Handlers API

The /handlers API endpoint

/handlers (GET)

The /handlers API endpoint provides HTTP GET access to handler data.

EXAMPLE

The following example demonstrates a request to the /handlers API, resulting in a JSON Array containing handler definitions.

curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/core/v2/namespaces/default/handlers -H "Authorization: Bearer $SENSU_TOKEN"
[
  {
    "metadata": {
      "name": "slack",
      "namespace": "default",
      "labels": null,
      "annotations": null
    },
    "command": "sensu-slack-handler --channel '#monitoring'",
    "env_vars": [
      "SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
    ],
    "filters": [
      "is_incident",
      "not_silenced"
    ],
    "handlers": [],
    "runtime_assets": [],
    "timeout": 0,
    "type": "pipe"
  }
]

API Specification

/handlers (GET)
description Returns the list of handlers.
example url http://hostname:8080/api/core/v2/namespaces/default/handlers
pagination This endpoint supports pagination using the limit and continue query parameters. See the API overview for details.
response type Array
response codes
  • Success: 200 (OK)
  • Error: 500 (Internal Server Error)
output 
[
  {
    "metadata": {
      "name": "slack",
      "namespace": "default",
      "labels": null,
      "annotations": null
    },
    "command": "sensu-slack-handler --channel '#monitoring'",
    "env_vars": [
      "SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
    ],
    "filters": [
      "is_incident",
      "not_silenced"
    ],
    "handlers": [],
    "runtime_assets": [],
    "timeout": 0,
    "type": "pipe"
  },
  {
    "metadata": {
      "name": "influx-db",
      "namespace": "default",
      "labels": null,
      "annotations": null
    },
    "command": "sensu-influxdb-handler -d sensu",
    "env_vars": [
      "INFLUXDB_ADDR=http://influxdb.default.svc.cluster.local:8086",
      "INFLUXDB_USER=sensu",
      "INFLUXDB_PASSWORD=password"
    ],
    "filters": [],
    "handlers": [],
    "runtime_assets": [],
    "timeout": 0,
    "type": "pipe"
  }
]

/handlers (POST)

/handlers (POST)
description Create a Sensu handler.
example URL http://hostname:8080/api/core/v2/namespaces/default/handlers
payload 
{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "influx-db",
    "namespace": "default",
    "labels": null,
    "annotations": null
  },
  "command": "sensu-influxdb-handler -d sensu",
  "env_vars": [
    "INFLUXDB_ADDR=http://influxdb.default.svc.cluster.local:8086",
    "INFLUXDB_USER=sensu",
    "INFLUXDB_PASSWORD=password"
  ],
  "filters": [],
  "handlers": [],
  "runtime_assets": [],
  "timeout": 0,
  "type": "pipe"
}
response codes
  • Success: 200 (OK)
  • Malformed: 400 (Bad Request)
  • Error: 500 (Internal Server Error)

The /handlers/:handler API endpoint

/handlers/:handler (GET)

The /handlers/:handler API endpoint provides HTTP GET access to handler data for specific :handler definitions, by handler name.

EXAMPLE

In the following example, querying the /handlers/:handler API returns a JSON Map containing the requested :handler definition (in this example: for the :handler named slack).

curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/core/v2/namespaces/default/handlers/slack -H "Authorization: Bearer $SENSU_TOKEN"
{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "slack",
    "namespace": "default",
    "labels": null,
    "annotations": null
  },
  "command": "sensu-slack-handler --channel '#monitoring'",
  "env_vars": [
    "SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
  ],
  "filters": [
    "is_incident",
    "not_silenced"
  ],
  "handlers": [],
  "runtime_assets": [],
  "timeout": 0,
  "type": "pipe"
}

API Specification

/handlers/:handler (GET)
description Returns a handler.
example url http://hostname:8080/api/core/v2/namespaces/default/handlers/slack
response type Map
response codes
  • Success: 200 (OK)
  • Missing: 404 (Not Found)
  • Error: 500 (Internal Server Error)
output 
{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "slack",
    "namespace": "default",
    "labels": null,
    "annotations": null
  },
  "command": "sensu-slack-handler --channel '#monitoring'",
  "env_vars": [
    "SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
  ],
  "filters": [
    "is_incident",
    "not_silenced"
  ],
  "handlers": [],
  "runtime_assets": [],
  "timeout": 0,
  "type": "pipe"
}

/handlers/:handler (PUT)

API Specification

/handlers/:handler (PUT)
description Create or update a Sensu handler.
example URL http://hostname:8080/api/core/v2/namespaces/default/handlers/influx-db
payload 
{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "influx-db",
    "namespace": "default",
    "labels": null,
    "annotations": null
  },
  "command": "sensu-influxdb-handler -d sensu",
  "env_vars": [
    "INFLUXDB_ADDR=http://influxdb.default.svc.cluster.local:8086",
    "INFLUXDB_USER=sensu",
    "INFLUXDB_PASSWORD=password"
  ],
  "filters": [],
  "handlers": [],
  "runtime_assets": [],
  "timeout": 0,
  "type": "pipe"
}
response codes
  • Success: 201 (Created)
  • Malformed: 400 (Bad Request)
  • Error: 500 (Internal Server Error)

/handlers/:handler (DELETE)

The /handlers/:handler API endpoint provides HTTP DELETE access to delete a handler from Sensu given the handler name.

EXAMPLE

The following example shows a request to delete the handler slack, resulting in a successful HTTP 204 No Content response.

curl -X DELETE \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SENSU_TOKEN" \
http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/core/v2/namespaces/default/handlers/slack

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

API Specification

/handlers/:handler (DELETE)
description Removes a handler from Sensu given the handler name.
example url http://hostname:8080/api/core/v2/namespaces/default/handlers/slack
response codes
  • Success: 204 (No Content)
  • Missing: 404 (Not Found)
  • Error: 500 (Internal Server Error)