Add OpsNotes
Last updated - 23 July, 2025
Overview
You can use LogicMonitor’s REST API to programmatically add ops notes to your account. As with all of our API calls, authentication is required.
Request Information
HTTP Method: POST
URI: /setting/opsnotes
Request Parameters: You can POST the following properties for all new ops notes.
Property | Description | Required? | Type | Example |
note | The note message | Yes | String | “note”:”software update from 1.0.0 to 1.2.4″ |
happenedOnInSec | The date and time associated with the note, in epoch seconds format | No. Defaults to current time | Integer | “happenOnInSec”:1488826440 |
scopes | The scopes associated with the note. A note with no scope will show up for everything in the account. Each scope object should have a type (device, service, deviceGroup, serviceGroup). For group scopes, a groupId should be specified. For device/service scopes, deviceId/serviceId should be specified & groupId can optionally be included. | No. Defaults to no scope | JSON Object | “scopes”:[{“type”:”device”,”deviceId”:56},{“type”:”service”,”serviceId”:87,”groupId”:74}] |
tags | The tags that should be associated with the note. Each tag has a unique id and a name – you can either include the name of a new or existing tag, or the id of an existing tag. | No. Defaults to no tags | JSON Object | “tags”:[{“name”:”release”},{“name”:”upgrade”}] |
Example
The following Python script adds an Ops Note to account api.logicmonitor.com, with note “deploy version 3.4.5” and tag “reporting” to the device with id 530.
Note: The scripts provided below are for example illustration purpose only. You must securely store and retrieve sensitive information such as AccessId and AccessKey in your implementation.
#!/bin/env python
import requests
import json
import hashlib
import base64
import time
import hmac
import gatepass
#Account Info: LogicMonitor recommends to NEVER hardcode the credentials. Instead, retrieve the values from a secure storage.
#Note: The below is provided for illustration purposes only.
AccessId = getpass.getpass("Enter your AccessId: ")
AccessKey = getpass.getpass("Enter your AccessKey: ")
Company = 'apiAccount'
#Request Info
httpVerb ='POST'
resourcePath = '/setting/opsnotes'
queryParams =''
data = '{"note":"deploy version 3.4.5","tags":[{"name":"reporting"}],"scopes":[{"type":"device","deviceId":530}]}'
#Construct URL
url = 'https://'+ Company +'.logicmonitor.com/santaba/rest' + resourcePath +queryParams
#Get current time in milliseconds
epoch = str(int(time.time() * 1000))
#Concatenate Request details
requestVars = httpVerb + epoch + data + resourcePath
# Construct signature
digest = hmac.new(
AccessKey.encode('utf-8'),
msg=requestVars.encode('utf-8'),
digestmod=hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
signature = base64.b64encode(digest.encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')
# Construct headers
auth = 'LMv1 ' + AccessId + ':' + str(signature) + ':' + epoch
print(auth)
# Make request
response = requests.post(url, data=data, headers=headers)
# Print status and body of response
print('Response Status:',response.status_code)
print('Response Body:',response.content)