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Instana Action History API

The Action History API from Instana — 2 operation(s) for action history.

Instana Action History API is one of 62 APIs that Instana publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Action History. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.307.1417.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://{unit}-{tenant}.instana.io, https://{domain}.

5 operations 2 paths 6 schemas 2 DELETE2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1.307.1417
Servers
https://{unit}-{tenant}.instana.io
https://{domain}
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Instana Action History API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as authorization (ApiKeyAuth).

  • ApiKeyAuth — Example bash curl --request GET \ --url https://test-instana.instana.io/api/application-monitoring/catalog/metrics \ --header 'authorization: apiToken xxxxxxxx…

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 2 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Action History 5
DELETE
/api/automation/actioninstances
Delete automation action run results.
deleteActionInstances 10 params → 200400403500
GET
/api/automation/actioninstances
Get the details of automation action run results from action run history.
getActionInstances 14 params → 200403
POST
/api/automation/actioninstances
Run an automation action.
addActionInstance body → 200400403
DELETE
/api/automation/actioninstances/{actionInstanceId}
Deletes an automation action run result from the action run history by ID.
deleteActionInstance 3 params → 200400403500
GET
/api/automation/actioninstances/{actionInstanceId}
Get the details of an automation action run result by ID from action run history.
getActionInstance 3 params → 200400403

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ActionInstance (26 properties), ActionInstanceRequest (7 properties), PaginatedResult (4 properties), ActionInstanceParameter (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ActionInstanceMetadataEntry
object
List of metadata parameters set to this action run by sensors.
2 properties 1 required
ActionInstanceParameter
object
List of input parameters to this action run.
4 properties 2 required
ActionInstanceRequest
object
7 properties 2 required
ActionInstance
object
26 properties 3 required
ActionInstanceRequestParameters
object
Action run input parameters.
3 properties 2 required
PaginatedResult
object
4 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

instana-action-history-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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