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Rest Sensor API create dynamic channel names without default channel discovery

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Hello,

i have following xml output to monitor:

<xyz>
<a>1</a>
<b>1</b>
<c>1</c>
<d>1</d>
[...]
</xyz>

so there are many channels.
I use the Rest Custom Sensor. If i select the standard "channel discovery" template i get "$["xyz"]["a"]" for example as the channel names. How should i configure the new rest template to create all channels only with name "a" without the additional characters $ [ ] "

I can't create static channels in the rest template because the names differ for every new website and there are different amounts of channels per xml-site.

So the goal would be to create a rest template which considers dynamic channel names because the standard "channel discovery" template creates the additional characters $,[,],"

Or if you have other suggestions for other approaches feel free to share.

Kind regards

prtg rest template xml

Created on Apr 29, 2022 10:16:23 AM

Last change on Apr 29, 2022 1:29:35 PM by  Felix Wiesneth [Paessler Support]



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Hi there,

Did you already check out our REST Custom v2 sensor? With this it might be easier to create the sensor channels.


Kind regards

Felix Wiesneth - Team Tech Support

Created on May 17, 2022 11:00:54 AM by  Felix Wiesneth [Paessler Support]




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