Custom Events

Use these operations to interact with custom events in Cortex.

Required permissions

Edit entities: Your API key must have the Edit entities permission.

Operations

List custom events for entity

get

Authorizations

AuthorizationstringRequired

All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an Authorization: Bearer <token> header, where <token> is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.

Path parameters

tagOrIdstringRequired

Entity identifier - can be a tag or CID

Query parameters

typestringOptional

timestampstring · date-timeOptionalDeprecated

Use 'startTime' instead

startTimestring · date-timeOptional

If provided, events with greater than or equal to timestamp will be returned (a date-time without a time-zone in the ISO-8601 calendar system)

endTimestring · date-timeOptional

If provided, events with less than or equal to timestamp will be returned (a date-time without a time-zone in the ISO-8601 calendar system)

pageSizeinteger · int32Required

Number of results to return per page, between 1 and 1000. Default 250.

Default: 250

pageinteger · int32Required

Page number to return, 0-indexed. Default 0.

Default: 0

Responses

200

Successfully retrieved custom events

application/json

400

Bad Request

application/json

404

Entity not found

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

get

/api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/custom-events

GET /api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/custom-events?pageSize=250&page=0 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

{
  "events": [
    {
      "customData": {
        "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": {}
      },
      "description": "text",
      "timestamp": "2026-02-13T00:34:26.168Z",
      "title": "Created K8s pod",
      "type": "POD_CREATION",
      "url": "https://cortex.io",
      "uuid": "d853c6e0-1bca-40bf-a264-db5d4ee38d77"
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "total": 1,
  "totalPages": 1
}

Retrieve custom event by UUID

get

Authorizations

AuthorizationstringRequired

All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an Authorization: Bearer <token> header, where <token> is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.

Path parameters

tagOrIdstringRequired

Entity identifier - can be a tag or CID

uuidstring · uuidRequired

Responses

200

Successfully retrieved custom event

application/json

400

Bad Request

application/json

404

Entity or custom event not found

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

get

/api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/custom-events/{uuid}

GET /api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/custom-events/{uuid} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

{
  "customData": {
    "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": {}
  },
  "description": "text",
  "timestamp": "2026-02-13T00:34:26.168Z",
  "title": "Created K8s pod",
  "type": "POD_CREATION",
  "url": "https://cortex.io",
  "uuid": "d853c6e0-1bca-40bf-a264-db5d4ee38d77"
}

Create custom event for entity

post

Authorizations

AuthorizationstringRequired

All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an Authorization: Bearer <token> header, where <token> is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.

Path parameters

tagOrIdstringRequired

Entity identifier - can be a tag or CID

Body

descriptionstringOptional

Optional description of custom event

timestampstring · date-timeRequired

Time when event occurred

titlestringRequired

Name for custom event

Example: Created K8s pod

typestringRequired

Type of custom event

Example: POD_CREATION

urlstringOptional

Optional URL associated with custom event

Example: https://cortex.io

Responses

200

Successfully created custom event

application/json

400

Bad Request

application/json

404

Entity not found

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

post

/api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/custom-events

POST /api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/custom-events HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 179

{
  "customData": {
    "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": {}
  },
  "description": "text",
  "timestamp": "2026-02-13T00:34:26.168Z",
  "title": "Created K8s pod",
  "type": "POD_CREATION",
  "url": "https://cortex.io"
}

{
  "customData": {
    "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": {}
  },
  "description": "text",
  "timestamp": "2026-02-13T00:34:26.168Z",
  "title": "Created K8s pod",
  "type": "POD_CREATION",
  "url": "https://cortex.io",
  "uuid": "d853c6e0-1bca-40bf-a264-db5d4ee38d77"
}

Update custom event by UUID

put

Authorizations

AuthorizationstringRequired

All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an Authorization: Bearer <token> header, where <token> is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.

Path parameters

tagOrIdstringRequired

Entity identifier - can be a tag or CID

uuidstring · uuidRequired

Body

descriptionstringOptional

Optional description of custom event

timestampstring · date-timeRequired

Time when event occurred

titlestringRequired

Name for custom event

Example: Created K8s pod

typestringRequired

Type of custom event

Example: POD_CREATION

urlstringOptional

Optional URL associated with custom event

Example: https://cortex.io

Responses

200

Successfully updated custom event

application/json

400

Bad Request

application/json

404

Entity or custom event not found

application/json

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

put

/api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/custom-events/{uuid}

PUT /api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/custom-events/{uuid} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 179

{
  "customData": {
    "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": {}
  },
  "description": "text",
  "timestamp": "2026-02-13T00:34:26.168Z",
  "title": "Created K8s pod",
  "type": "POD_CREATION",
  "url": "https://cortex.io"
}

{
  "customData": {
    "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": {}
  },
  "description": "text",
  "timestamp": "2026-02-13T00:34:26.168Z",
  "title": "Created K8s pod",
  "type": "POD_CREATION",
  "url": "https://cortex.io",
  "uuid": "d853c6e0-1bca-40bf-a264-db5d4ee38d77"
}

Delete ALL custom events for an entity

delete

Authorizations

AuthorizationstringRequired

All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an Authorization: Bearer <token> header, where <token> is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.

Path parameters

tagOrIdstringRequired

Entity identifier - can be a tag or CID

Query parameters

typestringOptional

timestampstring · date-timeOptionalDeprecated

Use 'startTime' instead

startTimestring · date-timeOptional

If provided, events with greater than or equal to timestamp will be deleted (a date-time without a time-zone in the ISO-8601 calendar system)

endTimestring · date-timeOptional

If provided, events with less than or equal to timestamp will be deleted (a date-time without a time-zone in the ISO-8601 calendar system)

Responses

200

Successfully deleted custom events

No content

204

No Content

400

Bad Request

404

Entity not found

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

delete

/api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/custom-events

DELETE /api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/custom-events HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

No content

Delete custom events by UUID

delete

Authorizations

AuthorizationstringRequired

All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an Authorization: Bearer <token> header, where <token> is an API key created in the Settings page of your workspace.

Path parameters

tagOrIdstringRequired

Entity identifier - can be a tag or CID

uuidstring · uuidRequired

Responses

200

Successfully deleted custom event

No content

204

No Content

400

Bad Request

404

Entity or custom event not found

429

The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.

application/problem+json

delete

/api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/custom-events/{uuid}

DELETE /api/v1/catalog/{tagOrId}/custom-events/{uuid} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.getcortexapp.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

No content

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hashtagRequired permissions

hashtagOperations

hashtagList custom events for entity

hashtagRetrieve custom event by UUID

hashtagCreate custom event for entity

hashtagUpdate custom event by UUID

hashtagDelete ALL custom events for an entity

hashtagDelete custom events by UUID

Required permissions

Operations

List custom events for entity

Retrieve custom event by UUID

Create custom event for entity

Update custom event by UUID

Delete ALL custom events for an entity

Delete custom events by UUID