POST /config/event_sources/custom_properties/property_expressions

Creates a new event regex property expression.

Creates a new event regex property expression.

Table 1. POST /config/event_sources/custom_properties/property_expressions resource details
MIME Type

application/json

Table 2. POST /config/event_sources/custom_properties/property_expressions 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 /config/event_sources/custom_properties/property_expressions request body details
Parameter Data Type MIME Type Description Sample

data

Object

application/json

Required - A JSON representation of the regex property expression object
  • regex_property_identifier - Required - String - The identifier of the event regex property to which this expression belongs.
  • enabled - Optional - Boolean - Flag that indicates whether this expression is enabled. It defaults to true if not provided.
  • regex - Required - String - The regex to extract the property from the payload.
  • capture_group - Optional - Integer - The capture group to capture. It defaults to 1 if not provided.
  • payload - Optional - String - Test payload. This parameter is only used in the UI so that you can verify that your expression matches the expected payload.
  • log_source_type_id - Required - Integer - The expression is only applied to events for this log source type.
  • log_source_id - Optional - Integer - The expression is only applied to events for this log source (more specific than type alone).
  • qid - Optional - Integer - The expression is only applied to events associated with this QID record.
  • low_level_category_id - Optional - Integer - The expression is only applied to events with this low level category.

{ "capture_group": 42, "creation_date": 42, "enabled": true, "id": 42, "identifier": "String", "log_source_id": 42, "log_source_type_id": 42, "low_level_category_id": 42, "modification_date": 42, "payload": "String", "qid": 42, "regex": "String", "regex_property_identifier": "String", "username": "String" }

Table 4. POST /config/event_sources/custom_properties/property_expressions response codes
HTTP Response Code Unique Code Description

201

A new event regex property expression was created.

422

1005

One or more request parameter are invalid in request.

500

1020

An error occurred during the attempt to create a new event regex property expression.

Response Description

The newly created event regex property expression that contains the following fields:
  • id - Integer - The sequence ID of the event regex property expression.
  • identifier - String - The unique ID of the event regex property expression. This value is typically in the form of a UUID, with the exception of some legacy event regex property expressions.
  • regex_property_identifier - String - The identifier of the event regex property to which this expression belongs.
  • enabled - Boolean - Flag that indicates whether this expression is enabled.
  • regex - String - The regex to extract the property from the payload.
  • capture_group - Integer - The capture group to capture.
  • payload - String - Test payload. This parameter is only used in the UI so that you can verify that your expression matches the expected payload.
  • log_source_type_id - Integer - The expression is only applied to events for this log source type.
  • log_source_id - Integer - The expression is only applied to events for this log source (more specific than type alone).
  • qid - Integer - The expression is only applied to events associated with this QID record.
  • low_level_category_id - Integer - The expression is only applied to events with this low level category.
  • username - String - The owner of the event regex property expression.

Response Sample


{
    "capture_group": 42,
    "creation_date": 42,
    "enabled": true,
    "id": 42,
    "identifier": "String",
    "log_source_id": 42,
    "log_source_type_id": 42,
    "low_level_category_id": 42,
    "modification_date": 42,
    "payload": "String",
    "qid": 42,
    "regex": "String",
    "regex_property_identifier": "String",
    "username": "String"
}