POST /analytics/custom_actions/actions

Creates a new custom action with the supplied fields.

Creates a new custom action with the supplied fields. The custom action must contain the following fields:

name - Required - String - Unique name of the custom action within the QRadar deployment.
description - Optional - String - Description of the custom action.
interpreter - Required - Number - Unique ID of the custom action interpreter used by the custom action.
script - Required - Number - Unique ID of the custom action script used by the custom action.
parameters - Required - Array - Array of custom action parameters contained within the custom action. Each Custom action parameter must have the following fields:
- name - Required - String - Name of the custom action parameter. Unique in the context of the parent custom action.
- parameter_type - Required - String - Custom action parameter type. Can be either fixed or dynamic.
- encrypted - Required - Boolean - Designates whether the custom action parameter value field is stored in an encrypted state.True if encrypted, false otherwise.
- value - Required - String - Value of the custom action parameter. Custom action parameters with parameter_type fixed can have any value. Custom action parameters with parameter_type dynamic must have values corresponding to column names in an Ariel database, for example sourceip. Ariel database column names are available through the /api/ariel/databases/{database_name} endpoint.

Table 1. POST /analytics/custom_actions/actions resource details
MIME Type
application/json

Table 2. POST /analytics/custom_actions/actions request parameter details
Parameter	Type	Optionality	Data Type	MIME Type	Description
fields	header	Optional	String	text/plain	Optional - Use this parameter to specify which fields you would like to get back in the response. Fields that are not named are excluded. Specify subfields in brackets and multiple fields in the same object are separated by commas.

Table 3. POST /analytics/custom_actions/actions request body details
Parameter	Data Type	MIME Type	Description	Sample
custom_action	Object	application/json	Custom action JSON object containing the supplied fields (see above for more details).	{ "description": "String", "interpreter": 42, "name": "String", "parameters": [ { "encrypted": true, "name": "String", "parameter_type": "String", "value": "String" } ], "script": 42 }

Table 4. POST /analytics/custom_actions/actions response codes
HTTP Response Code	Unique Code	Description
201		A new custom action has been successfully created.
422	1005	One or more parameters are invalid in request.
500	1020	An internal server error occurred while posting custom action.

Response Description

The newly created custom action with the following fields:

id - Number - Unique ID of the custom action within the QRadar deployment.
name - String - Unique name of the custom action within the QRadar deployment.
description - String - Optional description attached to the custom action.
interpreter - Number - Unique ID of the custom action interpreter used by the custom action.
script - Number - Unique ID of the custom action script used by the custom action.
parameters - Array - Array of custom action parameters contained within the custom action. Each Custom action parameter has the following fields:
- name - String - Name of the custom action parameter. Unique in the context of the parent custom action.
- parameter_type - String - Custom action parameter type. Can be either fixed or dynamic.
- encrypted - Boolean - Designates whether the custom action parameter value field is stored in an encrypted state.True if encrypted, false otherwise.
- value - String - Value of the custom action parameter.

Response Sample


{
    "description": "String",
    "id": 42,
    "interpreter": 42,
    "name": "String",
    "parameters": [
        {
            "encrypted": true,
            "name": "String",
            "parameter_type": "String",
            "value": "String"
        }
    ],
    "script": 42
}