Service detection API - GET an opaque web request rule

Shows the properties of the specified service detection rule for opaque and external web requests.

The request produces an application/json payload.

GET	Managed	`https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/service/detectionRules/OPAQUE_AND_EXTERNAL_WEB_REQUEST/{id}`
	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/config/v1/service/detectionRules/OPAQUE_AND_EXTERNAL_WEB_REQUEST/{id}`
	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/config/v1/service/detectionRules/OPAQUE_AND_EXTERNAL_WEB_REQUEST/{id}`

Authentication

To execute this request, you need Read configuration (ReadConfig) permission assigned to your API token. 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 service detection rule.	path	optional

Response

Refer to JSON models to find all JSON models that depend on the type of the model.

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
200	OpaqueAndExternalWebRequestRule	Success. The response contains properties of the specified rule.
404	-	Failed. The rule with the specified ID doesn't exist.

Response body objects

The `OpaqueAndExternalWebRequestRule` object

The service detection rule of the OPAQUE_AND_EXTERNAL_WEB_REQUEST type.

Element	Type	Description	Required
type	string	The type of the service detection rule.	required
metadata	ConfigurationMetadata	Metadata useful for debugging	optional
managementZones	string[]	The management zone (specified by the ID) of the process group for which this service detection rule should be created. You can specify only 1 management zone here.	optional
id	string	The ID of the service detection rule.	optional
order	string	The order of the rule in the rules list. The rules are evaluated from top to bottom. The first matching rule applies.	optional
name	string	The name of the rule.	required
description	string	A short description of the rule.	optional
enabled	boolean	The rule is enabled(`true`) or disabled (`false`).	required
conditions	ConditionsOpaqueAndExternalWebRequestAttributeTypeDto[]	A list of conditions of the rule. If several conditions are specified, the AND logic applies.	optional
applicationId	ApplicationId	The contribution to the service ID calculation from the detected application ID. You have two mutually exclusive options: Override the detected value with a specified static value. Specify the new value in the valueOverride field. Dynamically transform the detected value. Specify the transformation parameters in the transformations field.	optional
contextRoot	ContextRoot	The contribution to the service ID calculation from the detected context root. The context root is the first segment of the request URL after server name. For example, in the `www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/` URL the context root is `support`. You have two options: Keep a part of the detected URL. Specify the number of segments to be kept in the segmentsToCopyFromUrlPath field. Dynamically transform the detected URL. Specify the transformation parameters in the transformations field. You can use one or both options. If you use both, the transformation applies to the modified URL.	optional
port	Port	The contribution to the service ID calculation from the port, where the web request has been detected.	optional
publicDomainName	PublicDomainName	The contribution to the service ID calculation from the domain name where the web request has been detected. You have two mutually exclusive options: Override the detected value with a specified static value. Specify the new value in the valueOverride field. Dynamically transform the detected value. Specify the transformation parameters in the transformations field.	optional

The `ConfigurationMetadata` object

Metadata useful for debugging

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

The `ConditionsOpaqueAndExternalWebRequestAttributeTypeDto` object

A condition of the service detection rule.

Element Type Description Required

attributeType

string

Element	Type	Description	Required
attributeType	string	The type of the attribute to be checked. The element can hold these values `IP` `PG_TAG` `TOP_LEVEL_DOMAIN` `URL` `URL_HOST_NAME` `URL_PATH` `URL_PORT`	required
compareOperations	CompareOperation[]	A list of conditions for the rule. If several conditions are specified, the AND logic applies.	optional

The type of the attribute to be checked.

The element can hold these values

IP
PG_TAG
TOP_LEVEL_DOMAIN
URL
URL_HOST_NAME
URL_PATH
URL_PORT

required

compareOperations

CompareOperation[]

A list of conditions for the rule.

If several conditions are specified, the AND logic applies.

optional

The `CompareOperation` object

The condition of the rule.

The actual set of fields depends on the type of the condition. Find the list of actual objects in the description of the type field or see Service detection API - JSON models.

Element Type Description Required

type

string

Element	Type	Description	Required
type	string	Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects: `EQUALS` -> EqualsCompareOperation `STRING_CONTAINS` -> StringContainsCompareOperation `STARTS_WITH` -> StartsWithCompareOperation `ENDS_WITH` -> EndsWithCompareOperation `EXISTS` -> ExistsCompareOperation `IP_IN_RANGE` -> IpInRangeCompareOperation `LESS_THAN` -> LessThanCompareOperation `GREATER_THAN` -> GreaterThanCompareOperation `INT_EQUALS` -> IntEqualsCompareOperation `STRING_EQUALS` -> StringEqualsCompareOperation `TAG` -> TagCompareOperation The element can hold these values `ENDS_WITH` `EQUALS` `EXISTS` `GREATER_THAN` `INT_EQUALS` `IP_IN_RANGE` `LESS_THAN` `STARTS_WITH` `STRING_CONTAINS` `STRING_EQUALS` `TAG`	required

Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects:

EQUALS -> EqualsCompareOperation
STRING_CONTAINS -> StringContainsCompareOperation
STARTS_WITH -> StartsWithCompareOperation
ENDS_WITH -> EndsWithCompareOperation
EXISTS -> ExistsCompareOperation
IP_IN_RANGE -> IpInRangeCompareOperation
LESS_THAN -> LessThanCompareOperation
GREATER_THAN -> GreaterThanCompareOperation
INT_EQUALS -> IntEqualsCompareOperation
STRING_EQUALS -> StringEqualsCompareOperation
TAG -> TagCompareOperation

The element can hold these values

ENDS_WITH
EQUALS
EXISTS
GREATER_THAN
INT_EQUALS
IP_IN_RANGE
LESS_THAN
STARTS_WITH
STRING_CONTAINS
STRING_EQUALS
TAG

required

The `ApplicationId` object

The contribution to the service ID calculation from the detected application ID.

You have two mutually exclusive options:

Override the detected value with a specified static value. Specify the new value in the valueOverride field.
Dynamically transform the detected value. Specify the transformation parameters in the transformations field.

Element	Type	Description	Required
transformations	TransformationBase[]	Transformations to be applied to the detected value.	optional
valueOverride	string	The value to be used instead of the detected value.	optional

The `TransformationBase` object

Configuration of transformation of the detected value.

If several transformations are specified, they are handled sequentially from top to bottom. Each transformation is applied to the result of the preceding transformation. For example, the second transformation is applied to the result of the first transformation.

The actual set of fields depends on the type of the transformation. Find the list of actual objects in the description of the type field or see Service detection API - JSON models.

Element Type Description Required

type

string

Element	Type	Description	Required
type	string	Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects: `BEFORE` -> BeforeTransformation `AFTER` -> AfterTransformation `BETWEEN` -> BetweenTransformation `REPLACE_BETWEEN` -> ReplaceBetweenTransformation `REMOVE_NUMBERS` -> RemoveNumbersTransformation `REMOVE_CREDIT_CARDS` -> RemoveCreditCardNumbersTransformation `REMOVE_IBANS` -> RemoveIBANsTransformation `REMOVE_IPS` -> RemoveIPsTransformation `SPLIT_SELECT` -> SplitSelectTransformation `TAKE_SEGMENTS` -> TakeSegmentsTransformation The element can hold these values `AFTER` `BEFORE` `BETWEEN` `REMOVE_CREDIT_CARDS` `REMOVE_IBANS` `REMOVE_IPS` `REMOVE_NUMBERS` `REPLACE_BETWEEN` `SPLIT_SELECT` `TAKE_SEGMENTS`	required

Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects:

BEFORE -> BeforeTransformation
AFTER -> AfterTransformation
BETWEEN -> BetweenTransformation
REPLACE_BETWEEN -> ReplaceBetweenTransformation
REMOVE_NUMBERS -> RemoveNumbersTransformation
REMOVE_CREDIT_CARDS -> RemoveCreditCardNumbersTransformation
REMOVE_IBANS -> RemoveIBANsTransformation
REMOVE_IPS -> RemoveIPsTransformation
SPLIT_SELECT -> SplitSelectTransformation
TAKE_SEGMENTS -> TakeSegmentsTransformation

The element can hold these values

AFTER
BEFORE
BETWEEN
REMOVE_CREDIT_CARDS
REMOVE_IBANS
REMOVE_IPS
REMOVE_NUMBERS
REPLACE_BETWEEN
SPLIT_SELECT
TAKE_SEGMENTS

required

The `ContextRoot` object

The contribution to the service ID calculation from the detected context root.

The context root is the first segment of the request URL after server name. For example, in the www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/ URL the context root is support.

You have two options:

Keep a part of the detected URL. Specify the number of segments to be kept in the segmentsToCopyFromUrlPath field.
Dynamically transform the detected URL. Specify the transformation parameters in the transformations field.

You can use one or both options. If you use both, the transformation applies to the modified URL.

Element Type Description Required

transformations

Element	Type	Description	Required
transformations	ContextRootTransformation[]	Transformations to be applied to the detected value.	optional
segmentsToCopyFromUrlPath	integer	The number of segments of the URL to be kept. The URL is divided by slashes (`/`), the indexing starts with 1 at context root. For example, if you specify `2` for the `www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/` URL, the value of `support/help` is used.	optional

ContextRootTransformation[]

Transformations to be applied to the detected value.

optional

segmentsToCopyFromUrlPath

integer

The number of segments of the URL to be kept.

The URL is divided by slashes (/), the indexing starts with 1 at context root.

For example, if you specify 2 for the www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/ URL, the value of support/help is used.

optional

The `ContextRootTransformation` object

Configuration of transformation of the detected value.

The actual set of fields depends on the type of the transformation.

Element Type Description Required

type

string

Element	Type	Description	Required
type	string	Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects: `BEFORE` -> BeforeTransformation `REPLACE_BETWEEN` -> ReplaceBetweenTransformation `REMOVE_NUMBERS` -> RemoveNumbersTransformation `REMOVE_CREDIT_CARDS` -> RemoveCreditCardNumbersTransformation `REMOVE_IBANS` -> RemoveIBANsTransformation `REMOVE_IPS` -> RemoveIPsTransformation The element can hold these values `BEFORE` `REMOVE_CREDIT_CARDS` `REMOVE_IBANS` `REMOVE_IPS` `REMOVE_NUMBERS` `REPLACE_BETWEEN`	required

Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects:

BEFORE -> BeforeTransformation
REPLACE_BETWEEN -> ReplaceBetweenTransformation
REMOVE_NUMBERS -> RemoveNumbersTransformation
REMOVE_CREDIT_CARDS -> RemoveCreditCardNumbersTransformation
REMOVE_IBANS -> RemoveIBANsTransformation
REMOVE_IPS -> RemoveIPsTransformation

The element can hold these values

BEFORE
REMOVE_CREDIT_CARDS
REMOVE_IBANS
REMOVE_IPS
REMOVE_NUMBERS
REPLACE_BETWEEN

required

The `Port` object

The contribution to the service ID calculation from the port, where the web request has been detected.

Element	Type	Description	Required
doNotUseForServiceId	boolean	The port is used (`false`) or isn't used (`true`) in the service ID calculation.	optional

The `PublicDomainName` object

The contribution to the service ID calculation from the domain name where the web request has been detected.

You have two mutually exclusive options:

Override the detected value with a specified static value. Specify the new value in the valueOverride field.
Dynamically transform the detected value. Specify the transformation parameters in the transformations field.

Element Type Description Required

transformations

TransformationBase[]

Transformations to be applied to the detected value.

optional

valueOverride

string

The value to be used instead of the detected value.

optional

copyFromHostName

boolean

Use (true) or don't use (false) the detected host name as base for transformation.

Not applicable if the override is specified.

optional

Response body JSON model

json
{
  "type": "OPAQUE_AND_EXTERNAL_WEB_REQUEST",
  "name": "My sample rule",
  "description": "REST API example",
  "enabled": true,
  "managementZones": [
    "zone1"
  ],
  "conditions": [
    {
      "attributeType": "URL_HOST_NAME",
      "compareOperations": [
        {
          "type": "STRING_CONTAINS",
          "ignoreCase": "false",
          "values": [
            "value1",
            "value2"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "applicationId": {
    "valueOverride": "abc"
  },
  "contextRoot": {
    "segmentsToCopyFromUrlPath": 2,
    "transformations": [
      {
        "type": "BEFORE",
        "delimiter": "/"
      }
    ]
  },
  "port": {
    "doNotUseForServiceId": "true"
  },
  "publicDomainName": {
    "copyFromHostName": "true",
    "transformations": [
      {
        "type": "BEFORE",
        "delimiter": "/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Service detection API - GET an opaque web request rule

Authentication

Parameters

Response

Response codes

Response body objects

The OpaqueAndExternalWebRequestRule object

The ConfigurationMetadata object

The ConditionsOpaqueAndExternalWebRequestAttributeTypeDto object

The CompareOperation object

The ApplicationId object

The TransformationBase object

The ContextRoot object

The ContextRootTransformation object

The Port object

The PublicDomainName object

Response body JSON model

The `OpaqueAndExternalWebRequestRule` object

The `ConfigurationMetadata` object

The `ConditionsOpaqueAndExternalWebRequestAttributeTypeDto` object

The `CompareOperation` object

The `ApplicationId` object

The `TransformationBase` object

The `ContextRoot` object

The `ContextRootTransformation` object

The `Port` object

The `PublicDomainName` object