NAME

Monitis - Monitis.com API Perl interface

VERSION

This document describes Monitis version 0.8_3

SYNOPSIS

use Monitis;

my $api =
  Monitis->new(sekret_key => $SECRET_KEY, api_key => $API_KEY);

# Create subaccount, see Monitis::SubAccounts
my $response = $api->sub_accounts->add(
    firstName => 'John',
    lastName  => 'Smith',
    email     => 'john@smith.com',
    password  => '****',
    group     => 'test user'
);

die "Failed to create account: $response->{status}"
  unless $response->{status} eq 'ok';

# Add memory monitor, see Monitis::Memory
$response = $api->memory->add(
    agentkey      => 'test-agent',
    name          => 'memory_monitor',
    tag           => 'test_from_api',
    platform      => 'LINUX',
    freeLimit     => 100,
    freeSwapLimit => 500,
    bufferedLimit => 500,
    cachedLimit   => 500
);

die "Failed to create memory monitor: $response->{status}"
  unless $response->{status} eq 'ok';

DESCRIPTION

This library provides interface to Monitis.com API

ATTRIBUTES

Monitis implements following attributes:

api_url

Monitis API URL. May vary for different calls. See 'API URL' section of corresponding API manual.

ua

UserAgent that Monitis uses as transport.

json

JSON decoder.

api_key

Monitis API key.

secret_key

Monitis API secret.

auth_token

Monitis API auth_token.

Read/write. If no token set, but secret_key and api_key are set, Monitis try to get auth_token from Monitis API.

auth_token auto-updates token, when it expires (after 24 hours).

token_ttl

Auth token time-to-live in seconds. 24 hours by default.

context

Context of execution

METHODS

Monitis implements following methods:

new

my $monitis = Monitis->new(sekret_key => '***', api_key => '***');

Construct a new Monitis instance.

context methods

sub_accounts layout contacts predefined_monitors external_monitors

itnernal_monitors agents cpu memory drive process load_average http ping

transaction_monitors full_page_load_monitors

visitor_trackers cloud_instances

This methods switch API context to corresponding section. There's map of available contexts and corresponding packages:

sub_accounts            =>    Monitis::SubAccounts
layout                  =>    Monitis::Layout
contacts                =>    Monitis::Contacts
predefined_monitors     =>    Monitis::PredefinedMonitors
external_monitors       =>    Monitis::ExternalMonitors
internal_monitors       =>    Monitis::InternalMonitors
agents                  =>    Monitis::Agents
cpu                     =>    Monitis::CPU
memory                  =>    Monitis::Memory
drive                   =>    Monitis::Drive
process                 =>    Monitis::Process
load_average            =>    Monitis::LoadAverage
http                    =>    Monitis::HTTP
ping                    =>    Monitis::Ping
transaction_monitors    =>    Monitis::TransactionMonitors
custom_monitors         =>    Monitis::CustomMonitors
full_page_load_monitors =>    Monitis::FullPageLoadMonitors
visitor_trackers        =>    Monitis::VisitorTrackers
cloud_instances         =>    Monitis::CloudInstances

Please refer to documentation of corresponding package (see "SEE ALSO") and to Monitis API manual.

api_get

my $response =
  $monitis->api_get(actionName => [param1 => 'value', param2 => 'value']);

Executes action at Monitis.com API and returns result.

Returns parsed JSON: array or hash, depending on server response.

Requires api_key to be set.

api_post

my $response = $monitis->api_post(
    actionName => [param1 => 'value', param2 => 'value']);

Executes action at Monitis.com API and returns result.

Returns parsed JSON: array or hash, depending on server response.

Requires api_key and secret_key to be set.

parse_response

my $json = $monitis->parse_response($response);

Takes one argument: HTTP::Response.

Returns decoded JSON (hashref or arrayref) of response content.

build_get_request

my $request = $monitis->build_get_request(
    actionName => [param1 => 'value', param2 => 'value']);

Prepares HTTP GET request to Monitis API with provided parameters.

Returns HTTP::Request object.

build_post_request

my $request = $monitis->build_post_request(
    actionName => [param1 => 'value', param2 => 'value']);

Prepares HTTP POST request to Monitis API with provided parameters.

Returns HTTP::Request object.

prepare_params

my $params = $monitis->prepare_params(\@params, \@mandatory, \@optional);
my $params = $monitis->prepare_params(\@params, \@mandatory);

Checks for mandatory and removes wrong parameters.

Returns arrayref.

checksum

my $checksum = $monitis->checksum(\@params);
my $checksum =
  $monitis->checksum([param1 => 'value1', param2 => 'value2']);

Produces checksum of list of parameters.

Requires api_secret to be set.

SEE ALSO

Monitis::SubAccounts Monitis::Layout Monitis::Contacts Monitis::PredefinedMonitors Monitis::ExternalMonitors Monitis::InternalMonitors Monitis::Agents Monitis::CPU Monitis::Memory Monitis::Drive Monitis::Process Monitis::LoadAverage Monitis::HTTP Monitis::Ping Monitis::TransactionMonitors Monitis::FullPageLoadMonitors Monitis::VisitorTrackers Monitis::CloudInstanses Monitis::CustomMonitors

Official API page: http://monitis.com/api/api.html

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Please report any bugs or feature requests at Github https://github.com/monitisexchange/Perl-SDK/issues.

AUTHORS

Yaroslav Korshak <yko@cpan.org>

Alexandr Babenko <foxcool@cpan.org>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2006-2011, Monitis Inc.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

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