Create datasource

Create a new monitoring data source. The payload must include the type-specific configuration block.

POST /monit/datasource/create

Create datasource

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.flashcat.cloud/monit/datasource/create?app_key=' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "type_ident": "prometheus",
  "name": "Prometheus Prod",
  "note": "Production Prometheus",
  "address": "http://prometheus.example.com:9090",
  "edge_cluster_name": "default",
  "payload": {
    "prometheus": {
      "basic_auth_enabled": false
    }
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.flashcat.cloud/monit/datasource/create?app_key="

payload = {
    "type_ident": "prometheus",
    "name": "Prometheus Prod",
    "note": "Production Prometheus",
    "address": "http://prometheus.example.com:9090",
    "edge_cluster_name": "default",
    "payload": { "prometheus": { "basic_auth_enabled": False } }
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    type_ident: 'prometheus',
    name: 'Prometheus Prod',
    note: 'Production Prometheus',
    address: 'http://prometheus.example.com:9090',
    edge_cluster_name: 'default',
    payload: {prometheus: {basic_auth_enabled: false}}
  })
};

fetch('https://api.flashcat.cloud/monit/datasource/create?app_key=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.flashcat.cloud/monit/datasource/create?app_key=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'type_ident' => 'prometheus',
    'name' => 'Prometheus Prod',
    'note' => 'Production Prometheus',
    'address' => 'http://prometheus.example.com:9090',
    'edge_cluster_name' => 'default',
    'payload' => [
        'prometheus' => [
                'basic_auth_enabled' => false
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.flashcat.cloud/monit/datasource/create?app_key="

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"type_ident\": \"prometheus\",\n  \"name\": \"Prometheus Prod\",\n  \"note\": \"Production Prometheus\",\n  \"address\": \"http://prometheus.example.com:9090\",\n  \"edge_cluster_name\": \"default\",\n  \"payload\": {\n    \"prometheus\": {\n      \"basic_auth_enabled\": false\n    }\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.flashcat.cloud/monit/datasource/create?app_key=")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"type_ident\": \"prometheus\",\n  \"name\": \"Prometheus Prod\",\n  \"note\": \"Production Prometheus\",\n  \"address\": \"http://prometheus.example.com:9090\",\n  \"edge_cluster_name\": \"default\",\n  \"payload\": {\n    \"prometheus\": {\n      \"basic_auth_enabled\": false\n    }\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.flashcat.cloud/monit/datasource/create?app_key=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"type_ident\": \"prometheus\",\n  \"name\": \"Prometheus Prod\",\n  \"note\": \"Production Prometheus\",\n  \"address\": \"http://prometheus.example.com:9090\",\n  \"edge_cluster_name\": \"default\",\n  \"payload\": {\n    \"prometheus\": {\n      \"basic_auth_enabled\": false\n    }\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
  "data": {
    "id": 10,
    "type_ident": "prometheus",
    "name": "Prometheus Prod",
    "enabled": true,
    "edge_cluster_name": "default",
    "updated_at": 1712000000
  }
}

{
  "request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
  "error": {
    "code": "InvalidParameter",
    "message": "The specified parameter is not valid."
  }
}

{
  "request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
  "error": {
    "code": "Unauthorized",
    "message": "You are unauthorized."
  }
}

{
  "request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
  "error": {
    "code": "RequestTooFrequently",
    "message": "Request too frequently."
  }
}

{
  "request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
  "error": {
    "code": "InternalError",
    "message": "We encountered an internal error, and it has been reported. Please try again later."
  }
}

Restrictions

Aspect	Value
Rate limits	1,000 requests/minute; 50 requests/second per account
Permissions	Datasources Manage (monit)

Usage

• type_ident must be one of: prometheus, loki, mysql, oracle, postgres, clickhouse, elasticsearch, sls, victorialogs.
• edge_cluster_name specifies which Monitors edge cluster evaluates rules using this datasource.
• For elasticsearch, set payload.elasticsearch.deployment to cloud or self-managed.
• Every call is recorded in the account audit log. Don’t put secrets in request fields.

Authorizations

app_key · string · query · required

App key issued from the Flashduty console under Account → APP Keys. Required on every public API call. Keep it secret — it grants the same access as the owning account.

Body

application/json

Request body for creating or updating a datasource. id is required only for update. address is required for all types except Elasticsearch with deployment=cloud.

type_ident · string · required

Datasource type identifier. Allowed: prometheus, loki, mysql, oracle, postgres, clickhouse, elasticsearch, sls, victorialogs.

name · string · required

Datasource display name.

payload · object · required

Type-specific configuration block. Must include the key matching type_ident.

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edge_cluster_name · string · required

Monitors edge cluster name responsible for evaluating rules using this datasource.

id · integer<uint64>

Datasource ID. Required for update; omit for create.

note · string

Optional description.

address · string

Connection address. For Prometheus/Loki/VictoriaLogs: HTTP URL. For MySQL/Oracle/Postgres/ClickHouse: host:port. For SLS: endpoint without http/https prefix. Not required for Elasticsearch cloud deployment.

Response

200

application/json

Success

Success response envelope. On every 2xx response, request_id identifies the call (also mirrored in the Flashcat-Request-Id header) and data holds the endpoint-specific payload. Failure responses use a different shape — see ErrorResponse.

request_id · string · required

Unique ID for this request. Mirrored in the Flashcat-Request-Id response header. Include it when reporting issues.

Example:

"01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4"

data · object · required

A monitoring datasource.

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