricName HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
cache-control: no-cache

{
"displayName" : "Custom Display Name",
"unit" : "Percent",
"dimensions": [
"CustomDimension"
],
"types": [
"Custom-Type"
]
}

POST /e/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/custom/CustomDevice HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
cache-control: no-cache

{
"displayName" : "Custom Display Name",
"type" : "Custom-Type",
"tags": [
"REST example"
],
"properties" : {
"Sample Property 1": "Sample value 1"
}
}

POST /e/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX/api/v1/timeseries/custom%3ACustomMetricName HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
cache-control: no-cache

{
"tags": [
"tag2"
],
"type": "Custom-Type",
"properties" : {
"Sample Property 2": "Sample value 2"
},
"series" : [
{
"timeseriesId" : "custom:TimeSeries.Id",
"dimensions" : {
"CustomDimension" : "Dimension1"
},
"dataPoints" : [
[ 1574349600000, 60 ],
[ 1574350200000, 55 ]
]
},
{
"timeseriesId" : "custom:TimeSeries.Id",
"dimensions" : {
"CustomDimension" : "Dimension2"
},
"dataPoints" : [
[ 1574349600000, 76 ],
[ 1574350200000, 80 ]
]
},
{
"timeseriesId" : "custom:TimeSeries.Id",
"dimensions" : {
"CustomDimension" : "Dimension3"
},
"dataPoints" : [
[ 1574349600000, 39 ],
[ 1574350200000, 25 ]
]
}
]
}

[HannahM]

Does it work if you run it from the API Explorer?

https://<yourtenant>.live.dynatrace.com/rest-api-doc/index.jsp?urls.primaryName=Environment%20API%20v1#/Topology%20%26%20Smartscape%20-%20Custom%20device/createCustomDataPoints 

[vijay_manda]

I tried that before I moved over to postman as I was not able to authenticate the API token using the API explorer as it doesnt seem to be adding the API token to the request and there is no way for me to amend it. BTW, I have authorised and entered the API token at the top right of the page too.

[HannahM]

You're call does look ok. Does it work if you send a single dimension?

[vijay_manda]

Tried that too and no, that didn't work either!