Resources API

Use the Resources API to list or delete resources at the node level and below. This service is especially useful in conjunction with the Measurements API.

GETs (reading data)

Resources API GET functions
Resource Description

/resources

Retrieve the full tree of resources in the system (expensive, use with care).

/resources/{resourceid}

Retrieve the tree of resources starting with the named resource ID.

/resources/fornode/{nodecriteria}

Retrieve the tree of resources for a node, given its database ID or foreign-source:foreign-ID tuple.

/resources/select

Select partial node resources by specifying node IDs (database IDs or external ids), node filter rules, subresource names, and string property names using the attributes nodes, filterRules, nodeSubresources, and stringProperties, respectively. All attributes can have comma-separated lists of values.

The /resources/select endpoint returns only selected parts of node resources:

  • If the nodeSubresources attribute is not set, then a shallow copy of all node subresources (i.e., without nested content) is included. Otherwise, the selected node subresources are included and some or all of their string properties.

  • Similarly, if the stringProperties attribute is not set, then all string properties are included. Otherwise, only selected string properties are included.

DELETEs (removing data)

Resources API DELETE function
Resource Description

/resources/{resourceid}

Delete resource with the named resource ID, and all its child resources, if any.

The following table shows all supported query string parameters and their default values:

Name Default Value Comment

depth

Varies

GET only. Limits the tree depth for retrieved resources. Defaults to 1 when listing all resources, or to -1 (no limit) when listing a single resource.

Use examples with cURL

Retrieve the tree of resources rooted at the node with database ID 1, by resource ID
curl -u admin:admin "http://127.0.0.1:8980/opennms/rest/resources/node%5B1%5D"
Response
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<resource id="node[1]"
          label="anode"
          name="1"
          link="element/node.jsp?node=1"
          typeLabel="Node">
  <children count="11" totalCount="11">
    <resource id="node[1].nodeSnmp[]"
              label="Node-level Performance Data"
              name=""
              typeLabel="SNMP Node Data"
              parentId="node[1]">
      <children/>
      <stringPropertyAttributes/>
      <externalValueAttributes/>
      <rrdGraphAttributes>
        <entry>
          <key>loadavg1</key>
          <value name="loadavg1"
                 relativePath="snmp/1"
                 rrdFile="loadavg1.jrb"/>
        </entry>
          <key>tcpActiveOpens</key>
          <value name="tcpActiveOpens"
                 relativePath="snmp/1"
                 rrdFile="tcpActiveOpens.jrb"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>
          <key>memTotalFree</key>
          <value name="memTotalFree"
                 relativePath="snmp/1"
                 rrdFile="memTotalFree.jrb"/>
        </entry>
        ...
      </rrdGraphAttributes>
    </resource>
    <resource id="node[1].interfaceSnmp[lo]"
              label="lo (10 Mbps)"
              name="lo"
              link="element/snmpinterface.jsp?node=1&amp;ifindex=1"
              typeLabel="SNMP Interface Data"
              parentId="node[1]">
      <children/>
      <stringPropertyAttributes>
        <entry>
          <key>ifName</key>
          <value>lo</value>
        </entry>
        ...
      </stringPropertyAttributes>
      <externalValueAttributes>
        <entry>
          <key>ifSpeed</key>
          <value>10000000</value>
        </entry>
        <entry>
          <key>ifSpeedFriendly</key>
          <value>10 Mbps</value>
        </entry>
      </externalValueAttributes>
      <rrdGraphAttributes>
        ...
        <entry>
          <key>ifHCInOctets</key>
          <value name="ifHCInOctets"
                 relativePath="snmp/1/lo"
                 rrdFile="ifHCInOctets.jrb"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>
          <key>ifHCOutOctets</key>
          <value name="ifHCOutOctets"
                 relativePath="snmp/1/lo"
                 rrdFile="ifHCOutOctets.jrb"/>
        </entry>
        ...
      </rrdGraphAttributes>
    </resource>
    ...
  </children>
  <stringPropertyAttributes/>
  <externalValueAttributes/>
  <rrdGraphAttributes/>
</resource>
Retrieve the tree of resources rooted at the node with database ID 1, without having to construct a resource ID
curl -u admin:admin "http://127.0.0.1:8980/opennms/rest/resources/fornode/1"
Retrieve the tree of resources rooted at the node with foreign-ID node42 in requisition Servers, by resource ID
curl -u admin:admin "http://127.0.0.1:8980/opennms/rest/resources/nodeSource%5BServers:node42%5D"
Retrieve the tree of resources rooted at the node with foreign-ID node42 in requisition Servers, without having to construct a resource ID
curl -u admin:admin "http://127.0.0.1:8980/opennms/rest/resources/fornode/Servers:node42"