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Sysdig Events API

Retrieve and create custom events

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GET /api/v2/events List Events #

POST /api/v2/events Create Event #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sysdig Monitor Activity Audit Events API
  description: The Sysdig Monitor API provides programmatic access to monitoring and observability capabilities for cloud-native environments. Manage dashboards, alerts, events, metrics, notification channels, teams, and scanning results for containers and Kubernetes workloads.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Sysdig Support
    url: https://sysdig.com/support/
  termsOfService: https://sysdig.com/legal/
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://sysdig.com/legal/
servers:
- url: https://api.us1.sysdig.com
  description: US East
- url: https://api.eu1.sysdig.com
  description: EU Central
- url: https://api.au1.sysdig.com
  description: Asia Pacific
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Events
  description: Retrieve and create custom events
paths:
  /api/v2/events:
    get:
      operationId: listEvents
      summary: List Events
      description: Retrieve monitoring events including custom events, alerts, and system events.
      tags:
      - Events
      parameters:
      - name: from
        in: query
        description: Start time in Unix epoch microseconds
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - name: to
        in: query
        description: End time in Unix epoch microseconds
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - name: limit
        in: query
        description: Maximum number of events to return
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 100
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of events
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventListResponse'
    post:
      operationId: createEvent
      summary: Create Event
      description: Create a custom event in Sysdig Monitor.
      tags:
      - Events
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Event created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    EventRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - event
      properties:
        event:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
    EventListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        events:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
        total:
          type: integer
    Event:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        severity:
          type: string
          enum:
          - EMERGENCY
          - ALERT
          - CRITICAL
          - ERROR
          - WARNING
          - NOTICE
          - INFO
          - DEBUG
        timestamp:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        scope:
          type: string
        tags:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
    EventResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        event:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Authenticate using a Sysdig API Token, Team-Based Service Account, or Global Service Account token as a Bearer token.
externalDocs:
  description: Sysdig Developer Tools Documentation
  url: https://docs.sysdig.com/en/developer-tools/sysdig-api/