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Actions

The actions endpoints of the HTTP API.

POST /dashboards/{id}/actions

Run an action that is saved in the dashboard’s latest version.

The server builds the request from the saved action, so the caller chooses only the variable values, the time range and the clicked value, never the method, address, headers or body template. version must be the dashboard’s latest version, or the call answers 409 stale_version. panel, element and action (the index in the element’s actions) locate a canvas action; without element, panel, override and action locate a field action: the panel’s own actions, or those of the override at index override. An action that is missing answers 404 action_not_found. inputs gives a value for each of the action’s own variables by key, and may name no other key; an action variable that has no input answers 400 action_invalid. variables may name only variables the version declares, each with at most 100 values of at most 1000 bytes, and every variable the action references needs a value. __user.login, __user.email, __user.name and __user.id come from the signed-in person and cannot be supplied. The request is sent only to an https address on the outbound allowlist, to a public address, and a redirect is returned as its own status without being followed. The remote body is read up to 64 KiB and discarded, never returned or logged. The caller needs Edit on the dashboard, and service accounts cannot call this endpoint. A person has at most 2 actions in flight. Every attempt that reaches the network is logged at INFO as action run with the person, dashboard, version, panel, element or override when the request has one, action index, method, host, status, outcome and duration, and never with the address, headers, body, variable values or inputs.

Parameters

Name In Type Description
id (required) path string (uuid)

Request body

application/json, required.

Field Type Description
version (required) integer Between 1 and 2147483647.
panel (required) string
element string The canvas element whose action runs.
override integer With no element, the override whose actions hold the action; absent means the panel’s own field actions.
action (required) integer
variables object or null
from (required) string (date-time)
to (required) string (date-time)
value object or null
fields object or null
inputs object or null Values for the action’s variables, by key.

Responses

Status Description Body
200 The remote server answered; ok is true for a 2xx status. ActionResult
400 The body is malformed, a field is out of range, or variables names an undeclared variable, inputs names a key the action does not declare, or element and override are both set (invalid_request); or the action cannot be built from the supplied values, for example a header value with a line break, a JSON body that is no longer valid, an address that changed host or a body above 64 KiB (action_invalid). Error
401 Authentication is missing or invalid. Error
403 The caller is a service account (forbidden), has no Edit access to the dashboard (forbidden_role), or the action’s domain is not on the outbound allowlist (outbound_domain_not_allowed, with host). ActionError
404 The dashboard does not exist (not_found), or the version has no such panel, element, override or action (action_not_found). Error
409 The dashboard has a newer version than version (stale_version); reload it before running the action. Error
413 The request body exceeds the size limit. Error
429 The caller already has 2 actions in flight (too_many_actions). Error
500 The server failed to handle the request. Error
502 The request did not complete, because of a connection error, a timeout or a private or reserved address (action_failed, with host). ActionError

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