Get Available Event Log Fields

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Lists the available event log fields.

This endpoint only supports JSON.

Request

A request to retrieve a list of fields is described below.

HTTP Method	Request URI
GET	https://api.edgecast.com/v2/mcc/customers/AccountNumber/defend/rate_limiting/eventlogs/fields

Define the following term when submitting the above request:

VariableA variable represents a value that must be replaced. A variable consists of either a URL segment (e.g., "0001" in /0001/) or a query string value (e.g., "3" in mediaTypes=3).	Description
AccountNumber Required	Replace this variable with a customer account number. This account number may be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC.

Request Headers

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Request Body

Request body parameters are not required by this endpoint.

Response

The response to the above request includes an HTTP status code, response headers, and a response body.

Status Code

A status code indicates whether the request was successfully performed.

Response Headers

The response for this endpoint only includes standard HTTP response headers.

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Response Body

The response body for a successful request contains the following response parameters:

Name	Data Type	Description
fields	Array	This response parameter contains the set of available event log fields.
name	String	fields array Identifies an event log field by its name.
data_type	String	fields array Indicates the event log field's data type. Valid values are: date: Indicates that the event log field reports date/time in UTC. Format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss:ffffffZ Example: 2015-06-30T20:42:09.330793Z The above value represents June 30th, 2015 at 8:42 p.m. UTC. For more information on date/time format, please refer to Report Date/Time Format. For more information on date/time format, please refer to Report Date/Time Format. epoch: Indicates that the event log field reports a date in Unix time (UTC). Example: 1435696928.9078219 The above value represents June 30th, 2015 at 8:42 p.m. UTC. ip: Indicates that the event log field reports an IP address (IPv4) in dot-decimal notation. Example: 101.100.20.200 string: Indicates that the event log field reports data as a string value.
description	String	fields array Provides a brief description of the event log field's purpose.

Errors

The response body for an unsuccessful request will contain an error response that provides additional information.

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Sample Request and Response

A sample JSON request is shown below.

A sample JSON response is shown below.

{
	"fields" : [{
			"name" : "id",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "ID of event"
		}, {
			"name" : "Timestamp",
			"data_type" : "date",
			"description" : "timestamp of log entry as UTC timestamp"
		}, {
			"name" : "Rate Limiting Enforcement Rule ID",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "Rate Limiting Enforcement Rule ID"
		}, {
			"name" : "Rate Limiting Enforcement Duration",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "Rate Limiting Enforcement Duration"
		}, {
			"name" : "Rate Limiting Enforcement Percentage",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "Rate Limiting Enforcement Percentage"
		}, {
			"name" : "Rate Limiting Enforcement Type",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "Rate Limiting Enforcement type"
		}, {
			"name" : "Rate Limiting Enforcement Tuple ID",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "The internal ID of a tuple."
		}, {
			"name" : "Rate Limiting Enforcement Start Epoch",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "Rate Limiting Enforcement start time in seconds since epoch"
		}, {
			"name" : "File extension",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "File extension of the requested URI"
		}, {
			"name" : "Host",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "Hostname from request"
		}, {
			"name" : "Referer",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "Referer from request"
		}, {
			"name" : "Request Method",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "HTTP Request Method"
		}, {
			"name" : "Status",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "HTTP status code for the response"
		}, {
			"name" : "Epoch Time",
			"data_type" : "epoch",
			"description" : "time of log event as epoch UTC"
		}, {
			"name" : "URL",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "URL from request"
		}, {
			"name" : "User Agent",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "The clients user-agent"
		}, {
			"name" : "Client IP",
			"data_type" : "ip",
			"description" : "Client IP from Request"
		}, {
			"name" : "Country Code",
			"data_type" : "string",
			"description" : "Two letter country code"
		}
	]
}