Event Logs

Overview

This API has been available since 1.6.0

The Event Log contains messages that are not easy to convey to user at runtime - logs and errors from asynchronous code execution. These messages include:

  • SMTP transport errors

  • Lambda execution exceptions

  • Lambda execution console logs

  • SAML IdP integration errors and debug

  • Webhook event errors

  • Runtime exceptions due to email template rendering issues

This page contains the APIs that are used to retrieve Event Logs. Here are the APIs:

Retrieve an Event Log

Request

Retrieve an Event Log by Id

URI

GET /api/system/event-log/{logId}

Request Parameters

logId [Long] Required

The unique Id of the Event Log to retrieve.

Response

Table 1. Response Codes
Code Description

200

The request was successful. The response will contain a JSON body.

400

The request was invalid and/or malformed. The response will contain an Errors JSON Object with the specific errors. This status will also be returned if a paid FusionAuth license is required and is not present.

401

You did not supply a valid Authorization header. The header was omitted or your API key was not valid. The response will be empty. See Authentication.

404

The object you requested doesn’t exist. The response will be empty.

500

There was an internal error. A stack trace is provided and logged in the FusionAuth log files. The response will be empty.

503

The search index is not available or encountered an exception so the request cannot be completed. The response will contain a JSON body.

Response Body

eventLog.id [Long]

The event Log unique Id.

eventLog.insertInstant [Long]

The instant when the Event Log was created.

eventLog.message [String]

The message of the event Log.

eventLog.type [String]

The type of the Event Log. Possible values are:

  • Information

  • Debug

  • Error

Example JSON Response
{
  "eventLog": {
    "id": 1,
    "insertInstant": 1562797978088,
    "message": "Lambda invocation result.\n\nId: 41f40266-52f9-4593-8907-3e214ae10eb9\nName: foo\n\nHello World!\n",
    "type": "Information"
  }
}

Search Event Logs

Request

Searches the Event Logs using the given search criteria

URI

GET /api/system/event-log/search?message={message}&start={start}&end={end}&type={type}

When calling the API using a GET request you will send the search criteria on the URL using request parameters. In order to simplify the example URL above, not every possible parameter is shown, however using the provided pattern you may add any of the documented request parameters to the URL.

Request Parameters

end [Long] Optional

The end instant of the date/time range to search within.

message [String] Optional

The string to search in the Event Log message for. This can contain wildcards using the asterisk or percent characters (* or %).

numberOfResults [Integer] Optional defaults to 25

The number of results to return from the search.

orderBy [String] Optional defaults to insert_instant DESC

The database column to order the search results on plus the order direction.

The columns you can use for this are:

  • insert_instant - the instant when the Event Log was created

  • insert_user - the user that create the Event Log

  • message - the message of the Event Log

    For example, to order the results by the insert instant in a descending order, the value would be provided as insert_instant DESC. The final string is optional can be set to ASC or DESC.

start [Long] Optional

The start instant of the date/time range to search within.

startRow [Integer] Optional defaults to 0

The offset row to return results from. If the search has 200 records in it and this is 50, it starts with row 50.

Searches the Event Logs using the given search criteria

URI

POST /api/system/event-log/search

When calling the API using a POST request you will send the search criteria in a JSON request body.

Request Body

search.end [Long] Optional

The end instant of the date/time range to search within.

search.message [String] Optional

The string to search in the Event Log message for. This can contain wildcards using the asterisk or percent characters (* or %).

search.numberOfResults [Integer] Optional defaults to 25

The number of results to return from the search.

search.orderBy [String] Optional defaults to insert_instant DESC

The database column to order the search results on plus the order direction.

The columns you can use for this are:

  • insert_instant - the instant when the Event Log was created

  • insert_user - the user that create the Event Log

  • message - the message of the Event Log

    For example, to order the results by the insert instant in a descending order, the value would be provided as insert_instant DESC. The final string is optional can be set to ASC or DESC.

search.start [Long] Optional

The start instant of the date/time range to search within.

search.startRow [Integer] Optional defaults to 0

The offset row to return results from. If the search has 200 records in it and this is 50, it starts with row 50.

Response

The response for this API contains the Event Logs matching the search criteria in paginated format.

Table 2. Response Codes
Code Description

200

The request was successful. The response will contain a JSON body.

400

The request was invalid and/or malformed. The response will contain an Errors JSON Object with the specific errors. This status will also be returned if a paid FusionAuth license is required and is not present.

401

You did not supply a valid Authorization header. The header was omitted or your API key was not valid. The response will be empty. See Authentication.

404

The object you requested doesn’t exist. The response will be empty.

500

There was an internal error. A stack trace is provided and logged in the FusionAuth log files. The response will be empty.

503

The search index is not available or encountered an exception so the request cannot be completed. The response will contain a JSON body.

Response Body

eventLogs [Array]

The list of Event Logs returned by the search.

eventLogs[x].id [Long]

The Event Log unique Id.

eventLogs[x].insertInstant [Long]

The instant when the Event Log was created.

eventLogs[x].message [String]

The message of the Event Log.

eventLogs[x].type [String]

The type of the Event Log. Possible values are:

  • Information

  • Debug

  • Error

total [Integer]

The total number of Event Logs in the search. This can help with pagination.

Example JSON Response
{
  "eventLogs": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "insertInstant": 1562797978088,
      "message": "Lambda invocation result.\n\nId: 41f40266-52f9-4593-8907-3e214ae10eb9\nName: foo\n\nHello World!\n",
      "type": "Information"
    }
  ],
  "total": 1
}

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