REST API - View links impacting a CI

Last modified on 2023/02/21 14:21
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Minimum version Service Manager: 2016 - Build 2016.1.321.0

GET  /configuration-items/{ci_id}/item-links/impacting

  • This method allows links impacting a specified configuration item (CI) to be obtained (CIs whose unavailability will lead to the unavailability of the current CI).
          example   /configuration-items/123/item-links/impacting
  • To obtain:
    • Links impacted by a specified CI (CIs whose unavailability is due to the unavailability of the current CI): GET  /configuration-items/{ci_id}/item-links/impacted. Open url.png See the method.
    • All the links of a specified CI (impacting / impacted): GET  /configuration-items/{ci_id}/item-links. Open url.png See the method.

Notes

     Open url.png  See Service Manager REST API Conventions

  • If successful, an HTTP status code 200 is returned.
    • Only an extract of the most useful fields selected by EasyVista is displayed for each record provided.
    • A URL link (HREF) to each resource is provided so that the complete list of fields for a record can be obtained.

List of parameters / fields

Mandatory parameters

You must use the JSON object below in the body of the HTTP request.
 

Parameter Type Description / Example
ci_id integer CI identifier

Optional parameters

Parameter Type Description / Example
linked_ci integer CI identifier

example /configuration_items/123/items_links/impacting?linked_ci=456

HTTP status codes for the method

StatusHeader

Note: A Timeout error code will be returned if the server does not respond to the REST Web service request within a given time (by default 60 seconds).

Code Error Description
Status200
200 OK (Successful) Request successfully processed.
Status401
401 Unauthorized Incorrect authentication process for accessing the resource: Incorrect login/password, invalid session, incorrect Service Manager account.

example

{
 "error": "Invalid Login / Password"
}
Status404
404 Not found Resource not found: Incorrect URI, missing resource, incorrect communication with the server, rfc_number not found.

example

{
 "error": "Resource not found"
}

Example

Result with a status code 200 returned

{
   "record_count": "1",
   "total_record_count": "1",
   "records": [
        {
           "BLOCKING": "0",
           "CHILD_CI_ID": "18782",
           "HREF": "https://{your_server}/api/v1/{your_account}/configuration-items/18782",
           "PARENT_CI_ID": "48720",
           "PARENT_HREF": "https://{your_server}/api/v1/{your_account}/configuration-items/48720",
           "RELATION_TYPE_ID": "",
           "RELATION_TYPE": {
               "REFERENCE_FR": "",
               "REFERENCE_ID": ""
            }
        }
    ],
   "HREF": "https://{your_server}/api/v1/{your_account}/configuration-items/18782/item-links/impacting"
}
ConventionsAPI

REST API Conventions

Convention Meaning
Orange Parameters used in an HTTP request string which do not correspond to Service Manager database fields.

example   Method View a list of assets

https://{your_server}/api/v1/{your_account}/assets?max_rows=3&fields=asset_tag
Black and Bold Parameters used in the URL of an HTTP request which correspond to Service Manager database fields.

example   Method View an asset

https://{your_server}/api/v1/{your_account}/assets/{asset_id}
Green Parameters used in the body of an HTTP request which represent JSON object names corresponding to Service Manager database fields; they allow the value of a database field to be assigned or modified.

example   Method Close an incident/request

{  "closed": {  "end_date": "11/20/2016 12:12:12",  }  }
Parameters used in the body of an HTTP request which represent JSON object names not corresponding to Service Manager database fields.

example   Method Reopen an incident/request

{  "restarted": {  "comment": "string (required)"  }  }
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