Labels

GET /v6/groups Labels list

Returns a list of all labels (formerly called groups) configured in ThousandEyes. This includes both Agent and Test labels.

Optional (Querystring) Parameters

  • format=json|xml optional, specifies the format of output requested. See Output Formats for more information
  • aid={aid} optional and requires the user to be assigned to the target account group, specifies the account group context of the request, obtained from the /account-groups endpoint. Specifying this parameter without the user being assigned to the target account will result in an error response. See Account group context for more information

Request

  • no request body

Response

Sends back an array of labels configured in the platform. Metadata of the response is returned according to the following table:

FieldData TypeUnitsNotes
namestringn/aName of the label
groupIdintegern/aUnique ID of the label; this number is negative for built-in labels. Query the /groups/{id} endpoint to see a list of agents/tests with this label.
typestringn/aeither tests or agents, indicates the type of label. To show only this label type, query the /groups/{type} endpoint.
builtinintegern/a1 for built-in labels, and 0 for user-created labels. Note that built-in labels are read-only.

Example

$ curl https://api.thousandeyes.com/v6/groups.json \ -u noreply@thousandeyes.com:g351mw5xqhvkmh1vq6zfm51c62wyzib2

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:20:26 GMT Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: no-store X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Limit: 240 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Remaining: 227 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Reset: 1493730300 Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000 X-Server-Name: 1-2

Body

{ "groups": [ { "name": "Infrastructure tests", "groupId": 961, "type": "tests", "builtin": 0 }, { "name": "My label", "groupId": 714, "type": "agents", "builtin": 0 }, { "builtin": 1, "groupId": -8, "name": "Shared", "type": "tests" }, { "builtin": 1, "groupId": -9, "name": "Saved Event", "type": "tests" }, { "builtin": 1, "groupId": -2, "name": "Cloud", "type": "agents" }, { "builtin": 1, "groupId": -3, "name": "IPv4 Compatible", "type": "agents" }, { "builtin": 1, "groupId": -4, "name": "IPv6 Compatible", "type": "agents" }, { "builtin": 1, "groupId": -5, "name": "Proxied", "type": "agents" }, { "builtin": 1, "groupId": -6, "name": "Enterprise Cluster", "type": "agents" }, { "builtin": 1, "groupId": -1, "name": "Enterprise", "type": "agents" } ] }

For error responses, see the response status codes documentation.

GET /v6/groups/{type} Labels list by type

Returns a list of all tests of the label (formerly called group) type specified, configured in ThousandEyes.

Optional (Querystring) Parameters

  • format=json|xml optional, specifies the format of output requested. See Output Formats for more information
  • aid={aid} optional and requires the user to be assigned to the target account group, specifies the account group context of the request, obtained from the /account-groups endpoint. Specifying this parameter without the user being assigned to the target account will result in an error response. See Account group context for more information

Request

  • {type} corresponds to the following options:

    • agents
    • tests

  • no request body

Response

Sends back an array of labels configured for the type specified in the platform. Metadata of the response is returned according to the following table:

FieldData TypeUnitsNotes
namestringn/aName of the label
groupIdintegern/aUnique ID of the label; this number is negative for built-in labels. Query the /groups/{id} endpoint to see a list of agents/tests with this label.
typestringn/aEither tests or agents, indicates the type of label.
builtinintegern/a1 for built-in labels, and 0 for user-created labels. Note that built-in labels are read-only.

Example

$ curl https://api.thousandeyes.com/v6/groups/tests.json \ -u noreply@thousandeyes.com:g351mw5xqhvkmh1vq6zfm51c62wyzib2

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:20:26 GMT Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: no-store X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Limit: 240 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Remaining: 227 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Reset: 1493730300 Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000 X-Server-Name: 1-2

Body

{ "groups": [ { "name": "Infrastructure tests", "groupId": 961, "type": "tests", "builtin": 0 }, { "builtin": 1, "groupId": -8, "name": "Shared", "type": "tests" }, { "builtin": 1, "groupId": -9, "name": "Saved Event", "type": "tests" } ] }

For error responses, see the response status codes documentation.

GET /v6/groups/{groupId} Label details

Returns details for a label (formerly called group) configured in ThousandEyes.

Optional (Querystring) Parameters

  • format=json|xml optional, specifies the format of output requested. See Output Formats for more information
  • aid={aid} optional and requires the user to be assigned to the target account group, specifies the account group context of the request, obtained from the /account-groups endpoint. Specifying this parameter without the user being assigned to the target account will result in an error response. See Account group context for more information

Request

  • {groupId} the ID of the label to retrieve
  • no request body

Response

Returns the label details. Metadata of the response is returned according to the following table:

FieldData TypeUnitsNotes
namestringn/aName of the label
groupIdintegern/aUnique ID of the label; this number is negative for built-in labels. Query the /groups/{id} endpoint to see a list of agents/tests with this label.
typestringn/aeither tests or agents, indicates the type of label.
builtinintegern/a1 for built-in labels, and 0 for user-created labels. Note that built-in labels are read-only.
agentsarray of agent objectsn/aAgent objects are shown for an agents type label only. See Agent Metadata for more details on agent objects.
testsarray of test objectsn/aTest objects are shown for a tests type label only. See Test Metadata for more detail on test objects.

Example

$ curl https://api.thousandeyes.com/v6/groups/-2.json \ -u noreply@thousandeyes.com:g351mw5xqhvkmh1vq6zfm51c62wyzib2

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:20:26 GMT Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: no-store X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Limit: 240 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Remaining: 227 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Reset: 1493730300 Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000 X-Server-Name: 1-2

Body

{ "groups": [ { "name": "Cloud", "groupId": -2, "type": "agents", "builtin": 1, "agents": [ { "agentId": 3, "agentName": "Singapore", "agentType": "Cloud", "countryId": "SG", "ipAddresses": [ "202.150.211.165", "202.150.211.164", "202.150.211.163" ], "ipv6Policy": "FORCE_IPV4", "location": "Singapore" } ... ] } ] }

For error responses, see the response status codes documentation.

GET /v6/groups/{type}/{groupId} Label details (by label type)

Returns a list of all labels (formerly called groups) configured in ThousandEyes. This includes both Agent and Test labels.

Optional (Querystring) Parameters

  • format=json|xml optional, specifies the format of output requested. See Output Formats for more information
  • aid={aid} optional and requires the user to be assigned to the target account group, specifies the account group context of the request, obtained from the /account-groups endpoint. Specifying this parameter without the user being assigned to the target account will result in an error response. See Account group context for more information

Request

  • {type} corresponds to the following options:

    • agents
    • tests

  • {groupId} the ID of the label to retrieve

  • no request body

Response

Returns the label details. Metadata of the response is returned according to the following table:

FieldData TypeUnitsNotes
namestringn/aName of the label
groupIdintegern/aUnique ID of the label; this number is negative for built-in labels. Query the /groups/{id} endpoint to see a list of agents/tests with this label.
typestringn/aeither tests or agents, indicates the type of label requested.
builtinintegern/a1 for built-in labels, and 0 for user-created labels. Note that built-in labels are read-only.
agentsarray of agent objectsn/aAgent objects are shown for an agents type label only. See Agent Metadata for more details on agent objects.
testsarray of test objectsn/aTest objects are shown for a tests type label only. See Test Metadata for more detail on test objects.

Example

$ curl https://api.thousandeyes.com/v6/groups/agents/-2.json \ -u noreply@thousandeyes.com:g351mw5xqhvkmh1vq6zfm51c62wyzib2

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:20:26 GMT Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: no-store X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Limit: 240 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Remaining: 227 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Reset: 1493730300 Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000 X-Server-Name: 1-2

Body

{ "groups": [ { "name": "Cloud", "groupId": -2, "type": "agents", "builtin": 1, "agents": [ { "agentId": 3, "agentName": "Singapore", "agentType": "Cloud", "countryId": "SG", "ipAddresses": [ "202.150.211.165", "202.150.211.164", "202.150.211.163" ], "ipv6Policy": "FORCE_IPV4", "location": "Singapore" } ... ] } ] }

For error responses, see the response status codes documentation.

POST /v6/groups/{type}/new Creating a label

Creates a new label (formerly called group) in ThousandEyes, based on properties provided in the POST data. In order to create a new label, the user attempting the creation must have sufficient privileges to create labels.

Regular users are blocked from using any of the POST-based methods.

Note: When creating or updating a label and assigning agents or tests, the user needs permission to modify the objects being added.

Optional (Querystring) Parameters

  • format=json|xml optional, specifies the format of output requested. See Output Formats for more information
  • aid={aid} optional and requires the user to be assigned to the target account group, specifies the account group context of the request, obtained from the /account-groups endpoint. Specifying this parameter without the user being assigned to the target account will result in an error response. See Account group context for more information

Request

  • {type} corresponds to the following options:

    • agents
    • tests

  • POST body includes the following:

    • name the name of the new label - this must be unique.
    • tests an array of testId objects, if the type specified is tests
    • agents an array of agentId objects, if the type specified is agents

See the example below for POST body syntax

Response

If successful, sends back an HTTP/201 CREATED response code, and the new object metadata (just as if you’d called /groups/{id} with the new label ID). Metadata per the following table:

FieldData TypeUnitsNotes
namestringn/aName of the label
groupIdintegern/aUnique ID of the label; this number is negative for built-in labels. Query the /groups/{id} endpoint to see a list of agents/tests with this label.
typestringn/aeither tests or agents, indicates the type of label.
builtinintegern/a1 for built-in labels, and 0 for user-created labels. Note that built-in labels are read-only.
agentsarray of agent objectsn/aAgent objects are shown for an agents type label only. See Agent Metadata for more details on agent objects.
testsarray of test objectsn/aTest objects are shown for a tests type label only. See Test Metadata for more detail on test objects.

Example

$ curl https://api.thousandeyes.com/v6/groups/tests/new \ -d '{ "name": "Dave's new group", "tests": [ {"testId": 5048}, {"testId": 6600} ] }' \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -u noreply@thousandeyes.com:g351mw5xqhvkmh1vq6zfm51c62wyzib2

HTTP/1.1 201 CREATED Server: nginx Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:20:26 GMT Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: no-store X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Limit: 240 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Remaining: 227 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Reset: 1493730300 Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000 X-Server-Name: 1-2

Body

{ "groups": [ { "name": "Dave's new group", "groupId": 1374, "type": "tests", "builtin": 0, "tests": [ { "createdDate": "2014-06-13 04:01:07", "modifiedDate": "2015-01-06 19:27:03", "createdBy": "Dave Fraleigh (dave@thousandeyes.com)", "modifiedBy": "Dave Fraleigh (dave@thousandeyes.com)", "enabled": 1, "savedEvent": 0, "testId": 6600, "testName": "Bozo BGP test 1", "type": "bgp", "prefix": "38.122.0.0/16", "alertsEnabled": 0, "liveShare": 0, "includeCoveredPrefixes": 0, "apiLinks": [...] }, { "createdDate": "2014-03-18 20:05:03", "modifiedDate": "2015-07-31 17:20:54", "createdBy": "Dave Fraleigh (dave@thousandeyes.com)", "modifiedBy": "Dave Fraleigh (dave@thousandeyes.com)", "enabled": 0, "savedEvent": 0, "testId": 5048, "testName": "www.yahoo.com A", "type": "dns-server", "interval": 300, "domain": "www.yahoo.com A", "networkMeasurements": 1, "mtuMeasurements": 1, "bandwidthMeasurements": 0, "bgpMeasurements": 1, "alertsEnabled": 0, "liveShare": 0, "recursiveQueries": 1, "dnsServers": [...], "apiLinks": [...] } ] } ] }

For error responses, see the response status codes documentation.

POST /v6/groups/{groupId}/update Updating a label

Updates a label (formerly called group) in ThousandEyes, based on properties provided in the POST data. In order to edit a label, the user must have access to the target label, and have access to modify the objects that the label contains. For example, to update an agent label, the user needs the Edit Agents permission assigned to their role.

Regular users are blocked from using any of the POST-based methods.

Optional (Querystring) Parameters

  • format=json|xml optional, specifies the format of output requested. See Output Formats for more information
  • aid={aid} optional and requires the user to be assigned to the target account group, specifies the account group context of the request, obtained from the /account-groups endpoint. Specifying this parameter without the user being assigned to the target account will result in an error response. See Account group context for more information

Request

  • groupId the label that you wish to update, found in either the /groups or the /groups/{type} endpoint.

Response

Returns the label details, following update. Metadata of the response is returned according to the following table:

FieldData TypeUnitsNotes
namestringn/aName of the label
groupIdintegern/aUnique ID of the label; this number is negative for built-in labels. Query the /groups/{id} endpoint to see a list of agents/tests with this label.
typestringn/aeither tests or agents, indicates the type of label.
builtinintegern/a1 for built-in labels, and 0 for user-created labels. Note that built-in labels are read-only.
agentsarray of agent objectsn/aAgent objects are shown for an agents type label only. See Agent Metadata for more details on agent objects.
testsarray of test objectsn/aTest objects are shown for a tests type label only. See Test Metadata for more detail on test objects.

Example

$ curl https://api.thousandeyes.com/v6/groups/1356/update \ -d '{ "name": "Dave's new group", "tests": [ {"testId": 5048 }, {"testId": 6600 } ] }' \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -u noreply@thousandeyes.com:g351mw5xqhvkmh1vq6zfm51c62wyzib2

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:20:26 GMT Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: no-store X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Limit: 240 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Remaining: 227 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Reset: 1493730300 Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000 X-Server-Name: 1-2

Body

{ "groups": [ { "name": "Dave's new group", "groupId": 1356, "type": "tests", "builtin": 0, "tests": [ { "createdDate": "2014-06-13 04:01:07", "modifiedDate": "2015-01-06 19:27:03", "createdBy": "Dave Fraleigh (dave@thousandeyes.com)", "modifiedBy": "Dave Fraleigh (dave@thousandeyes.com)", "enabled": 1, "savedEvent": 0, "testId": 6600, "testName": "Bozo BGP test 1", "type": "bgp", "prefix": "38.122.0.0/16", "alertsEnabled": 0, "liveShare": 0, "includeCoveredPrefixes": 0, "apiLinks": [...] }, { "createdDate": "2014-03-18 20:05:03", "modifiedDate": "2015-07-31 17:20:54", "createdBy": "Dave Fraleigh (dave@thousandeyes.com)", "modifiedBy": "Dave Fraleigh (dave@thousandeyes.com)", "enabled": 0, "savedEvent": 0, "testId": 5048, "testName": "www.yahoo.com A", "type": "dns-server", "interval": 300, "domain": "www.yahoo.com A", "networkMeasurements": 1, "mtuMeasurements": 1, "bandwidthMeasurements": 0, "bgpMeasurements": 1, "alertsEnabled": 0, "liveShare": 0, "recursiveQueries": 1, "dnsServers": [...], "apiLinks": [...] } ] } ] }

For error responses, see the response status codes documentation.

POST /v6/groups/{groupId}/delete Deleting a label

Deletes a label (formerly called group) currently configured in ThousandEyes. Note that built-in labels (with negative groupId numbers) are not eligible for deletion.

Optional (Querystring) Parameters

  • format=json|xml optional, specifies the format of output requested. See Output Formats for more information
  • aid={aid} optional and requires the user to be assigned to the target account group, specifies the account group context of the request, obtained from the /account-groups endpoint. Specifying this parameter without the user being assigned to the target account will result in an error response. See Account group context for more information

Request

  • groupId the label that you wish to delete, found in either the /groups or the /groups/{type} endpoint.
  • No request body

Response

Returns an HTTP/204 NO CONTENT response.

Example

$ curl https://api.thousandeyes.com/v6/groups/1356/delete \ -d '' \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -u noreply@thousandeyes.com:g351mw5xqhvkmh1vq6zfm51c62wyzib2

HTTP/1.1 204 NO CONTENT Server: nginx Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:20:26 GMT Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: no-store X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Limit: 240 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Remaining: 227 X-Organization-Rate-Limit-Reset: 1493730300 Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000 X-Server-Name: 1-2

Body

  • The body of a delete request will be empty.

For error responses, see the response status codes documentation.