Create: HTTP Request type

Description

Use a HTTP POST request to create a HTTP Request credential.

Request

HTTP Method: POST

Parameter Description
name Name of the credential.
mode Describes the type of credential (HTTP_REQUEST_AGENT)
team_id ID of Tines Team where the credential will be located.
folder_id Optional ID of folder to which the credential will be located
read_access Optional Control where this credential can be used (TEAM, GLOBAL, SPECIFIC_TEAMS). default: TEAM. (SPECIFIC_TEAMS is a premium feature. Reach out to find out more.)
shared_team_slugs Optional List of teams' slugs where this credential can be used. Required to set read_access to SPECIFIC_TEAMS. default: [] (empty array).
description Optional Description of the credential. default: "" (empty string).
http_request_options JSON object representing the Agents::HTTPRequestAgent Options
http_request_location_of_token Location of token from response

Sample request

curl -X POST \
  https://<<META.tenant.domain>>/api/v1/user_credentials \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'x-user-token: <<CREDENTIAL.tines_api_key>>' \
  -d '{
      "name": "foo",
      "value": "bar",
      "mode": "HTTP_REQUEST_AGENT",
      "team_id": 2,
      "http_request_options": {
        "url": "http://www.example.com",
        "content_type": "json",
        "method": "post",
        "payload": {
          "key": "value",
          "something": "the event contained {{ .somekey }}"
        },
        "headers": {}
      },
      "http_request_location_of_token": "{{ .foo }}"
    }'

Response

A successful request will return a JSON object describing the created credential.

Field description

Parameter Description
id credential ID.
name Name of the credential.
mode Describes the type of credential (TEXT, JWT, OAUTH, AWS, MTLS, HTTP_REQUEST_AGENT).
team_id ID of team to which the credential belongs.
folder_id ID of folder to which the credential belongs.
read_access Control where this credential can be used (TEAM, GLOBAL, SPECIFIC_TEAMS).
shared_team_slugs List of teams' slugs where this credential can be used when read_access is SPECIFIC_TEAMS, otherwise empty.
description Description of the credential.
slug An underscored representation of the credential name
created_at ISO 8601 Timestamp representing date and time the credential was created.
updated_at ISO 8601 Timestamp representing date and time the credential was last updated.

Sample response

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "tines_api_credential",
  "mode": "HTTP_REQUEST_AGENT",
  "team_id": 2,
  "folder_id": 1,
  "read_access": "TEAM",
  "shared_team_slugs": [],
  "slug": "tines_api_credential",
  "created_at": "2021-03-26T12:34:16.540Z",
  "updated_at": "2021-03-26T12:34:16.540Z",
  "description": ""
}
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