Datadog Patch API declares
4 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (AuthZ) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 68 scopes.
An API key is passed in the header as DD-API-KEY (apiKeyAuth).
An API key is passed in the header as DD-APPLICATION-KEY (appKeyAuth).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
AuthZ — This API uses OAuth 2 with the implicit grant flow.
apiKeyAuth — Your Datadog API Key.
appKeyAuth — Your Datadog APP Key.
Paths & Operations 3
Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 PATCH. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The contract defines 33 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are NotificationRuleAttributes (10 properties), ExternalUser (8 properties), PatchNotificationRuleParametersDataAttributes (6 properties), JSONAPIErrorItem (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
APIErrorResponse
object
API error response.
1 property1 required
EmailTypeType
string
The type of email.
ExternalUser
object
Definition of a user.
8 properties
PatchNotificationRuleParametersDataAttributes
object
Attributes of the notification rule patch request. It is required to update the version of the rule when patching it.
6 properties
ExternalUserPatchRequestOperationsItemsOp
string
The operation to be performed.
RuleSeverity
string
Severity of a security rule.
ExternalUserNameType
object
The components of user's real name
1 property
TimeAggregation
integer
Time aggregation period (in seconds) is used to aggregate the results of the notification rule evaluation. Results are aggregated over a selected time frame us…
PatchNotificationRuleParametersData
object
Data of the notification rule patch request: the rule ID, the rule type, and the rule attributes. All fields are required.
3 properties3 required
NotificationRuleQuery
string
The query is composed of one or several key:value pairs, which can be used to filter security issues on tags and attributes.
Version
integer
Version of the notification rule. It is updated when the rule is modified.
RuleTypesItems
string
Security rule type which can be used in security rules. Signal-based notification rules can filter signals based on rule types applicationsecurity, logdetectio…
RuleUser
object
User creating or modifying a rule.
2 properties
NotificationRulesType
string
The rule type associated to notification rules.
ExternalUserPatchRequest
object
Request object for patching a user.
2 properties
ID
string
The ID of a notification rule.
PatchNotificationRuleParameters
object
Body of the notification rule patch request.
1 property
NotificationRuleAttributes
object
Attributes of the notification rule.
10 properties9 required
Enabled
boolean
Field used to enable or disable the rule.
NotificationRuleResponse
object
Response object which includes a notification rule.
1 property
RuleTypes
array
Security rule types used as filters in security rules.
ExternalUserEmailType
object
Email address for the user.
3 properties
Selectors
object
Selectors are used to filter security issues for which notifications should be generated. Users can specify rule severities, rule types, a query to filter secu…
4 properties1 required
ExternalUserPatchRequestOperationsItems
object
The definition of an individual patch operation in a patch request.
3 properties
RuleName
string
Name of the notification rule.
Targets
array
List of recipients to notify when a notification rule is triggered. Many different target types are supported, such as email addresses, Slack channels, and Pag…
JSONAPIErrorItemSource
object
References to the source of the error.
3 properties
NotificationRule
object
Notification rules allow full control over notifications generated by the various Datadog security products. They allow users to define the conditions under wh…
3 properties3 required
TriggerSource
string
The type of security issues on which the rule applies. Notification rules based on security signals need to use the trigger source "securitysignals", while not…
JSONAPIErrorResponse
object
API error response.
1 property1 required
Date
integer
Date as Unix timestamp in milliseconds.
ExternalUserMeta
object
Metadata associated with a user.
4 properties
JSONAPIErrorItem
object
API error response body
5 properties
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