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URL Format

URL Fields

  • Host - The OpsGenie API host. Use 'api.eu.opsgenie.com' for EU instances
    Default: api.opsgenie.com
    URL part: opsgenie://host:port/apikey
  • Port - The OpsGenie API port.
    Default: 443
    URL part: opsgenie://host:port/apikey
  • APIKey - The OpsGenie API key (Required)
    URL part: opsgenie://host:port/apikey

Query/Param Props

Props can be either supplied using the params argument, or through the URL using
?key=value&key=value etc.

  • Actions - Custom actions that will be available for the alert
    Default: empty

  • Alias - Client-defined identifier of the alert
    Default: empty

  • Description - Description field of the alert
    Default: empty

  • Details - Map of key-value pairs to use as custom properties of the alert
    Default: empty

  • Entity - Entity field of the alert that is generally used to specify which domain the Source field of the alert
    Default: empty

  • Note - Additional note that will be added while creating the alert
    Default: empty

  • Priority - Priority level of the alert. Possible values are P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5
    Default: empty

  • Responders - Teams, users, escalations and schedules that the alert will be routed to send notifications
    Default: empty

  • Source - Source field of the alert
    Default: empty

  • Tags - Tags of the alert
    Default: empty

  • Title - notification title, optionally set by the sender
    Default: empty

  • User - Display name of the request owner
    Default: empty

  • VisibleTo - Teams and users that the alert will become visible to without sending any notification
    Default: empty

Creating a REST API endpoint in OpsGenie

  1. Open up the Integration List page by clicking on Settings => Integration List within the menu Screenshot 1

  2. Click API => Add

  3. Make sure Create and Update Access and Enabled are checked and click Save Integration Screenshot 2

  4. Copy the API Key

  5. Format the service URL

The host can be either api.opsgenie.com or api.eu.opsgenie.com depending on the location of your instance. See the OpsGenie documentation for details.

opsgenie://api.opsgenie.com/eb243592-faa2-4ba2-a551q-1afdf565c889
                            └───────────────────────────────────┘
                                           token

Passing parameters via code

If you want to, you can pass additional parameters to the send function.
The following example contains all parameters that are currently supported.

service.Send("An example alert message", &types.Params{
    "alias":       "Life is too short for no alias",
    "description": "Every alert needs a description",
    "responders":  `[{"id":"4513b7ea-3b91-438f-b7e4-e3e54af9147c","type":"team"},{"name":"NOC","type":"team"}]`,
    "visibleTo":   `[{"id":"4513b7ea-3b91-438f-b7e4-e3e54af9147c","type":"team"},{"name":"rocket_team","type":"team"}]`,
    "actions":     "An action",
    "tags":        "tag1 tag2",
    "details":     `{"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"}`,
    "entity":      "An example entity",
    "source":      "The source",
    "priority":    "P1",
    "user":        "Dracula",
    "note":        "Here is a note",
})

Optional parameters

You can optionally specify the parameters in the URL:

opsgenie://api.opsgenie.com/eb243592-faa2-4ba2-a551q-1afdf565c889?alias=Life+is+too+short+for+no+alias&description=Every+alert+needs+a+description&actions=An+action&tags=["tag1","tag2"]&entity=An+example+entity&source=The+source&priority=P1&user=Dracula&note=Here+is+a+note

Example using the command line:

shoutrrr send -u 'opsgenie://api.eu.opsgenie.com/token?tags=["tag1","tag2"]&description=testing&responders=[{"username":"superuser", "type": "user"}]&entity=Example Entity&source=Example Source&actions=["asdf", "bcde"]' -m "Hello World6"