Audit Service
The audit resource allows you to keep track of changes that have been made to other resources
Audit REST API
The Audit REST API is a read-only API allowing you to search and filter the audit entries and accessed through the following URL:
https://api.opendatadsl.com/api/audit
The API consists of the following calls:
Method | Path | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
GET | Get the build information for this service | ||
GET | {release}/{source} | 'v1/public' 'v1/private' | List public or private audit entries |
GET | {release}/{source}/{key} | v1/private/6090915ad6a48d0b3c4f663d | Retrieve a single audit entry using it’s unique id |
Entities
Audit Entry
The audit entry contains the following information:
Name | Description | Type |
---|---|---|
_id | Unique objectId for the audit entry | ObjectId |
timestamp | The UTC timestamp of when the event occurred | DateTime |
user | The user id/email of the user performing the event | String |
service | The name of the service that performed the event | String |
id | The id of the affected item | String |
ref | A link to the affected item | String/Ref |
version | The version number of the affected/new item | Integer |
action | The action performed (CREATE/UPDATE/DELETE etc.) | String |
description | A description of the event | String |
reason | The user provided reason for the event | String |
status | The HTTP status of the event, e.g. 200 | Integer |
change | Details of what changed | object |
Finding Audit Entries
Searching for audit entries
You can use the _search query parameter to pass in a search query string, it searches in the following fields:
- _id
- service
- id
- description
- reason
NOTE: All searches are case-insensitive - for more information see Searching and Filtering
Filtering audit entries
You can use simple filtering using any of the field names of an audit entry or complex filters for e.g. timestamp ranges.
Examples of listing audit entries
Finding all audit entries for a specific service, e.g. calendar
https://api.opendatadsl.com/api/audit/v1/public?service=calendar
Finding all entries for a specific resource of a service
https://api.opendatadsl.com/api/audit/v1/public?service=calendar&id=TEST
Searching for audit entities using a search string
https://api.opendatadsl.com/api/audit/v1/public?_search=final version
Search using a search string within a date range
https://api.opendatadsl.com/api/audit/v1/public
?_search=final version
×tamp=range(2021-05-11,2021-05-12)
Finding all audit entries from a certain date
https://api.opendatadsl.com/api/audit/v1/private?timestamp=gte(2021-05-11)
Finding audit records for a specific service and resource within a date range
https://api.opendatadsl.com/api/audit/v1/public
?service=calendar
&id=TEST
×tamp=range(2020-01-01,2020-12-31)