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2.9.3 AlertSubscription POST example Data
The payload for the POST command is an XML structure that defines the various fields that are needed to
create an Alert Subscription.
Note: All the values in the payload are case sensitive.
Of particular importance are Boolean values such as the <IsEnabled> included in the following example. This
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will create an invalid data error when posting.
<RESTSubscription>
<IdDevice>sshiphone4</IdDevice>
<IdSubscriberService>1</IdSubscriberService>
<UserName>SteveHeracleous</UserName>
<IsEnabled>true</IsEnabled>
<AlertFilterId>1006921498</AlertFilterId>
<Token>Token16</Token>
<Description>REST POST subscription creation</Description>
</RESTSubscription>
Note: The field for Id is read-only and its value is only applicable on a GET operation. For the POST
operation, this field is ignored; the recommendation is to set it to 0.
The following screenshot shows the result of executing an AlertSubscription POST command using SoapUI
4.5.0.
Figure 6 Alert subscription