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Direct Archive Query HTTP API

Use our Direct Archive Query HTTP API to run DataPrime or Lucene queries of your indexed and archived logs without accessing your Coralogix UI.

API Reference

The Direct Archive Query HTTP API is of an HTTP-style method.

Our API has predictable resource-oriented URLs, accepts POST JSON-formatted request bodies, returns Newline Delimited or NDJSON-formatted responses, and uses standard HTTP response codes, authentication, and verbs.

Prerequisites

Requests must be sent using TLS.

Base URL

Use the DataPrime Endpoint that matches your Coralogix domain.

When sending an HTTPS POST, you must present your arguments as JSON.

HTTP MethodPOST
Content-TypeJSON

Authentication

API Key

To use this API you need to create a personal or team API key. It’s recommended to use permission presets, as they are automatically updated with all relevant permissions. Alternatively, you can manually add individual permissions.

PresetActionDescription
DataQueryingLEGACY-ARCHIVE-QUERIES:EXECUTE
LOGS.DATA-API#HIGH:READDATA
LOGS.DATA-API#LOW:READDATA
METRICS.DATA-API#HIGH:READDATA
SPANS.DATA-API#HIGH:READDATA
SPANS.DATA-API#LOW:READDATA
Query Data from the Archive
Query Frequent Search Logs
Query Monitoring & Compliance Logs
Query Metrics
Query Frequent Search Spans
Query Monitoring & Compliance Spans

All API requests must be made over HTTPS. Calls made over plain HTTP will fail. API requests without authentication will also fail.

Authorization Header

To authenticate, add an Authorization Bearer <cx_api_key> header to your API request. It contains a Bearer Token, which identifies a single user, bot user, or workspace-application relationship for authentication.

KeyAuthorization
ValueBearer <cx_api_key>

Requests

Host

Use the DataPrime endpoint that matches your Coralogix domain.

All requests must be made over HTTPS. The API does not support HTTP.

Authorization Header

You must provide an authorization header as described in Authentication.

Formatting Your Request

For complete guidance on how to structure requests and responses, view this swagger.md, a human-readable document derived from a swagger.json file.

Download swagger.json

We recommend using OpenAPI Editor or a similar technology for support.

Request Body

When submitting data to a resource via POST, you must submit your payload in JSON.

You are required to include a query in the API body.

All other fields are optional and form the metadata object.

Body Examples

JSON Object

The following example consists of a JSON object that represents the request

Minimal DataPrime Query

{
    "query": "source logs | limit 100"
}

DataPrime with Lucene Operator

{
    "query": "source logs | filter log_obj.subsystem_name == 'foo' | lucene 'coralogix.metadata.applicationName:bar'"
}

Lucene Query

{
    "query": "coralogix.metadata.applicationName:bar'",
    "metadata": {
        "syntax": "QUERY_SYNTAX_LUCENE"
    }
}

Full DataPrime Query

{
    "query": "source logs | limit 100",
    "metadata": {
        "tier": "TIER_FREQUENT_SEARCH",
        "syntax": "QUERY_SYNTAX_DATAPRIME",
        "startDate": "2023-05-29T11:20:00.00Z",
        "endDate": "2023-05-29T11:30:00.00Z",
        "defaultSource": "logs"
    }
}

cURL

Basic Usage

curl --location 'https://ng-api-http.<span class="domain-value"></span>/api/v1/dataprime/query' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <cx_api_key>' \
--data '{
    "query": "source logs | limit 10"
}'

With Metadata

curl --location 'https://ng-api-http.<span class="domain-value"></span>/api/v1/dataprime/query' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <cx_api_key>' \
--data '{
    "query": "source logs | limit 10",
    "metadata": {
        "tier": "TIER_FREQUENT_SEARCH",
        "syntax": "QUERY_SYNTAX_DATAPRIME",
        "startDate": "2023-05-29T11:20:00.00Z",
        "endDate": "2023-05-29T11:30:00.00Z"
    }
}'
FieldDescriptionExample
startDateThe start date and time for the query.

Assumes Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). If the time zone of your timestamp differs, convert it to UTC or offset the timestamp to your time zone by navigating to Account settings > Preferences > Change Your Time Zone Settings. | For example, to start the query at 11:20 local time:

In San Fransisco (Pacific Daylight Time): 2023-05-29T11:20:00.00-07:00

In India (India Standard Time): 2023-05-29T11:20:00.00+05:30 | | endDate | The end date and time for the query.

Assumes Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). If the time zone of your timestamp differs, convert it to UTC or offset the timestamp to your time zone by navigating to Account settings > Preferences > Change Your Time Zone Settings. | | | tier | Specifies the tier of data to query. Options are TIER_FREQUENT_SEARCH or TIER_ARCHIVE. | TIER_FREQUENT_SEARCH | | limit | The maximum number of results to return. The default is 2000, with a maximum of 12,000. | 2000 | | syntax | The query syntax to use. Options are QUERY_SYNTAX_DATAPRIME or QUERY_SYNTAX_LUCENE. | QUERY_SYNTAX_LUCENE |

With defaultSource

curl --location 'https://ng-api-http.<span class="domain-value"></span>/api/v1/dataprime/query' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <cx_api_key>' \
--data '{
    "query": "limit 10",
    "metadata": {
        "tier": "TIER_FREQUENT_SEARCH",
        "syntax": "QUERY_SYNTAX_DATAPRIME",
                "defaultSource": "logs"
    }
}'

Responses

The Content-Type representation header is used to indicate the original media type of the resource (before any content encoding is applied for sending).

In responses, a Content-Type header provides the client with the actual content type of the returned content.

Correct results are returned in batches. Each batch may contain multiple rows of results, which are returned as Newline Delimited JSON or ndjson format.

Example Response

The following is a generic example response. Responses may vary per query and user data.

{
    "result": {
        "results": [
            {
                "metadata": [
                    {
                        "key": "logid",
                        "value": "c3ca5343-88dc-4807-a8f3-82832274afb7"
                    }
                ],
                "labels": [
                    {
                        "key": "applicationname",
                        "value": "staging"
                    }
                ],
                "userData": "{ ... \\"log_obj\\":{\\"level\\":\\"INFO\\",\\"message\\":\\"some log message\\" ... }, ...}"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Status Codes

Here are some of the most common status codes to expect.

Status CodeDescription
200No Error
400Bad Request
403Forbidden

Failed Requests

The general format guidelines are displayed when the accompanying status code is returned.

Warnings

The Warning response contains information about possible problems with the status of the message. More than one Warning header may appear in a response.

Warning responses can be applied to any message, before or after query results.

Warning TypeDescription
CompileWarningWarning of potential compilation error in your query. In the event of a compilation failure, you will receive an error response.
TimeRangeWarningWhen the time frame for your query has been built incorrectly or exceeds internal limits
NumberOfResultsLimitWarningWhen the number of query results exceeds internal limits
BytesScannedLimitWarningWhen the number of bytes returned in query results exceeds internal limits
DeprecationWarningWhen a value in your query is changed or deprecated incorrectly

Limitations

Coralogix places certain limitations on query responses. Warnings are returned when a limit is breached.

Results Returned

The number of results returned in rows is limited as follows:

Bytes Scanned Limit

The number of bytes scanned (for high-tier data) is limited as follows:

This limitation is placed on fetching 100 MB of high-tier data. It does not limit the scanning within the database storage.

Rate Limiting

The number of requests per minute is limited as follows:

  • 10 requests per minute

Additional Resources

DocumentationComplete Guidance on Structuring Requests & Responses (Swagger)
DataPrime Syntax
Lucene Syntax
S3 Archive

Support

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