dashboard_save_load.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Save the first user dashboard to file and then use create_dashboard_from_file()
# to apply the stored dasboard again with a different filter.
#
import sys

from sdcclient import SdMonitorClient

#
# Parse arguments
#
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print(('usage: %s <sysdig-token>' % sys.argv[0]))
    print('You can find your token at https://app.sysdigcloud.com/#/settings/user')
    sys.exit(1)

sdc_token = sys.argv[1]

#
# Instantiate the SDC client
#
sdclient = SdMonitorClient(sdc_token)

#
# Serialize the first user dashboard to disk
#
ok, res = sdclient.get_dashboards()

if not ok:
    print(res)
    sys.exit(1)

if len(res['dashboards']) > 0:
    sdclient.save_dashboard_to_file(res['dashboards'][0], 'dashboard.json')
else:
    print('the user has no dashboards. Exiting.')
    sys.exit(0)

#
# Now create the dashboard from the file. We use a filter for the Cassandra process
# as an example.
#
dashboardFilter = 'proc.name = "cassandra"'

ok, res = sdclient.create_dashboard_from_file('test dasboard from file', 'dashboard.json', dashboardFilter)

if ok:
    print('Dashboard created successfully')
else:
    print(res)
    sys.exit(1)