Starting and Stopping Recording (REST)

To start a recording event, perform an HTTP POST using the /json/records endpoint, specifying the _action=start parameter in the URL. Specify a JSON payload identical in format to the input file for the ssoadm start-recording command.

You must authenticate to AM as an administrative user to obtain an SSO token prior to calling the /json/records REST endpoint. You then pass the SSO token in the iPlanetDirectoryPro header as proof of authentication.

$ curl \
--request POST \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "iPlanetDirectoryPro: AQIC5..." \
--header "Accept-API-Version: resource=1.0" \
--data ' {
  "issueID": 103572,
  "referenceID": "policyEvalFails",
  "description": "Troubleshooting artifacts in support of case 103572",
  "zipEnable": true,
  "configExport": {
   "enable": true,
   "password": "5x2RR70",
   "sharePassword": false
  },
  "debugLogs": {
   "debugLevel": "MESSAGE",
   "autoStop": {
    "time":  {
     "timeUnit": "SECONDS",
     "value": 15
    },
    "fileSize": {
     "sizeUnit": "GB",
     "value": 1
    }
   }
  },
  "threadDump" : {
   "enable": true,
   "delay" :  {
    "timeUnit": "SECONDS",
    "value": 5
   }
  }
 }' \
https://openam.example.com:8443/openam/json/records?_action=start
{
    "recording":true,
    "record":{
        "issueID":103572,
        "referenceID":"policyEvalFails",
        "description":"Troubleshooting artifacts in support of case 103572",
        "zipEnable":true,
        "threadDump":{
            "enable":true,
            "delay":{
                "timeUnit":"SECONDS",
                "value":5
            }
        },
        "configExport":{
            "enable":true,
            "password":"xxxxxx",
            "sharePassword":false
        },
        "debugLogs":{
            "debugLevel":"message",
            "autoStop":{
                "time":{
                    "timeUnit":"MILLISECONDS",
                    "value":15000
                },
                "fileSize":{
                    "sizeUnit":"KB",
                    "value":1048576
                }
            }
        },
        "status":"RUNNING",
        "folder":"/opt/demo/openam/config/openam/debug/record/103572/policyEvalFails/"
    }
}

The curl command output is indented for ease of reading. The actual output is not indented, and the actions available from the /json/records endpoint do not support the _prettyPrint parameter.

To stop a recording event, perform an HTTP POST using the /json/records endpoint, specifying the _action=stop parameter in the URL:

$ curl \
--request POST \
--header "iPlanetDirectoryPro: AQIC5..." \
--header "Accept-API-Version: resource=1.0" \
https://openam.example.com:8443/openam/json/records?_action=stop

If there is no active recording event, AM returns a 400 error code.

If there is an active recording event, output similar to the following appears:

{
  "recording": false,
  "record": {
    "issueID": 103572,
    "referenceID": "policyEvalFails",
    "description": "Troubleshooting artifacts in support of case 103572",
    "zipEnable": true,
    "threadDump": {
      "enable": true,
      "delay": {
        "timeUnit": "SECONDS",
        "value": 5
      }
    },
    "configExport": {
      "enable": true,
      "password": "xxxxxx",
      "sharePassword": false
    },
    "debugLogs": {
      "debugLevel": "message",
      "autoStop": {
        "time": {
          "timeUnit": "MILLISECONDS",
          "value": 15000
        },
        "fileSize": {
          "sizeUnit": "KB",
          "value": 1048576
        }
      }
    },
    "status": "STOPPED",
    "folder": "/opt/demo/openam/config/openam/debug/record/103572/policyEvalFails/"
  }
}