Request attributes API - POST a request attribute

Creates a new request attribute.

The request consumes and produces an application/json payload.

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

Authentication

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

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

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
body	RequestAttribute	-	body	required

Request body objects

The `RequestAttribute` object

Element	Type	Description	Required
aggregation	string	Aggregation type for the request values. The element can hold these values `ALL_DISTINCT_VALUES` `AVERAGE` `COUNT_DISTINCT_VALUES` `COUNT_VALUES` `FIRST` `LAST` `MAXIMUM` `MINIMUM` `SUM`	required
confidential	boolean	Confidential data flag. Set `true` to treat the captured data as confidential.	required
dataSources	DataSource[]	The list of data sources.	required
dataType	string	The data type of the request attribute. The element can hold these values `DOUBLE` `INTEGER` `STRING`	required
enabled	boolean	The request attribute is enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`).	required
id	string	The ID of the request attribute.	optional
metadata	ConfigurationMetadata	Metadata useful for debugging	optional
name	string	The name of the request attribute.	required
normalization	string	String values transformation. If the dataType is not `string`, set the `Original` here. The element can hold these values `ORIGINAL` `TO_LOWER_CASE` `TO_UPPER_CASE`	required
skipPersonalDataMasking	boolean	Personal data masking flag. Set `true` to skip masking. Warning: This will potentially access personalized data.	required

The `DataSource` object

Element	Type	Description	Required
capturingAndStorageLocation	string	Specifies the location where the values are captured and stored. Required if the source is one of the following: `GET_PARAMETER`, `URI`, `REQUEST_HEADER`, `RESPONSE_HEADER`. Not applicable in other cases. If the source value is `REQUEST_HEADER` or `RESPONSE_HEADER`, the `CAPTURE_AND_STORE_ON_BOTH` location is not allowed. The element can hold these values `CAPTURE_AND_STORE_ON_BOTH` `CAPTURE_AND_STORE_ON_CLIENT` `CAPTURE_AND_STORE_ON_SERVER` `CAPTURE_ON_CLIENT_STORE_ON_SERVER`	optional
cicsSDKMethodNodeCondition	ValueCondition	IBM integration bus label node name condition for which the value is captured.	optional
cicsTransactionCallType	string	CICS transaction call type condition for which the value is captured. Required if the source is: `CICS_TRANSACTION_CALL_TYPE`. Not applicable in other cases. The element can hold these values `CTG` `DPL` `EXPLICIT_ADK` `HTTP` `IMS_CONNECT` `IMS_CONNECT_API` `IMS_ITRA` `IMS_MSC` `IMS_PGM_SWITCH` `IMS_SHARED_QUEUES` `IMS_TRANS_EXEC` `MQ` `SOAP` `START` `TTX` `TX` `UNKNOWN` `ZOS_CONNECT`	optional
enabled	boolean	The data source is enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`).	required
iibLabelMethodNodeCondition	ValueCondition	IBM integration bus label node name condition for which the value is captured.	optional
iibMethodNodeCondition	ValueCondition	IBM integration bus label node name condition for which the value is captured.	optional
iibNodeType	string	The IBM integration bus node type for which the value is captured. This or `iibMethodNodeCondition` is required if the source is: `IIB_NODE`. Not applicable in other cases. The element can hold these values `AGGREGATE_CONTROL_NODE` `AGGREGATE_REPLY_NODE` `AGGREGATE_REQUEST_NODE` `CALLABLE_FLOW_REPLY_NODE` `COLLECTOR_NODE` `COMPUTE_NODE` `DATABASE_NODE` `DATABASE_RETRIEVE_NODE` `DATABASE_ROUTE_NODE` `DECISION_SERVICE_NODE` `DOT_NET_COMPUTE_NODE` `FILE_READ_NODE` `FILTER_NODE` `FLOW_ORDER_NODE` `GROUP_COMPLETE_NODE` `GROUP_GATHER_NODE` `GROUP_SCATTER_NODE` `HTTP_ASYNC_REQUEST` `HTTP_ASYNC_RESPONSE` `HTTP_HEADER` `HTTP_INPUT` `HTTP_REPLY` `HTTP_REQUEST` `JAVA_COMPUTE_NODE` `JMS_CLIENT_RECEIVE` `JMS_CLIENT_REPLY_NODE` `JMS_HEADER` `JMS_INPUT_NODE` `JMS_OUTPUT_NODE` `JMS_REPLY_NODE` `MQ_GET_NODE` `MQ_INPUT_NODE` `MQ_OUTPUT_NODE` `MQ_REPLY_NODE` `PASSTHRU_NODE` `PUBLICATION_NODE` `RESET_CONTENT_DESCRIPTOR_NODE` `REST_ASYNC_REQUEST_NODE` `REST_ASYNC_RESPONSE_NODE` `REST_REQUEST_NODE` `RE_SEQUENCE_NODE` `ROUTE_NODE` `SAP_REPLY_NODE` `SCA_REPLY_NODE` `SECURITY_PEP` `SEQUENCE_NODE` `SOAP_ASYNC_REQUEST_NODE` `SOAP_ASYNC_RESPONSE_NODE` `SOAP_EXTRACT_NODE` `SOAP_INPUT_NODE` `SOAP_REPLY_NODE` `SOAP_REQUEST_NODE` `SOAP_WRAPPER_NODE` `SR_RETRIEVE_ENTITY_NODE` `SR_RETRIEVE_IT_SERVICE_NODE` `THROW_NODE` `TRACE_NODE` `TRY_CATCH_NODE` `VALIDATE_NODE` `WS_REPLY_NODE` `XSL_MQSI_NODE`	optional
imsTransactionCallType	string	IMS transaction call type condition for which the value is captured. Required if the source is: `IMS_TRANSACTION_CALL_TYPE`. Not applicable in other cases. The element can hold these values `CTG` `DPL` `EXPLICIT_ADK` `HTTP` `IMS_CONNECT` `IMS_CONNECT_API` `IMS_ITRA` `IMS_MSC` `IMS_PGM_SWITCH` `IMS_SHARED_QUEUES` `IMS_TRANS_EXEC` `MQ` `SOAP` `START` `TTX` `TX` `UNKNOWN` `ZOS_CONNECT`	optional
methods	CapturedMethod[]	The method specification if the source value is `METHOD_PARAM`. Not applicable in other cases.	optional
parameterName	string	The name of the web request parameter to capture. Required if the source is one of the following: `POST_PARAMETER`, `GET_PARAMETER`, `REQUEST_HEADER`, `RESPONSE_HEADER`, `CUSTOM_ATTRIBUTE`. Not applicable in other cases.	optional
scope	ScopeConditions	Conditions for data capturing.	optional
serverVariableTechnology	string	The technology of the server variable to capture if the source value is `SERVER_VARIABLE`. \n\n Not applicable in other cases. The element can hold these values `ASP_NET`	optional
sessionAttributeTechnology	string	The technology of the session attribute to capture if the source value is `SESSION_ATTRIBUTE`. \n\n Not applicable in other cases. The element can hold these values `ASP_NET` `ASP_NET_CORE` `JAVA` `PHP`	optional
source	string	The source of the attribute to capture. Works in conjunction with parameterName or methods and technology. The element can hold these values `CICS_SDK` `CICS_SYSTEM_ID` `CICS_TASK_ID` `CICS_TRANSACTION_CALL_TYPE` `CLIENT_IP` `CUSTOM_ATTRIBUTE` `DLI_DB_OR_LTERM_NAME` `DLI_SEGMENT_NAME` `IIB_LABEL` `IIB_NODE` `IMS_TRANSACTION_CALL_TYPE` `METHOD_PARAM` `MQ_CORRELATION_ID` `MQ_MESSAGE_ID` `MQ_MESSAGE_SIZE` `POST_PARAMETER` `QUERY_PARAMETER` `REQUEST_HEADER` `RESPONSE_HEADER` `SERVER_VARIABLE` `SESSION_ATTRIBUTE` `SPAN_ATTRIBUTE` `URI` `URI_PATH` `WEBSERVICE_METHOD` `WEBSERVICE_NAME`	required
spanAttributeKey	string	The key of the span attribute to capture. Required if the source is: `SPAN_ATTRIBUTE`. Not applicable in other cases.	optional
technology	string	The technology of the method to capture if the source value is `METHOD_PARAM`. \n\n Not applicable in other cases. The element can hold these values `DOTNET` `JAVA` `PHP`	optional
valueProcessing	ValueProcessing	Process values as specified.	optional

The `ValueCondition` object

IBM integration bus label node name condition for which the value is captured.

Element	Type	Description	Required
negate	boolean	Negate the comparison.	required
operator	string	Operator comparing the extracted value to the comparison value. The element can hold these values `BEGINS_WITH` `BEGINS_WITH_ANY_OF` `CONTAINS` `ENDS_WITH` `ENDS_WITH_ANY_OF` `EQUALS` `EQUALS_ANY_OF`	required
value	string	The value to compare to.	required

The `CapturedMethod` object

Element	Type	Description	Required
argumentIndex	integer	The index of the argument to capture. Set `0` to capture the return value, `1` or higher to capture a mehtod argument. Required if the capture is set to `ARGUMENT`. Not applicable in other cases.	optional
capture	string	What to capture from the method. The element can hold these values `ARGUMENT` `CLASS_NAME` `METHOD_NAME` `OCCURRENCES` `SIMPLE_CLASS_NAME` `THIS`	required
deepObjectAccess	string	The getter chain to apply to the captured object. It is required in one of the following cases: The capture is set to `THIS`. The capture is set to `ARGUMENT`, and the argument is not a primitive, a primitive wrapper class, a string, or an array. Not applicable in other cases.	optional
method	MethodReference	Configuration of a method to be captured.	required

The `MethodReference` object

Configuration of a method to be captured.

Element	Type	Description	Required
argumentTypes	string[]	The list of argument types.	required
className	string	The class name where the method to capture resides. Either this or the fileName must be set.	optional
fileName	string	The file name where the method to capture resides. Either this or className must be set.	optional
fileNameMatcher	string	The operator of the comparison. If not set, `EQUALS` is used. The element can hold these values `ENDS_WITH` `EQUALS` `STARTS_WITH`	optional
methodName	string	The name of the method to capture.	required
modifiers	string[]	The modifiers of the method to capture. The element can hold these values `ABSTRACT` `EXTERN` `FINAL` `NATIVE` `STATIC`	required
returnType	string	The return type.	required
visibility	string	The visibility of the method to capture. The element can hold these values `INTERNAL` `PACKAGE_PROTECTED` `PRIVATE` `PROTECTED` `PUBLIC`	required

The `ScopeConditions` object

Conditions for data capturing.

Element	Type	Description	Required
hostGroup	string	Only applies to this host group.	optional
processGroup	string	Only applies to this process group. Note that this can't be transferred between different clusters or environments.	optional
serviceTechnology	string	Only applies to this service technology. The element can hold these values `ACTIVE_MQ` `ACTIVE_MQ_ARTEMIS` `ADOBE_EXPERIENCE_MANAGER` `ADO_NET` `AIX` `AKKA` `AMAZON_REDSHIFT` `AMQP` `APACHE_CAMEL` `APACHE_CASSANDRA` `APACHE_COUCH_DB` `APACHE_DERBY` `APACHE_HTTP_CLIENT_ASYNC` `APACHE_HTTP_CLIENT_SYNC` `APACHE_HTTP_SERVER` `APACHE_KAFKA` `APACHE_LOG4J` `APACHE_SOLR` `APACHE_STORM` `APACHE_SYNAPSE` `APACHE_TOMCAT` `APPARMOR` `APPLICATION_INSIGHTS_SDK` `ASP_DOTNET` `ASP_DOTNET_CORE` `ASP_DOTNET_CORE_SIGNALR` `ASP_DOTNET_SIGNALR` `ASYNC_HTTP_CLIENT` `AWS_DYNAMO_DB` `AWS_LAMBDA` `AWS_RDS` `AWS_SERVICE` `AXIS` `AZURE_FUNCTIONS` `AZURE_SERVICE_BUS` `AZURE_SERVICE_FABRIC` `AZURE_STORAGE` `BOSHBPM` `CICS_FILE_ACCESS` `CITRIX` `CITRIX_COMMON` `CITRIX_DESKTOP_DELIVERY_CONTROLLERS` `CITRIX_DIRECTOR` `CITRIX_LICENSE_SERVER` `CITRIX_PROVISIONING_SERVICES` `CITRIX_STOREFRONT` `CITRIX_VIRTUAL_DELIVERY_AGENT` `CITRIX_WORKSPACE_ENVIRONMENT_MANAGEMENT` `CITRIX_XEN` `CLOUDFOUNDRY` `CLOUDFOUNDRY_AUCTIONEER` `CLOUDFOUNDRY_BOSH` `CLOUDFOUNDRY_GOROUTER` `COLDFUSION` `CONFLUENT_KAFKA_CLIENT` `CONTAINERD` `CORE_DNS` `COUCHBASE` `CRIO` `CXF` `DATASTAX` `DB2` `DIEGO_CELL` `DOCKER` `DOTNET` `DOTNET_REMOTING` `DRUPAL` `DYNATRACE` `ELASTIC_SEARCH` `ENVOY` `ERLANG` `ETCD` `F5_LTM` `FSHARP` `GARDEN` `GLASSFISH` `GO` `GOOGLE_CLOUD_FUNCTIONS` `GRAAL_TRUFFLE` `GRAPH_QL` `GRPC` `GRSECURITY` `HADOOP` `HADOOP_HDFS` `HADOOP_YARN` `HAPROXY` `HEAT` `HESSIAN` `HORNET_Q` `IBM_CICS_REGION` `IBM_CICS_TRANSACTION_GATEWAY` `IBM_IMS_CONNECT_REGION` `IBM_IMS_CONTROL_REGION` `IBM_IMS_MESSAGE_PROCESSING_REGION` `IBM_IMS_SOAP_GATEWAY` `IBM_INTEGRATION_BUS` `IBM_MQ` `IBM_MQ_CLIENT` `IBM_WEBSHPRERE_APPLICATION_SERVER` `IBM_WEBSHPRERE_LIBERTY` `IBM_WEBSPHERE_APPLICATION_SERVER` `IBM_WEBSPHERE_LIBERTY` `IIS` `IIS_APP_POOL` `ISTIO` `JAVA` `JAX_WS` `JBOSS` `JBOSS_EAP` `JBOSS_LOGMANAGER` `JDK_HTTP_CLIENT` `JDK_HTTP_SERVER` `JERSEY` `JETTY` `JRUBY` `JYTHON` `KUBERNETES` `LAMINAS` `LARAVEL` `LIBC` `LIBVIRT` `LINKERD` `LINUX_SYSTEM` `MAGENTO` `MARIADB` `MEMCACHED` `MICRONAUT` `MICROSOFT_SQL_SERVER` `MONGODB` `MSSQL_CLIENT` `MULE_ESB` `MYSQL` `MYSQL_CONNECTOR` `NETFLIX_SERVO` `NETTY` `NGINX` `NODE_JS` `OK_HTTP_CLIENT` `ONEAGENT_SDK` `OPENCENSUS` `OPENSHIFT` `OPENSTACK_COMPUTE` `OPENSTACK_CONTROLLER` `OPENTELEMETRY` `OPENTRACING` `OPEN_LIBERTY` `ORACLE_DATABASE` `ORACLE_WEBLOGIC` `OWIN` `PERL` `PHP` `PHP_FPM` `PLAY` `PODMAN` `POSTGRE_SQL` `POSTGRE_SQL_DOTNET_DATA_PROVIDER` `POWER_DNS` `PROGRESS` `PYTHON` `QOS_LOGBACK` `QUARKUS` `RABBIT_MQ` `REACTOR_CORE` `REDIS` `RESTEASY` `RESTLET` `RIAK` `RKE2` `RSOCKET` `RUBY` `RUNC` `RXJAVA` `SAG_WEBMETHODS_IS` `SAP` `SAP_HANADB` `SAP_HYBRIS` `SAP_MAXDB` `SAP_SYBASE` `SCALA` `SELINUX` `SHAREPOINT` `SLIM` `SPARK` `SPRING` `SQLITE` `SYMFONY` `THRIFT` `TIBCO` `TIBCO_BUSINESS_WORKS` `TIBCO_EMS` `UNDERTOW_IO` `VARNISH_CACHE` `VERTX` `VIM2` `VIOS` `VIRTUAL_MACHINE_KVM` `VIRTUAL_MACHINE_QEMU` `WILDFLY` `WINDOWS_CONTAINERS` `WINDOWS_SYSTEM` `WINK` `WORDPRESS` `ZERO_MQ` `ZOS_CONNECT`	optional
tagOfProcessGroup	string	Only apply to process groups matching this tag.	optional

The `ValueProcessing` object

Process values as specified.

Element	Type	Description	Required
extractSubstring	ExtractSubstring	Preprocess by extracting a substring from the original value.	optional
splitAt	string	Split (preprocessed) string values at this separator.	optional
trim	boolean	Prune Whitespaces. Defaults to false.	required
valueCondition	ValueCondition	IBM integration bus label node name condition for which the value is captured.	optional
valueExtractorRegex	string	Extract value from captured data per regex.	optional

The `ExtractSubstring` object

Preprocess by extracting a substring from the original value.

Element Type Description Required

delimiter

string

Element	Type	Description	Required
delimiter	string	The delimiter string.	required
endDelimiter	string	The end-delimiter string. Required if the position value is `BETWEEN`. Otherwise not allowed.	optional
position	string	The position of the extracted string relative to delimiters. The element can hold these values `AFTER` `BEFORE` `BETWEEN`	required

The delimiter string.

required

endDelimiter

string

The end-delimiter string.

Required if the position value is BETWEEN. Otherwise not allowed.

optional

position

string

The position of the extracted string relative to delimiters.

The element can hold these values

AFTER
BEFORE
BETWEEN

required

The `ConfigurationMetadata` object

Metadata useful for debugging

Element	Type	Description	Required
clusterVersion	string	Dynatrace version.	optional
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

Request body JSON model

This is a model of the request body, showing the possible elements. It has to be adjusted for usage in an actual request.

json
{
  "aggregation": "ALL_DISTINCT_VALUES",
  "confidential": false,
  "dataSources": [
    {
      "capturingAndStorageLocation": "CAPTURE_AND_STORE_ON_SERVER",
      "enabled": true,
      "parameterName": "query",
      "scope": {
        "tagOfProcessGroup": "SearchFrontend"
      },
      "source": "QUERY_PARAMETER"
    }
  ],
  "dataType": "STRING",
  "enabled": true,
  "name": "Query Term",
  "normalization": "TO_LOWER_CASE",
  "skipPersonalDataMasking": false
}

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
201	EntityShortRepresentation	Success. Request attribute has been created. The ID of the new configuration is returned.
400	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. The input is invalid.

Response body objects

The `EntityShortRepresentation` object

The short representation of a Dynatrace entity.

Element	Type	Description
description	string	A short description of the Dynatrace entity.
id	string	The ID of the Dynatrace entity.
name	string	The name of the Dynatrace entity.

Response body JSON model

json
{
  "description": "Dynatrace entity for the REST API example",
  "id": "6a98d7bc-abb9-44f8-ae6a-73e68e71812a",
  "name": "Dynatrace entity"
}

Validate payload

We recommend that you validate the payload before submitting it with an actual request. A response code of 204 indicates a valid payload.

The request consumes an application/json payload.

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

Authentication

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

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

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
204		Validated. The submitted configuration is valid. Response does not have a body.
400	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. The input is invalid.

Request attributes API - POST a request attribute

Authentication

Parameters

Request body objects

The RequestAttribute object

The DataSource object

The ValueCondition object

The CapturedMethod object

The MethodReference object

The ScopeConditions object

The ValueProcessing object

The ExtractSubstring object

The ConfigurationMetadata object

Request body JSON model

Response

Response codes

Response body objects

The EntityShortRepresentation object

Response body JSON model

Validate payload

Authentication

Response

Response codes

The `RequestAttribute` object

The `DataSource` object

The `ValueCondition` object

The `CapturedMethod` object

The `MethodReference` object

The `ScopeConditions` object

The `ValueProcessing` object

The `ExtractSubstring` object

The `ConfigurationMetadata` object

The `EntityShortRepresentation` object