AppDynamics Queries API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: AppDynamics Alert and Respond Actions Queries API
  description: The AppDynamics Alert and Respond API enables programmatic management of health rules, policies, and actions within the AppDynamics Controller. Developers can create, update, and delete health rules that define performance thresholds, configure alerting policies that determine how violations are handled, and set up automated response actions. This API is essential for automating incident response workflows and integrating AppDynamics alerting with external notification and ticketing systems.
  version: 23.x
  contact:
    name: Splunk AppDynamics Support
    url: https://www.appdynamics.com/support
  termsOfService: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/legal/cloud-and-software.html
servers:
- url: https://{controller-host}/controller
  description: AppDynamics Controller
  variables:
    controller-host:
      default: example.saas.appdynamics.com
      description: The hostname of your AppDynamics Controller instance.
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Queries
  description: Query stored events using the AppDynamics Analytics Query Language (ADQL) for custom analytics and reporting.
paths:
  /events/query:
    post:
      operationId: queryEvents
      summary: Query analytics events using ADQL
      description: Executes an Analytics Query Language (ADQL) query against stored events and returns the results. Supports both simple text-formatted queries and JSON-formatted queries that accommodate multiple queries per call. Rate limited to 450 requests per minute per account and 145 requests per minute per API key.
      tags:
      - Queries
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/accountName'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/apiKey'
      - name: start
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The start time for the query in ISO 8601 format or relative time notation.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: end
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The end time for the query in ISO 8601 format or relative time notation.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The maximum number of results to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 10000
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/vnd.appd.events+text;v=2:
            schema:
              type: string
              description: An ADQL query string such as SELECT * FROM mySchema WHERE condition.
          application/vnd.appd.events+json;v=2:
            schema:
              type: array
              description: An array of ADQL query objects for batch query execution.
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  query:
                    type: string
                    description: The ADQL query string.
                  mode:
                    type: string
                    description: The query execution mode.
                  limit:
                    type: integer
                    description: The maximum number of results for this query.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Query executed successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryResult'
        '400':
          description: Bad request - invalid ADQL query syntax
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid account name or API key
        '429':
          description: Too many requests - rate limit exceeded
components:
  parameters:
    apiKey:
      name: X-Events-API-Key
      in: header
      required: true
      description: The API key for authenticating with the Events Service.
      schema:
        type: string
    accountName:
      name: X-Events-API-AccountName
      in: header
      required: true
      description: The AppDynamics account name for authentication.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    QueryResult:
      type: object
      description: The result of an ADQL query execution containing column metadata and data rows.
      properties:
        fields:
          type: array
          description: The column definitions for the query results.
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              label:
                type: string
                description: The column label.
              field:
                type: string
                description: The field name.
              type:
                type: string
                description: The data type of the column.
        results:
          type: array
          description: The data rows returned by the query.
          items:
            type: array
            items: {}
        moreData:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates whether additional data is available beyond the limit.
        totalCount:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of results matching the query.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: OAuth 2.0 access token obtained from the /controller/api/oauth/access_token endpoint.
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic authentication using user@account:password format.
externalDocs:
  description: Alert and Respond API Documentation
  url: https://docs.appdynamics.com/appd/23.x/latest/en/extend-appdynamics/appdynamics-apis/alert-and-respond-api