Python script to run API call - AddWebsite - Need help with collectors

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Hello,I'm having troubles having a python script to work properly.I manage to have my webcheck created. But it always comes with no collector/checkpoint.Looking at the API sdk documentation doesn't really help me figure what I'm doing wrong.I tried doing a GET on existing webchecks, to copy/paste the following blocks: test_location, Checkpoints, Collectors.Here is a sample of my script:(the collector name is: "domain\servername")I grabbed these blocks from the getwebsitelist output:&nbsp;Here is the API output when I try to create the webcheck:{'alert_expr': '',&nbsp;'checkpoints': [{'geo_info': 'Overall', 'id': randomNumber, 'smg_id': 0}],&nbsp;'collectors': [],&nbsp;'description': 'Test API by Damien',&nbsp;'disable_alerting': True,&nbsp;'domain': 'Valid_website_url',&nbsp;'global_sm_alert_cond': 0,&nbsp;'group_id': 321,&nbsp;'id': 4701,&nbsp;'ignore_ssl': True,&nbsp;'individual_alert_level': 'warn',&nbsp;'individual_sm_alert_enable': False,&nbsp;'is_internal': True,&nbsp;'last_updated': 1732304976,&nbsp;'name': 'testDamien',&nbsp;'overall_alert_level': 'warn',&nbsp;'page_load_alert_time_in_ms': 30000,&nbsp;'polling_interval': 5,&nbsp;'properties': [],&nbsp;'role_privileges': [],&nbsp;'schema': 'http',&nbsp;'status': 'dead-collector',&nbsp;'steps': [{'auth': None,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'description': '',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'enable': True,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'follow_redirection': True,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'fullpage_load': False,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'http_body': '',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'http_headers': '',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'http_method': 'GET',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'http_version': '1.1',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'invert_match': False,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'keyword': 'Alive',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'label': '',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'match_type': 'plain',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'name': '__step0',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'path': '',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'post_data_edit_type': None,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'req_script': '',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'req_type': 'config',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'require_auth': False,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'resp_script': '',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'resp_type': 'config',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'schema': 'http',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'status_code': '',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'timeout': 30,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'type': 'script',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'url': '',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'use_default_root': True}],&nbsp;'stop_monitoring': False,&nbsp;'stop_monitoring_by_folder': False,&nbsp;'template': None,&nbsp;'test_location': {'all': True,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;'collector_ids': [],&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;'collectors': [],&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;'smg_ids': []},&nbsp;'transition': 5,&nbsp;'trigger_ssl_expiration_alert': False,&nbsp;'trigger_ssl_status_alert': False,&nbsp;'type': 'webcheck',&nbsp;'use_default_alert_setting': False,&nbsp;'use_default_location_setting': False,&nbsp;'user_permission': 'write'}And how it looks in the portal:&nbsp;Anyone has any idea of what I may be missing ?Thanks in advance.

cna · Answer

Forgot to include more details...This took me a while to figure this out as well since the SDK docs aren't really clear. Since the SDK is just automatically generated via swagger, I often find myself digging through the API docs to try to piece together what's needed.&nbsp;There's no equivalent doc for v3 API, but I can confirm this still is still the same in v3. https://www.logicmonitor.com/support/rest-api-developers-guide/v1/services/add-services(also i just noticed that IDs 1 and 2 used in my example aren't valid... but the point still stands. find the IDs of our collectors and that's all you need.)&nbsp;

cna · Answer

I don't think you need to post all that for the test location.&nbsp;I looked through my code and all i'm passing is the `collectorId` and `all` like this:&nbsp;    website = Website(
        name=website["name"],
        type=website["type"],
        test_location={
            "collectorIds": [1,2],
            "all": True,
        },&nbsp;

cna · Answer

DamienC- did you get this working yet?Is the collector you're trying to use actually dead? It's possible it's not allowing you to add dead collectors as your test location.I checked my code again. I only include test_location, but i noticed there's a `is_internal` flag. Ae you setting that to true?&nbsp;

damienc · Answer

Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply. :)I figured I was (maybe?) passing too much data.Giving that a try in a few minutes and I'll update this post.

damienc · Answer

cnaStill no luck here. Still shows "dead collector" in the reply body. And in the portal is shows no collector at all.

Dumb question: Does your script have a block for "collectors" and one for "checkpoints" ?
If so, what do they look like in yours ?
Or do you only have that simple "test_location" block and that's it ?

...It's really annoying the LM support doesn't want to help with this...

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