Synthetic locations API - POST a location

Creates a new private synthetic location.

The request consumes and produces an application/json payload.

Early Adopter

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

POST	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 Create and read synthetic monitors, locations, and nodes (ExternalSyntheticIntegration) permission assigned to your API token. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Authentication.

Parameter

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
body	PrivateSyntheticLocation	The JSON body of the request. Contains parameters of the new private synthetic location.	body	optional

Request parameters JSON model

The PrivateSyntheticLocation object

Configuration of a private synthetic location.

Some fields are inherited from the base SyntheticLocation object.

Element	Type	Description	Required
entityId	string	The Dynatrace entity ID of the location.	required
type	string	The type element can hold these values.	required
name	string	The name of the location.	required
countryCode	string	The country code of the location. Use the alpha-2 code of the ISO 3166-2 standard, (for example, `AT` for Austria or `PL` for Poland).	optional
regionCode	string	The region code of the location. For the USA or Canada use ISO 3166-2 state codes (without `US-` or `CA-` prefix), for example, `VA` for Virginia or `OR` for Oregon. For the rest of the world use FIPS 10-4 codes.	optional
city	string	The city of the location.	optional
latitude	number	The latitude of the location in `DDD.dddd` format.	required
longitude	number	The longitude of the location in `DDD.dddd` format.	required
status	string	The status of the location The status element can hold these values.	optional
nodes	string[]	A list of synthetic nodes belonging to a location.	required

This is a model of the request body, showing the possible elements. It has to be adjusted for usage in an actual request. See the Example expandable section for working sample request.

      
  {
  "type": "PRIVATE",
  "name": "Linz Location",
  "latitude": 48.306351,
  "longitude": 14.287399,
  "nodes": [
    "93302281"
  ],
  "status": "ENABLED"
}

Possible values

Possible values for the status element in the PrivateSyntheticLocation object:

DISABLED
ENABLED
HIDDEN

Possible values for the type element in the PrivateSyntheticLocation object:

CLUSTER
PRIVATE
PUBLIC

Response format

Response parameters JSON model

The EntityIdDto object

A DTO for entity ID.

Element	Type	Description
entityId	string	Entity ID to be transferred

    
{
  "entityId": "string"
}

Example

In this example, the request creates a new private synthetic location. This location lies in Linz, Austria. It uses the synthetic node with the ID of 93302281.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

You can download or copy the example request body to try it out on your own. Be sure to replace the list of nodes with nodes available in your environment.

Curl

curl -X POST \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/synthetic/locations \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token abcdefjhij1234567890' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  
  -d '{
  "type": "PRIVATE",
  "name": "REST example - Linz",
  "countryCode": "AT",
  "regionCode": "AU04",
  "city": "Linz",
  "latitude": 48.306351,
  "longitude": 14.287399,
  "nodes": [
    "93302281"
  ]
}
'

Request URL

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

Request body

Download

{
  "type": "PRIVATE",
  "name": "REST example - Linz",
  "countryCode": "AT",
  "regionCode": "AU04",
  "city": "Linz",
  "latitude": 48.306351,
  "longitude": 14.287399,
  "nodes": [
    "93302281"
  ]
}

Response body

{
  "entityId": "SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-8F419D1B53639A45"
}

Response code

200