Synthetic locations API - GET all locations

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Lists all locations, public and private, and their parameters available for your environment.

The request produces an application/json payload.

Early Adopter

This request is an Early Adopter release and may be changed in non-compatible way.

GET	Managed https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v1/synthetic/locations SaaS https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/synthetic/locations

Authentication

To execute this request, you need the Access problem and event feed, metrics, and topology (DataExport) permission assigned to your API token. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
cloudPlatform	string	Filters the resulting set of locations to those which are hosted on a specific cloud platform. The element can hold these values AWS AZURE ALIBABA GOOGLE_CLOUD OTHER	query	optional
type	string	Filters the resulting set of locations by a specific type. The element can hold these values PUBLIC PRIVATE	query	optional

Parameter

Type

Description

Required

cloudPlatform

string

Filters the resulting set of locations to those which are hosted on a specific cloud platform.

The element can hold these values

AWS
AZURE
ALIBABA
GOOGLE_CLOUD
OTHER

query

optional

type

string

Filters the resulting set of locations by a specific type.

The element can hold these values

PUBLIC
PRIVATE

query

optional

Response

Response codes

Code	Description
200	Success

Response body

Response parameters JSON model

The SyntheticLocations object

A list of synthetic locations.

Element	Type	Description
locations	LocationCollectionElement[]	A list of synthetic locations.

The LocationCollectionElement object

A synthetic location.

Element	Type	Description
name	string	The name of the location.
entityId	string	The Dynatrace entity ID of the location.
type	string	The type of the location. The element can hold these values CLUSTER PRIVATE PUBLIC
cloudPlatform	string	The cloud provider where the location is hosted. Only applicable to `PUBLIC` locations. The element can hold these values ALIBABA AMAZON_EC2 AZURE DYNATRACE_CLOUD GOOGLE_CLOUD INTEROUTE OTHER UNDEFINED
ips	string[]	The list of IP addresses assigned to the location. Only applicable to `PUBLIC` locations.
stage	string	The release stage of the location. The element can hold these values BETA COMING_SOON GA
status	string	The status of the location. The element can hold these values DISABLED ENABLED HIDDEN

    
{
  "locations": [
    {
      "name": "Gdansk",
      "entityId": "GEOLOCATION-B8D793BCA914E0AF",
      "type": "PUBLIC",
      "cloudPlatform": "AMAZON_EC2",
      "ips": [
        "134.189.153.97",
        "134.189.153.98"
      ],
      "stage": "GA",
      "status": "ENABLED",
      "capabilities": [
        "BROWSER",
        "HTTP"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "My private location",
      "entityId": "SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-53F47ECB33907667",
      "type": "PRIVATE",
      "status": "ENABLED"
    }
  ]
}

Example

In this example, the request lists all synthetic locations available for the mySampleEnv environment.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

The result is truncated to three entries.

Curl

curl -X GET \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/synthetic/locations \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token abcdefjhij1234567890'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/synthetic/locations

Response body

{
  "locations": [                
    {
      "name": "Amazon US East (N. Virginia)",
      "entityId": "GEOLOCATION-95196F3C9A4F4215",
      "type": "PUBLIC",
      "cloudPlatform": "AMAZON_EC2",
      "ips": [
        "134.189.153.97",
        "134.189.153.98",
        "134.189.153.99"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "AWS Europe (London)",
      "entityId": "GEOLOCATION-A9022AAFA0763F56",
      "type": "PUBLIC",
      "cloudPlatform": "AMAZON_EC2",
      "ips": [
        "243.22.221.174",
        "104.179.71.29"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gdansk HTTP",
      "entityId": "SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-9C75B59442498323",
      "type": "PRIVATE"
    }
  ]
}

Response code

200