Guru;

This can absolutely be done from the REST API.  If you wrote a query you need to use the /topology endpoint and pass the view name.  An example would be something like this in pseudocode:

1) Authenticate

2) Run View

3) Determine if results are 0

4) Send email.

Authorization is covered in our docs:  OpenText Documentation Portal (microfocus.com)

The call to run a view is pretty simple, for example:

def runView(token, udserver, view, includeEmptyLayout=False, chunkSize=10000):
    '''
    Retrieves the result of a view defined in UCMDB via a REST API POST 
    call

    Parameters
    ----------
    token : dict
        Authentication token created by calling the function 
        'createHeaders' with arguments of ucmdb_user, ucmdb_pass, 
        and ucmdb_server.
    udserver : str
        UCMDB server hostname or IP address.
    view : str
        Name of a view on the UCMDB server.
    includeEmptyLayout : Bool
        Should empty layouts be shown?  Default is False.
    chunkSize : int
        The max number of nodes to return in each chunk.

    Returns
    -------
    dict
        Dictionary contains 2 entries, CIs and Relations, each of 
        which is a list of dictionaries. For example:
            {
                "cis": [],
                "relations": []
            }

    '''
    url = f'/topology?includeEmptyLayoutProperties={includeEmptyLayout}&'\
          f'chunkSize={chunkSize}'
    return requests.post(
        _url(udserver, url),
        headers=token,
        json=view,
        verify=False
    )

Guru;

This can absolutely be done from the REST API.  If you wrote a query you need to use the /topology endpoint and pass the view name.  An example would be something like this in pseudocode:

1) Authenticate

2) Run View

3) Determine if results are 0

4) Send email.

Authorization is covered in our docs:  OpenText Documentation Portal (microfocus.com)

The call to run a view is pretty simple, for example:

def runView(token, udserver, view, includeEmptyLayout=False, chunkSize=10000):
    '''
    Retrieves the result of a view defined in UCMDB via a REST API POST 
    call

    Parameters
    ----------
    token : dict
        Authentication token created by calling the function 
        'createHeaders' with arguments of ucmdb_user, ucmdb_pass, 
        and ucmdb_server.
    udserver : str
        UCMDB server hostname or IP address.
    view : str
        Name of a view on the UCMDB server.
    includeEmptyLayout : Bool
        Should empty layouts be shown?  Default is False.
    chunkSize : int
        The max number of nodes to return in each chunk.

    Returns
    -------
    dict
        Dictionary contains 2 entries, CIs and Relations, each of 
        which is a list of dictionaries. For example:
            {
                "cis": [],
                "relations": []
            }

    '''
    url = f'/topology?includeEmptyLayoutProperties={includeEmptyLayout}&'\
          f'chunkSize={chunkSize}'
    return requests.post(
        _url(udserver, url),
        headers=token,
        json=view,
        verify=False
    )

Hi Keith, 

I have written the Python code below. It successfully passes the authentication step. However, when I attempt to retrieve the query by passing the name of the query, it fails and returns the following error. I have tested the same endpoints in Postman, and they work correctly. Below is my code. Please let me know if I need to add any missing parameters.

Error code

import requests
import json

# Authentication details
auth_url = ''servername:port
username = ''
password = ''

# Authenticate and get the token
try:
auth_response = requests.post(
auth_url,
json={"username": username, "password": password},
headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"}
)
auth_response.raise_for_status() # Raise an exception for HTTP errors

# Extract the token from the authentication response
auth_data = auth_response.json()
token = auth_data.get('token')

if not token:
raise Exception("Token not found in the authentication response.")
print("Token received:", token)

# Define the query endpoint and headers
query_url = 'server:port/rest-api/topology'
headers = {
'Authorization': f'Bearer {token}',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
body = {
"query": "rest_query" # Correct body format
}

# Retrieve the query details
query_response = requests.post(
query_url,
headers=headers,
json=body
)
query_response.raise_for_status() # Raise an exception for HTTP errors

# Print the query details
print("Query Details:", query_response.json())
except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as http_err:
print(f"HTTP error occurred: {http_err}")
print("Response content:", http_err.response.content) # Additional info from the response
except Exception as err:
print(f"An error occurred: {err}")