ThousandEyes User Events API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 7.0.100
  title: Administrative User Events API
  description: "Manage users, accounts, and account groups in the ThousandEyes platform using the Administrative API.\nThis API provides the following operations to manage your organization: \n\n  * `/account-groups`: Account groups are used to divide an organization into different sections. These operations can be used to create, retrieve, update and delete account groups.\n  * `/users`: Create, retrieve, update and delete users within an organization. \n  * `/roles`: Create, retrieve and update roles for the current user. \n  * `/permissions`: Retrieve all assignable permissions. Used in the context of modifying roles. \n  * `/audit-user-events`: Retrieve all activity log events.\n\n  For more information about the administrative models, see [Account Management](https://docs.thousandeyes.com/product-documentation/user-management)."
  x-provenance:
    method: harvested
    authored_by: Cisco ThousandEyes
    harvested_by: API Evangelist
    harvested_on: '2026-08-19'
    first_party: true
    provider_published: true
    source_host: pubhub.devnetcloud.com
    note: 27 OpenAPI 3.0 documents (26 per-area plus a unified 326-operation document) served anonymously from Cisco's DevNet CDN. api.thousandeyes.com itself 401s every path, so the contract is public while the API host is gated.
  x-evidence:
  - type: source
    url: https://pubhub.devnetcloud.com/media/000-v7-apis/docs/reference/
  - type: source
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/
servers:
- description: ThousandEyes API production URL
  url: https://api.thousandeyes.com/v7
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: User Events
  description: User events GET operation
paths:
  /audit-user-events:
    get:
      tags:
      - User Events
      summary: List activity log events
      operationId: getUserEvents
      description: "Returns a list of activity log events in the current account group. \n\nIf `useAllPermittedAids=true` query parameter is passed and the user has permission `View activity log for all users in account group` the logs returned include events across all the account groups they belong to.\n\nFor more information about changing the account group context, see [Account Context](https://developer.thousandeyes.com/v7/#/accountcontext)."
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AccountGroupId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UseAllPermittedAids'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Window'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/StartDateParameter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EndDateParameter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaginationCursor'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuditUserEvents'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuditUserEvents'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/400'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/401'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/403'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/404'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/429'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/500'
components:
  schemas:
    ValidationError:
      type: object
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      - type: object
        properties:
          errors:
            type:
            - array
            - 'null'
            description: (Optional) When multiple errors occur, the details for each error are listed.
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorItem'
    Resource:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: Type of resource affected. Can be “testName”, “reportTitle”, “userDisplayName”, “alertRuleName”, etc.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the affected resource.
    EndDate:
      type: string
      format: date-time
      example: '2022-07-18T22:00:54Z'
      description: (Optional) When passing `window` or `endDate` parameter,  the client will also receive the `endDate` field indicating the UTC end date of the data's time range being retrieved  (ISO date-time format).
      readOnly: true
    UserEvent:
      type: object
      properties:
        aid:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountGroupId'
        accountGroupName:
          type: string
          description: Account group name
          example: Account A
        date:
          type: string
          description: UTC event date (ISO date-time format).
          format: date-time
          example: '2020-07-17T22:00:54Z'
        event:
          type: string
          description: Event type.
          example: Login failed.
        ipAddress:
          type: string
          description: Source IP address of the user.
          example: 99.128.0.0/11
        uid:
          type: string
          description: Unique id representing the user.
          example: '245'
        user:
          type: string
          description: The name and email address of the user.
          example: API Sandbox User (noreply@thousandeyes.com)
        resources:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
    ValidationErrorItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: (Optional) A unique error type/code that can be referenced in the documentation for further details.
        field:
          type: string
          description: Identifies the field that triggered this particular error.
        message:
          type: string
          description: A short, human-readable summary of the error.
    StartDate:
      type: string
      format: date-time
      example: '2022-07-17T22:00:54Z'
      description: (Optional) When passing `window` or `startDate` parameter,  the client will also receive the `startDate` field indicating the UTC start date of the data's time range being retrieved  (ISO date-time format).
      readOnly: true
    AuditUserEvents:
      type: object
      properties:
        auditEvents:
          x-paginated-items: true
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserEvent'
          example:
          - accountGroupName: API Sandbox
            aid: '1234'
            date: '2020-07-17T21:54:54Z'
            event: Report created.
            ipAddress: 99.128.0.0/11
            uid: '1234'
            user: API Sandbox User (noreply@thousandeyes.com)
            resources:
            - name: My New report
              type: reportTitle
            - name: Other Report
              type: testName
          - accountGroupName: API Sandbox
            aid: '1234'
            date: '2020-07-17T22:00:54Z'
            event: Login failed.
            ipAddress: 99.128.0.0/11
            uid: '1234'
            user: API Sandbox User (noreply@thousandeyes.com)
        startDate:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartDate'
        endDate:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EndDate'
        _links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationLinks'
    PaginationLinks:
      type: object
      description: A links object containing pagination related link(s).
      properties:
        previous:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        next:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        self:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
    UnauthorizedError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          example: invalid_token
        error_description:
          type: string
          example: Invalid access token
    Link:
      type: object
      description: A hyperlink from the containing resource to a URI.
      required:
      - href
      properties:
        href:
          type: string
          description: Its value is either a URI [RFC3986] or a URI template [RFC6570].
          example: https://api.thousandeyes.com/v7/link/to/resource/id
        templated:
          type: boolean
          description: Should be true when the link object's "href" property is a URI template.
        type:
          type: string
          description: Used as a hint to indicate the media type expected when dereferencing the target resource.
        deprecation:
          type: string
          description: Its presence indicates that the link is to be deprecated at a future date. Its value is a URL that should provide further information about the deprecation.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Its value may be used as a secondary key for selecting link objects that share the same relation type.
        profile:
          type: string
          description: A URI that hints about the profile of the target resource.
        title:
          type: string
          description: Intended for labelling the link with a human-readable identifier
        hreflang:
          type: string
          description: Indicates the language of the target resource
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: A URI reference that identifies the problem type. When this member is not present, its value is assumed to be "about:blank".
        title:
          type: string
          description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.
        status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.
        detail:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
        instance:
          type: string
          description: A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.
    AccountGroupId:
      type: string
      description: A unique identifier associated with your account group. You can retrieve your `AccountGroupId` from the `/account-groups` endpoint.
      example: '1234'
  parameters:
    StartDateParameter:
      name: startDate
      in: query
      description: Use with the `endDate` parameter. Include the complete time (hours, minutes, and seconds) in UTC time zone, following the ISO 8601 date-time format. See the example for reference. Please note that this parameter can't be used with `window`.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date-time
        example: '2022-07-17T22:00:54Z'
    UseAllPermittedAids:
      name: useAllPermittedAids
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Set to `true` to load data from all accounts the user has access to.
      schema:
        type: boolean
        example: false
        default: false
    EndDateParameter:
      name: endDate
      in: query
      description: Defaults to current time the request is made. Use with the `startDate` parameter. Include the complete time (hours, minutes, and seconds) in UTC time zone, following the ISO 8601 date-time format. See the example for reference. Please note that this parameter can't be used with `window`.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date-time
        example: '2022-07-18T22:00:54Z'
    Window:
      name: window
      in: query
      description: 'A dynamic time interval up to the current time of the request. Specify the interval as a number followed by an optional type: `s` for seconds (default if no type is specified), `m` for minutes, `h` for hours, `d` for days, and `w` for weeks.

        For a precise date range, use `startDate` and `endDate`.'
      schema:
        type: string
        pattern: ^\d+(?:[smhdw]{1})?$
        example: 12h
    PaginationCursor:
      name: cursor
      in: query
      example: null
      description: (Optional) Opaque cursor used for pagination. Clients should use `next` value from `_links` instead of this parameter.
      schema:
        type: string
        example: null
    AccountGroupId:
      name: aid
      in: query
      description: A unique identifier associated with your account group. You can retrieve your `AccountGroupId` from the `/account-groups` endpoint. Note that you must be assigned to the target account group. Specifying this parameter without being assigned to the target account group will result in an error response.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        example: '1234'
  responses:
    '429':
      description: Exhausted rate limit for the organization
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    '404':
      description: Not found
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            type: about:blank
            title: URI Resource Not Found
            status: 404
            detail: Details explaining if the 404 error is related to an invalid URI or a wrong ID
            instance: /v7
    '500':
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            type: about:blank
            title: Internal server error
            status: 500
            detail: Optional detail about the internal error message.
            instance: /v7
    '400':
      description: Bad Request
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          example:
            type: about:blank
            title: Request validation failed. There are invalid or missing fields
            status: 400
            detail: Your request object contains invalid fields.
            instance: /v7
            errors:
            - code: AM-5432
              field: firstName
              message: firstName cannot have fancy characters
            - code: DASH-5622
              field: password
              message: Password cannot be blank
    '403':
      description: Insufficient permissions to query endpoint
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    '401':
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer authentication token
externalDocs:
  description: Find out more about the administrative models
  url: https://docs.thousandeyes.com/product-documentation/user-management