POST Request in JSON Format

POST /api/dataflows/{dataflow-id}/sources

Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

POST Body in JSON Format

{
    "name":"TestSysLogTCP",
    "pluginId":"_VDS_SRC_SYSLOG_TCP",
    "config":
    {
        "portTCP":"7896","delimiter":"LF","eventSize":"8192","persistEvents":"false",
        "persistOptions":"# --\n# The interval in milliseconds after which the writes \n# are flushed to disk.\n# --\n#flushInterval=5000\n\n# --\n# The maximum number of db files to keep\n# --\n#maxDataFiles=10\n\n# --\n# Size of individual db file in bytes after which the files are rolled over\n# --\n#maxDataFileSize=1073741824\n\n# --\n# The max size of unsent data in bytes.    If 0, it is unbounded\n# --\n#maxQueueSizeInBytes=0\n\n# --\n# The batch size in bytes up to which the data is buffered before writing to the disk.\n# --\n#batchSizeInBytes=262144"
    },
    "stats": 
    [
            {"name": "Bytes Sent","value": 10001,"type": 101}, {"name": "Events Sent","value": 10003,"type": 101}, {"name": "Events to be Sent","value": 10006,"type": 101}, 
            {"name": "Events not Delivered","value": 10002,"type": 101}, {"name": "Send Rate(Per Sec)","value": 10005,"type": 101}, {"name":"Events Dropped","value":1,"type":103},
            {"name":"Concurrent Connections","value":2,"type":103}, {"name":"Maximum Concurrent Clients","value":3,"type":103}
    ]
}

POST Response in JSON Format

{
    "id": {source-entity-id},
    "name": "TestSysLogTCP",
    "type": "SOURCE",
    "self": {
        "rel": "self",
        "href": "api/dataflows/{dataflow-id}/sources/{source-entity-id}",
        "title": "TestSysLogTCP",
        "id": {source-entity-id}
    },
    "dataflow": {
        "rel": "dataflow",
        "href": "api/dataflows/{dataflow-id}",
        "title": "TestDataflow",
        "id": {dataflow-id}
    },
    "success": true,
    "valid": true,
    "createDate": "2015-07-06T12:49:47+05:30",
    "createdBy": "Administrator",
    "predefined": false,
    "deployable": true,
    "deploymentState": "DRAFT",
    "force": false,
    "pluginId": "_VDS_SRC_SYSLOG_TCP",
    "schedulable": false,
    "config": 
    {
        "portTCP": "7896",
        "delimiter":"0",
        "eventSize": "8192",
        "persistEvents": "false",
        "persistOptions":"# --\n# The interval in milliseconds after which the writes \n# are flushed to disk.\n# --\n#flushInterval=5000\n\n# --\n# The maximum number of db files to keep\n# --\n#maxDataFiles=10\n\n# --\n# Size of individual db file in bytes after which the files are rolled over\n# --\n#maxDataFileSize=1073741824\n\n# --\n# The max size of unsent data in bytes. If 0, it is unbounded\n# --\n#maxQueueSizeInBytes=0\n\n# --\n# The batch size in bytes up to which the data is buffered before writing to the disk.\n# --\n#batchSizeInBytes=262144"
    },
    "stats": 
    [
        {"name": "Bytes Sent","value": 10001,"type": 101}, {"name": "Events Sent","value": 10003,"type": 101}, {"name": "Events to be Sent","value": 10006,"type": 101},
        {"name": "Events not Delivered","value": 10002,"type": 101}, {"name": "Send Rate(Per Sec)","value": 10005,"type": 101}, {"name":"Events Dropped","value":1,"type":103},
        {"name":"Concurrent Connections","value":2,"type":103}, {"name":"Maximum Concurrent Clients","value":3,"type":103}
    ]
}

{
    "success": false,
    "errors": 
        [
            {
            "code": DATAFLOW_NOT_FOUND,
            "parameters": [{dataflow-id}],
            "errorMessage": "Dataflow with Id: {dataflow-id} not found"
            }
        ]
}

{
    "success": false,
    "errors": 
        [
            {
            "code": NAME_FIELD_MISSING,
            "parameters": null,
            "errorMessage": "'name' field is missing in request"
            }
        ]
}

{
    "success": false,
    "errors": 
        [
            {
            "code": INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
            "parameters": [{error-message}],
            "errorMessage": "Failed to create source. Exception: {error-message}"
            }
        ]
}