Import

Description

Import a new story. Note that if the story data includes embedded substories these will not be imported.

Request

HTTP Method: POST

Query Parameter Description
new_name The new name for the story.
data JSON object representing the story in exported form
team_id ID of team to which the story should be added.
folder_id Optional ID of folder to which the story should be added.
mode Optional Create a new story or update existing by Name (new, versionReplace) default: new

curl -X POST \
  https://<<META.tenant.domain>>/api/v1/stories/import \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <<CREDENTIAL.tines_api_key>>'
  -d '{
        "new_name": "Imported story",
        "team_id": 2,
        "folder_id": 1,
        "data": {
          "schema_version": 18,
          "standard_lib_version": 41,
          "action_runtime_version": 6,
          "name": "Simple story",
          "description": "In the simple story we will create a fictional situation where a detection system is configured to send alerts to our Tines tenant. The alert will contain the type of alert (infection, ddos, credential stuffing, etc.) and details on any users affected. If the alert is related to an infection, based on the users job title, we will take a specific action.\r\n\r\nThe simple story is described in detail in the Tines Docs(https://hub.tines.com/docs/quickstart/simple-story/).\r\n\r\nUse the following URL command (replace $webhook-url with the webhook URL in the ''Summary\" tab of the 'Receive events' action) to send events to this story:\r\n\r\ncurl $webhook-url -X POST -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"event_name\":\"My first event\",\"type\":\"infection\",\"users\":[{\"name\":\"alice\",\"age\":25,\"country\":\"US\",\"job\":\"Engineer\"},{\"name\":\"bob\",\"age\":20,\"country\":\"UK\",\"job\":\"Student\"},{\"name\":\"carol\",\"age\":61,\"country\":\"Ireland\",\"job\":\"CEO\"}]}'",
          "guid": "8de58314250ff167127d6ae213711de9",
          "slug": "simple_story",
          "agents": [
            {
              "type": "Agents::TriggerAgent",
              "name": "User is ceo",
              "disabled": false,
              "description": null,
              "guid": "9fda86d826c2da6b1001d83de774e6cd",
              "origin_story_identifier": "cloud:72d8681fa16f17c9cb1b5d0118f96474:8de58314250ff167127d6ae213711de9",
              "options": {
                "rules": [
                  {
                    "type": "regex",
                    "value": "ceo",
                    "path": "<<explode_users.user.job>>"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "reporting": {
                "time_saved_value": 0,
                "time_saved_unit": "minutes"
              },
              "monitoring": {
                "monitor_all_events": false,
                "monitor_failures": false,
                "monitor_no_events_emitted": null
              },
              "template": {
                "created_from_template_guid": null,
                "created_from_template_version": null
              },
              "width": null
            },
            {
              "type": "Agents::EmailAgent",
              "name": "Notify by email",
              "disabled": false,
              "description": null,
              "guid": "2a1c3710c175566adbac7bdfcb8aa0af",
              "origin_story_identifier": "cloud:72d8681fa16f17c9cb1b5d0118f96474:8de58314250ff167127d6ae213711de9",
              "options": {
                "recipients": "tinesdemouser@outlook.com",
                "subject": "Engineer in infected",
                "body": "Hello,<br/><br/>An alert has been detected that relates to an infected engineer. The user's details are shown below:<br/><b>Name:</b> <<explode_users.user.name>><br/><b>Age:</b> <<explode_users.user.age>><br/><b>Country:</b> <<explode_users.user.country>><br/><br/>Thanks!"
              },
              "reporting": {
                "time_saved_value": 0,
                "time_saved_unit": "minutes"
              },
              "monitoring": {
                "monitor_all_events": false,
                "monitor_failures": false,
                "monitor_no_events_emitted": null
              },
              "template": {
                "created_from_template_guid": null,
                "created_from_template_version": null
              },
              "width": null,
              "schedule": null
            },
            {
              "type": "Agents::WebhookAgent",
              "name": "Receive events",
              "disabled": false,
              "description": null,
              "guid": "2f1f4538338172e208f653d3a614afb6",
              "origin_story_identifier": "cloud:72d8681fa16f17c9cb1b5d0118f96474:8de58314250ff167127d6ae213711de9",
              "options": {
                "secret": "201367c22bd83f4e79ac81aa9f9efb7c",
                "verbs": "post",
                "path": "faac546b6297d276b866af0487343601",
                "include_headers": "false"
              },
              "reporting": {
                "time_saved_value": 0,
                "time_saved_unit": "minutes"
              },
              "monitoring": {
                "monitor_all_events": false,
                "monitor_failures": false,
                "monitor_no_events_emitted": null
              },
              "template": {
                "created_from_template_guid": null,
                "created_from_template_version": null
              },
              "width": null
            },
            {
              "type": "Agents::TriggerAgent",
              "name": "Type is infection",
              "disabled": false,
              "description": null,
              "guid": "e606d66f945ba059655a672497d78170",
              "origin_story_identifier": "cloud:72d8681fa16f17c9cb1b5d0118f96474:8de58314250ff167127d6ae213711de9",
              "options": {
                "rules": [
                  {
                    "type": "regex",
                    "value": "infection",
                    "path": "<<receive_events.type>>"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "reporting": {
                "time_saved_value": 0,
                "time_saved_unit": "minutes"
              },
              "monitoring": {
                "monitor_all_events": false,
                "monitor_failures": false,
                "monitor_no_events_emitted": null
              },
              "template": {
                "created_from_template_guid": null,
                "created_from_template_version": null
              },
              "width": null
            },
            {
              "type": "Agents::EventTransformationAgent",
              "name": "Explode users",
              "disabled": false,
              "description": null,
              "guid": "51ce4f788c04cf81dc7eb7dda25f575b",
              "origin_story_identifier": "cloud:72d8681fa16f17c9cb1b5d0118f96474:8de58314250ff167127d6ae213711de9",
              "options": {
                "mode": "explode",
                "path": "=receive_events.users",
                "to": "user"
              },
              "reporting": {
                "time_saved_value": 0,
                "time_saved_unit": "minutes"
              },
              "monitoring": {
                "monitor_all_events": false,
                "monitor_failures": false,
                "monitor_no_events_emitted": null
              },
              "template": {
                "created_from_template_guid": null,
                "created_from_template_version": null
              },
              "width": null,
              "schedule": null
            },
            {
              "type": "Agents::TriggerAgent",
              "name": "User is student",
              "disabled": false,
              "description": null,
              "guid": "845aa2aa857ffe8832856050abf7d994",
              "origin_story_identifier": "cloud:72d8681fa16f17c9cb1b5d0118f96474:8de58314250ff167127d6ae213711de9",
              "options": {
                "rules": [
                  {
                    "type": "regex",
                    "value": "student",
                    "path": "<<explode_users.user.job>>"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "reporting": {
                "time_saved_value": 0,
                "time_saved_unit": "minutes"
              },
              "monitoring": {
                "monitor_all_events": false,
                "monitor_failures": false,
                "monitor_no_events_emitted": null
              },
              "template": {
                "created_from_template_guid": null,
                "created_from_template_version": null
              },
              "width": null
            },
            {
              "type": "Agents::TriggerAgent",
              "name": "User is engineer",
              "disabled": false,
              "description": null,
              "guid": "bded45ec772c9f48984d39da6388ff56",
              "origin_story_identifier": "cloud:72d8681fa16f17c9cb1b5d0118f96474:8de58314250ff167127d6ae213711de9",
              "options": {
                "rules": [
                  {
                    "type": "regex",
                    "value": "engineer",
                    "path": "<<explode_users.user.job>>"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "reporting": {
                "time_saved_value": 0,
                "time_saved_unit": "minutes"
              },
              "monitoring": {
                "monitor_all_events": false,
                "monitor_failures": false,
                "monitor_no_events_emitted": null
              },
              "template": {
                "created_from_template_guid": null,
                "created_from_template_version": null
              },
              "width": null
            },
            {
              "type": "Agents::HTTPRequestAgent",
              "name": "Send a post request",
              "disabled": false,
              "description": null,
              "guid": "dbe0171f0253ebde721ddfb086c323a5",
              "origin_story_identifier": "cloud:72d8681fa16f17c9cb1b5d0118f96474:8de58314250ff167127d6ae213711de9",
              "options": {
                "url": "https://postman-echo.com/post",
                "content_type": "json",
                "method": "post",
                "payload": {
                  "name": "<<explode_users.user.name>>",
                  "age": "<<explode_users.user.age>>",
                  "country": "<<explode_users.user.country>>",
                  "job": "<<explode_users.user.job>>"
                },
                "log_error_on_status": []
              },
              "reporting": {
                "time_saved_value": 0,
                "time_saved_unit": "minutes"
              },
              "monitoring": {
                "monitor_all_events": false,
                "monitor_failures": false,
                "monitor_no_events_emitted": null
              },
              "template": {
                "created_from_template_guid": null,
                "created_from_template_version": null
              },
              "width": null,
              "schedule": null
            }
          ],
          "diagram_notes": [],
          "links": [
            {
              "source": 0,
              "receiver": 7
            },
            {
              "source": 2,
              "receiver": 3
            },
            {
              "source": 3,
              "receiver": 4
            },
            {
              "source": 4,
              "receiver": 6
            },
            {
              "source": 4,
              "receiver": 5
            },
            {
              "source": 4,
              "receiver": 0
            },
            {
              "source": 6,
              "receiver": 1
            }
          ],
          "diagram_layout": "{\"9fda86d826c2da6b1001d83de774e6cd\":[105,-195],\"2a1c3710c175566adbac7bdfcb8aa0af\":[345,-120],\"2f1f4538338172e208f653d3a614afb6\":[345,-435],\"e606d66f945ba059655a672497d78170\":[345,-360],\"51ce4f788c04cf81dc7eb7dda25f575b\":[345,-285],\"845aa2aa857ffe8832856050abf7d994\":[570,-195],\"bded45ec772c9f48984d39da6388ff56\":[345,-195],\"dbe0171f0253ebde721ddfb086c323a5\":[105,-120]}",
          "send_to_story_enabled": false,
          "entry_agent_guid": null,
          "exit_agent_guids": [],
          "exit_agent_guid": null,
          "api_entry_action_guids": [],
          "api_exit_action_guids": [],
          "keep_events_for": 86400,
          "reporting_status": true,
          "send_to_story_access": null,
          "story_library_metadata": {},
          "monitor_failures": false,
          "send_to_stories": [],
          "form": null,
          "synchronous_webhooks_enabled": false,
          "forms": [],
          "pages": [],
          "tags": [],
          "time_saved_unit": "minutes",
          "time_saved_value": 0,
          "origin_story_identifier": "cloud:72d8681fa16f17c9cb1b5d0118f96474:8de58314250ff167127d6ae213711de9",
          "integration_product": null,
          "integration_vendor": null,
          "exported_at": "2023-12-15T01:43:37Z",
          "integrations": []
          }
        }
      }'

Response

A successful request will return a JSON object describing the newly created story

Field description

Parameter Description
name The story name.
user_id ID of story owner.
description A user-defined description of the story.
keep_events_for Defined event retention period in seconds.
disabled Boolean flag indicating whether story is disabled.
priority Boolean flag indicating whether story is hight priority story.
send_to_story_enabled Boolean flag indicating if Send to Story is enabled.
send_to_story_access Controls who is allowed to send to this story (TEAM,GLOBAL,SPECIFIC_TEAMS).
shared_team_slugs List of teams' slugs that can send to this story when send_to_story_access is SPECIFIC_TEAMS, otherwise empty.
entry_agent_id The ID of the entry action for this story.
exit_agents An Array of objects describing exit actions for this story.
team_id ID of team to which the story belongs.
tags An array of tags used to classify the story.
guid Unique identifier of the story.
slug An underscored representation of the story name.
created_at ISO 8601 Timestamp representing date and time the story was created.
updated_at ISO 8601 Timestamp representing date and time the story row was last updated. It is best to use edited_at to track any modifications made to the story itself.
edited_at ISO 8601 Timestamp representing date and time the story was last logically updated.
mode The mode of the story. LIVE or TEST
id The story ID.
folder_id ID of folder to which the story belongs.
published Boolean flag indicating whether the story is published.
change_control_enabled Boolean flag indicating if change control is enabled.
locked Boolean flag indicating whether the story is locked to changes.

Sample response

{
  "name": "Simple story",
  "user_id": 167,
  "description": "In the simple story we will create a fictional situation where a detection system is configured to send alerts to our Tines tenant",
  "keep_events_for": 604800,
  "disabled": false,
  "priority": false,
  "send_to_story_enabled": false,
  "send_to_story_access": null,
  "shared_team_slugs": [],
  "entry_agent_id": null,
  "exit_agents": [],
  "team_id": 1,
  "tags": ["Tag 1", "Tag 2"],
  "guid": "df1e838a18d20696120b41516497b017",
  "slug": "simple_story",
  "created_at": "2021-05-10T08:56:50Z",
  "updated_at": "2021-05-10T08:56:50Z",
  "edited_at": "2021-05-10T08:56:50Z",
  "mode": "LIVE",
  "id": 7981,
  "folder_id": 1,
  "published": true,
  "change_control_enabled": false,
  "locked": false
}
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