Plugins API - GET a plugin

Lists the properties of the specified plugin.

The request produces an application/json payload.

GET	ManagedDynatrace for Government	`https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/plugins/{id}`
	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/plugins/{id}`
	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/plugins/{id}`

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with ReadConfig scope.

To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
id	string	The ID of the required plugin.	path	required

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
200	Plugin	Success

Response body objects

The `Plugin` object

General configuration of a plugin.

Element	Type	Description
id	string	The ID of the plugin, for example `custom.remote.python.demo`.
metadata	ConfigurationMetadata	Metadata useful for debugging
metricGroup	string	The metric group of the plugin. All the metrics, captured by the plugin are children of this group.
name	string	The name of the plugin, displayed in Dynatrace.
properties	PluginProperty[]	A list of plugin properties.
type	string	The type of the plugin. It indicates the runtime environment of the plugin (for example, ActiveGate). The element can hold these values `ActiveGate` `JMX` `OneAgent` `PMI`
version	string	The version of the plugin, displayed in Dynatrace.

The `ConfigurationMetadata` object

Metadata useful for debugging

Element	Type	Description
clusterVersion	string	Dynatrace version.
configurationVersions	integer[]	A sorted list of the version numbers of the configuration.
currentConfigurationVersions	string[]	A sorted list of version numbers of the configuration.

The `PluginProperty` object

A property of a plugin.

Element	Type	Description
defaultValue	string	The default value of the property.
dropdownValues	string[]	The list of possible values of the property. If such a list is defined, only values from this list can be assigned to the property.
key	string	The key of the property.
type	string	The type of the property.

Response body JSON model

json
{
  "id": "custom.remote.python.demo",
  "metricGroup": "custom.demo_metrics",
  "name": "ActiveGate demo plugin",
  "properties": [
    {
      "defaultValue": "127.0.0.1",
      "key": "serverIp",
      "type": "STRING"
    },
    {
      "defaultValue": "",
      "key": "password",
      "type": "PASSWORD"
    },
    {
      "defaultValue": "dynatrace",
      "key": "username",
      "type": "STRING"
    },
    {
      "defaultValue": "one",
      "dropdownValues": [
        "one",
        "two",
        "three"
      ],
      "key": "dropdownProperty",
      "type": "DROPDOWN"
    }
  ],
  "type": "ActiveGate",
  "version": "1.01"
}

Example

In this example, the request inquires for parameters of the SAP plugin, which has the ID of custom.remote.python.sap.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Curl

bash
curl -X GET \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/plugins/custom.remote.python.sap \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890'

Request URL

plaintext
https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/plugins/custom.remote.python.sap

Response body

json
{
  "metadata": {
    "configurationVersions": [
      0
    ],
    "clusterVersion": "1.173.0.20190611-111714"
  },
  "id": "custom.remote.python.sap",
  "name": "SAP plugin",
  "type": "ActiveGate",
  "properties": [
    {
      "key": "password",
      "type": "PASSWORD",
      "defaultValue": ""
    },
    {
      "key": "instance",
      "type": "STRING",
      "defaultValue": ""
    },
    {
      "key": "serverIp",
      "type": "TEXTAREA",
      "defaultValue": ""
    },
    {
      "key": "clientno",
      "type": "STRING",
      "defaultValue": ""
    },
    {
      "key": "username",
      "type": "STRING",
      "defaultValue": ""
    }
  ]
}

Response code

200