Synthetic locations API v2 - GET a location
Gets parameters of the specified location.
The request produces an application/json payload.
| GET | ManagedDynatrace for Government | https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/synthetic/locations/{locationId} |
| SaaS | https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/synthetic/locations/{locationId} | |
| Environment ActiveGateCluster ActiveGate | https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/synthetic/locations/{locationId} |
Authentication
To execute this request, you need an access token with syntheticLocations.read scope.
To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description | In | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| locationId | string | The Dynatrace entity ID of the required location. | path | required |
Response
To find all model variations that depend on the type of the model, see JSON models.
Response codes
| Code | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | SyntheticLocation | Success. The response contains parameters of the synthetic location. |
| 4XX | ErrorEnvelope | Client side error. |
| 5XX | ErrorEnvelope | Server side error. |
Response body objects
The SyntheticLocation object
Configuration of a synthetic location.
countryCode, regionCode, city parameters are optional as they can be retrieved based on latitude and longitude of location.
The actual set of fields depends on the type of the location. Find the list of actual objects in the description of the type field or see Synthetic locations API v2 - JSON models.
| Element | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| city | string | The city of the location. |
| countryCode | string | The country code of the location. To fetch the list of available country codes, use the GET all countries request. |
| entityId | string | The Dynatrace entity ID of the location. |
| geoLocationId | string | The Dynatrace GeoLocation ID of the location. |
| latitude | number | The latitude of the location in |
| longitude | number | The longitude of the location in |
| name | string | The name of the location. |
| regionCode | string | The region code of the location. To fetch the list of available region codes, use the GET regions of the country request. |
| status | string | The status of the location:
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| type | string | Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects:
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Response body JSON model
{"city": "string","countryCode": "string","entityId": "string","geoLocationId": "string","latitude": 1,"longitude": 1,"name": "string","regionCode": "string","status": "DISABLED","type": "CLUSTER"}
Example - public location
In this example, the request gets the details of the Amazon US East (N. Virginia) public location, which has the ID of SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-0000000000000064.
Curl
curl -X GET \https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/synthetic/locations/SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-0000000000000064 \-H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890'
Request URL
https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/synthetic/locations/SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-0000000000000064
Response body
{"entityId": "SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-0000000000000064","type": "PUBLIC","name": "Gdańsk","countryCode": "PL","regionCode": "EU","city": "Gdańsk","latitude": 54.399078,"longitude": 18.576557,"status": "ENABLED","cloudPlatform": "OTHER","ips": ["120.157.221.247","172.158.6.93","197.136.70.30","227.53.205.237","131.123.197.12"],"stage": "GA","browserType": "Chrome","browserVersion": "83.0.4103.61","capabilities": ["BROWSER","HTTP"],"geoLocationId": "GEOLOCATION-0A41430434C388A9"}
Response code
200
Example - private location
In this example, the request gets the details of the Linz HTTP private location, which has the ID of SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-BB5EE23C1D48AFF5.
Curl
curl -X GET \https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/synthetic/locations/SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-BB5EE23C1D48AFF5 \-H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890'
Request URL
https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/synthetic/locations/SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-BB5EE23C1D48AFF5
Response body
{"entityId": "SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-BB5EE23C1D48AFF5","type": "PRIVATE","name": "Linz HTTP","countryCode": "AT","regionCode": "04","city": "Linz","latitude": 48.306351,"longitude": 14.287399,"status": "ENABLED","nodes": ["137829320"],"availabilityLocationOutage": false,"availabilityNodeOutage": false,"locationNodeOutageDelayInMillis": 3000,"geoLocationId": "GEOLOCATION-427705B3488A4C45"}
Response code
200