Custom device logs API v1 - POST filtered log content

Gets the filtered content of the specified log.

The log content can be retrieved using this call only when logAnalysisStatus equals READY in the job status call.

The request consumes and produces an application/json payload.

POST	ManagedDynatrace for Government	`https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/custom-devices/{customDeviceId}/logs/jobs/{jobId}/records`
	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/custom-devices/{customDeviceId}/logs/jobs/{jobId}/records`
	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/custom-devices/{customDeviceId}/logs/jobs/{jobId}/records`

Authentication

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

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

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
customDeviceId	string	The Dynatrace entity ID of the required custom device.	path	required
jobId	string	The ID of the required log analysis job. You can retrieve it from the response of the POST analysis job request.	path	required
scrollToken	string	The scrollToken value from the previous response. You can use it to get the next page of results. Without it, the first page is always returned.	query	optional
pageSize	integer	The number of records per result page. If not set, each page contains 100 results. Maximum allowed value is `10000`.	query	optional
body	FilterLogContent	Filter the log content by the specified criteria. See Search patterns in log data and parse results in Dynatrace Documentation for the syntax definition and examples.	body	optional

Request body objects

The `FilterLogContent` object

A query to filter log content.

Element	Type	Description	Required
filterQuery	string	The query for filtering. See Search patterns in log data and parse results in Dynatrace Documentation for the syntax definition and examples.	optional
sortingAttributes	SortingAttributes	How to sort the results.	optional

Element

Type

Description

Required

filterQuery

string

The query for filtering.

See Search patterns in log data and parse results in Dynatrace Documentation for the syntax definition and examples.

optional

sortingAttributes

SortingAttributes

How to sort the results.

optional

The `SortingAttributes` object

How to sort the results.

Element	Type	Description	Required
sortAscending	boolean	Sort ascending (`true`) or descending (`false`).	optional
sortFieldName	string	The field to sort by.	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
{
  "filterQuery": "`testCustomField` = 4624",
  "sortingAttributes": {
    "sortAscending": "true",
    "sortFieldName": "testCustomField"
  }
}

Response

When scrolling through the result records using a scroll token, the last result page contains an empty records array and no scrollToken field.

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
200	LogJobRecordsResult	Success
400	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. See the response body for details

Response body objects

The `LogJobRecordsResult` object

The results of the log analysis job.

Element	Type	Description
records	LogRecord[]	The list of log analysis results. The last page contains empty list.
scrollToken	string	The scroll token for the next page of results. Without it you'll get the first page again.

Element

Type

Description

records

LogRecord[]

The list of log analysis results.

The last page contains empty list.

scrollToken

string

The scroll token for the next page of results.

Without it you'll get the first page again.

The `LogRecord` object

The analysis result for a single log entry.

Element	Type	Description
timestamp	integer	The timestamp of the log entry, in UTC milliseconds.
logLevel	string	The severity level of the log entry.
hostId	string	The entity ID of the host that produced the log. Not applicable to OS logs.
text	string	The text of the log entry.
customFields	object	The map of the log entry custom fields.

Response body JSON model

json
{
  "records": [
    {
      "timestamp": 1,
      "logLevel": "string",
      "hostId": "string",
      "text": "string",
      "customFields": {}
    }
  ],
  "scrollToken": "string"
}