Create sinks
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"type": "email",
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"emailAddress": "<string>"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks"
payload = { "items": [
{
"type": "email",
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"emailAddress": "<string>"
}
] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{type: 'email', externalId: 'my.known.id', emailAddress: '<string>'}]})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'type' => 'email',
'externalId' => 'my.known.id',
'emailAddress' => '<string>'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"email\",\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\",\n \"emailAddress\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"email\",\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\",\n \"emailAddress\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"email\",\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\",\n \"emailAddress\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"type": "email",
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"emailAddress": "<string>",
"createdTime": 1730204346000,
"lastUpdatedTime": 1730204346000
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "`null` values aren't allowed."
}
}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
]
}
}Required capabilities:
subscribeSignalsAcl:WRITE
Create one or more sinks in the project. A sink represents a destination for signals, either a user sink (signals sent to the user’s e-mail) or an e-mail sink (signals sent to a specified e-mail address).
POST
/
processes
/
signals
/
sinks
Create sinks
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"type": "email",
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"emailAddress": "<string>"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks"
payload = { "items": [
{
"type": "email",
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"emailAddress": "<string>"
}
] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{type: 'email', externalId: 'my.known.id', emailAddress: '<string>'}]})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'type' => 'email',
'externalId' => 'my.known.id',
'emailAddress' => '<string>'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"email\",\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\",\n \"emailAddress\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"email\",\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\",\n \"emailAddress\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"email\",\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\",\n \"emailAddress\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"type": "email",
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"emailAddress": "<string>",
"createdTime": 1730204346000,
"lastUpdatedTime": 1730204346000
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "`null` values aren't allowed."
}
}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
]
}
}Authorizations
oidc-tokenoauth2-client-credentialsoauth2-open-industrial-dataoauth2-auth-code
Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to accept OpenID Connect tokens. Use a header key of 'Authorization' with a value of 'Bearer $accesstoken'. The token can be obtained through any flow supported by the identity provider.
Body
application/json
Sinks to create.
Required array length:
1 - 100 elementsRequest to create an e-mail sink.
- EmailSinkWrite
- UserSinkWrite
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Response
Created sinks.
Required array length:
1 - 100 elementsDescription of an e-mail sink.
- EmailSinkWrite
- UserSinkWrite
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
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