REST APIs

Fusion API services are designed to be accessed via Fusion’s authentication proxy module which is part of the Fusion UI service (default port 8764). All applications should use this method to access the API service:

https://FUSION_HOST:8764/api/<endpoint>

List all Fusion component services

The Fusion introspect endpoint lists basic information about endpoints and parameters for all Fusion endpoints, including the Connectors services endpoints:

curl -u USERNAME:PASSWORD https://FUSION_HOST:8764/api/introspect

Assign Fusion request IDs

Fusion automatically assigns each API request a Fusion request ID. Optionally, you can assign your own Fusion request IDs.

In this example of a search, the request does not set the Fusion request ID. Fusion assigns one, in this case, PdNfxc1V2o:

curl -v -u USERNAME:PASSWORD http://127.0.0.1:8764/api/apps/Movie_Search/query/Movie_Profile?q=movieId_s:202
*   Trying 127.0.0.1...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 8764 (#0)
* Server auth using Basic with user 'admin'
> GET /api/apps/Movie_Search/query/Movie_Profile?q=movieId_s:202 HTTP/1.1
> Host: 127.0.0.1:8764
> Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46UGFzc3dvcmQxMjM=
> User-Agent: curl/7.54.0
> Accept: */*
> fusion-request-id: Movie202
>
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Server: Jetty(9.3.8.v20160314)
< fusion-request-id: PdNfxc1V2o
< Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8
< x-fusion-query-id: f5KGn9KPvv
< Set-Cookie: id=c114b816-df6f-4b17-97e0-bb87ef815bf0;Path=/;HttpOnly
< Content-Length: 1707
< Connection: close
<
* Closing connection 0
(search result omitted)

Here, we assign the Fusion request ID Movie202:

curl -v -H 'fusion-request-id: Movie202' -u USERNAME:PASSWORD http://127.0.0.1:8764/api/apps/Movie_Search/query/Movie_Profile?q=movieId_s:202
*   Trying 127.0.0.1...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 8764 (#0)
* Server auth using Basic with user 'admin'
> GET /api/apps/Movie_Search/query/Movie_Profile?q=movieId_s:202 HTTP/1.1
> Host: 127.0.0.1:8764
> Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46UGFzc3dvcmQxMjM=
> User-Agent: curl/7.54.0
> Accept: */*
> fusion-request-id: Movie202
>
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Server: Jetty(9.3.8.v20160314)
< fusion-request-id: Movie202
< Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8
< x-fusion-query-id: f5KGn9KPvv
< Set-Cookie: id=c114b816-df6f-4b17-97e0-bb87ef815bf0;Path=/;HttpOnly
< Content-Length: 1707
< Connection: close
<
* Closing connection 0
(search result omitted)

With a Fusion request ID, you can trace requests in log files and Use Dashboards in Fusion

Use Dashboards in Fusion

This topic details the options available to use Fusion dashboards.

Dashboards main page

When you open the Fusion dashboards, your organization’s dashboards display, as well as the EXPLORE DASHBOARDS section that provides options to create or display specific types of dashboards.

You can click the icons in the top right corner of the screen to perform the following functions:

Option	Notes
Goto saved default	Open the saved default dashboard.
New	Create a new dashboard. Options are: Time-series dashboard Non time-series dashboard
Load	Load a dashboard using one of the following options: Load dashboard JSON layout from file Click Local File > Choose File > select file > Open. Saved dashboards are listed at the bottom of the dialog box. Click a dashboard to open it. Filter dashboards by entering an exact-match string in the Filter box. If there are more that 20 saved dashboards, use the pagination controls to find a dashboard. To view the next set of pages, click the forward arrows. To view the prior set of pages, click the back arrows. Or click a page number to view the dashboards on that page. Enter the gist URL or number (the last part of the URL) Enter value > click Get A link that opens the dashboard appears below a thin line. The link displays the dashboard name. Click the link to open the dashboard. Type to filter. Enter dashboard type to filter and display if the dashboard matches.
Save	Save options include: Locally Export to File Set as Browser Default. Click to set the current dashboard as the default. Clear Browser Default. Click to clear the current dashboard. The default dashboard for the browser becomes the system default dashboard default.json (the Fusion Logs dashboard). Solr Make Public. If this checkbox is selected, the dashboard is shared with everyone. Service Logs. Enter a value and click Save to save the log.
Configure Dashboard	Click to configure tabs for General, Rows, Control, and Solr dashboard settings.
Delete a dashboard saved in Solr	Click Load. Identify the file to delete and click Delete. Click OK to confirm the deletion.
Delete a dashboard saved in a file	Navigate to the file and delete it.
Delete a dashboard saved as a GitHub gist	Open the gist URL and click Delete.

For more information, see Fusion 4.x Built-in Dashboards.

Interact with data

The table describes options to interact with data displayed in certain dashboards.

Option	Notes
Collections	Choose the collection from which to obtain data. If a dashboard is configured to let users choose among collections, select the collection from the Collections drop-down list at the top right of the dashboard.
Search	Enter the value to search. To search for a specific value, enter a term or phrase and click Search. To retrieve all data, enter *.* and click Search.
Clear search box	Click to clear the search box and return the most general query, as if you entered *.*.
Waiting for data	Indicates the query is waiting for data to be returned. If the indicator spins for an extended time while other panels display data, the panel is not configured correctly.
Select item	Click a table row. In a graphical-visualization panel, click the data item. NOTE: Not all panel types let you select data in this way.
Export data	Click to enter the number of rows to export and select the destination file type. For example, CSV, XML, or JSON.
Hide row	Click to hide the row from the display.
Expand row	Click the row to display detailed information.

Interact with specific types of panels

The table describes options for specific types of panels.

Table and text panels

Option	Notes
Show or hide the field list	Click the right or left arrow, respectively, at the top of the panel.
Sort a table column	Click the up arrow at the top of the column to sort in ascending order. Click the down arrow at the top of the column to sort in descending order.
View next or previous page of hits	Click the right or left arrow, respectively, at the bottom of the page of hits.
View first page	Click to view the first page of hits for that particular panel.
Show record details	Click the table row and then select the display format of Table, JSON, or Raw.
Hide details	Click the up arrow at the top right of the details.

Histogram and Range Facet panels

The table describes options for the Histogram and Range Facet panels.

Option	Notes
Zoom in on a subset of data	Click the area you want to enlarge, then drag across the range of data to zoom in.
Zoom out	Click to zoom out.

Filtering panels

The table describes filter options for panels.

Option	Notes
Edit filter	Click to edit a panel filter.
Toggle filter	Click to toggle the filter to the opposite setting (on or off).
Remove filter	Click to remove the current filter. CAUTION: To display correctly, specific filters must be set for certain types of panels. Fusion also creates filters based on your interactions with data. You can add a filter back, but there is no undo. Before you remove a filter, toggle off the filter and verify the results. If the results are accurate, it is safe to remove it.

Heat Map panels

The table describes the option for heat map panels.

Option	Notes
Transpose rows and columns	Click to reverse the display of rows and columns.

Filter by Fusion request ID

To only display information about log entries with a specific Fusion request ID, you can filter the contents of a logs dashboard by the Fusion request ID.

Filter the contents in the following ways:

• Click a link in the error message or toast
• Filter in a logs dashboard
• Append a query filter parameter to the dashboard URL

Click a link in the error message or toast

To view the dashboard for a Fusion UI API error or API error toast, click View logs dashboard. The system displays the dashboard using a filter for that request ID.

API error with link in Fusion UI:

API error toast with link:

Filtered Service Logs dashboard:

Click View logs dashboard to open the Service Logs dashboard with filters by the Fusion request ID. For example, the filtering query for the mdc_requestId_s field displays the fusion-request-id of BWQSjPPYgB.

Filter in a logs dashboard

This section only applies to Fusion versions prior to 5.4.0.

You can filter the dashboards for service logs, access logs, and combined logs by Fusion request ID.

To filter by Fusion request ID, complete the following:

1. Obtain the Fusion request ID returned by a request. For example, notice the Fusion request ID BWQSjPPYgB returned by this API command:

   curl -v -u USERNAME:PASSWORD http://127.0.0.1:8764/api/apps/inventory
   *   Trying 127.0.0.1...
   * TCP_NODELAY set
   * Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 8764 (#0)
   * Server auth using Basic with user 'admin'
   > GET /api/apps/inventory HTTP/1.1
   > Host: 127.0.0.1:8764
   > Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46UGFzc3dvcmQxMjM=
   > User-Agent: curl/7.54.0
   > Accept: */*
   >
   < HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
   < Content-Type: application/json
   < fusion-request-id: BWQSjPPYgB
   < Server: Jetty(9.3.8.v20160314)
   < Set-Cookie: id=4962c806-f3b5-485f-8fb4-c20e608b700c;Path=/;HttpOnly
   < Content-Length: 394
   < Connection: close
   <
   {
     "type" : "RESTError",
     "httpStatusCode" : 404,
     "error" : "ERR-0003",
     "message" : "A web application error occurred",
     "details" : "The Fusion App with id 'inventory' does not exist",
     "cause" : null,
     "requestId" : "BWQSjPPYgB",
     "httpStatusMessage" : "Not Found",
     "localizedMessage" : "The Fusion App with id 'inventory' does not exist",
     "suppressed" : [ ],
     "class" : null
   * Closing connection 0
   }
   

2. Open the logs dashboard.

3. Specify the Fusion request ID in the Filter panel, with a query for the mdc_requestId_s field that specifies the value of fusion-request-id for which you want to search.

In this example, the fusion-request-id is BWQSjPPYgB:

Append a query filter parameter to the dashboard URL

As an alternative to constructing a query filter in the dashboard, you can append a query filter parameter to the dashboard URL. In the query filter, use the field name mdc_requestID_s.

Example 1: Default dashboard (Service Logs)

Example 2: Combined Logs dashboard

Open the Service Logs dashboard from a job history

1. Open the job history.

   • For most jobs, click Collections > Jobs, select a job, and then click Job History.

   • For datasource jobs, click Indexing > Datasources, select a datasource, and then click Job History.

     In the job history, you will see a link named runId:

     

2. Click the link to view the Service Logs dashboard filtered by the runId: