func (cli *OpsGenieAlertClient) Create(req alerts.CreateAlertRequest) (*alerts.CreateAlertResponse, error) {
req.ApiKey = cli.apiKey
// validate the mandatory parameters: apiKey, message
if req.ApiKey == "" {
return nil, errors.New("ApiKey is a mandatory field and can not be empty.")
}
if req.Message == "" {
return nil, errors.New("Message is a mandatory field and can not be empty.")
}
// send the request
var resp *goreq.Response
var err error
for i := 0; i < cli.retries; i++ {
resp, err = cli.buildRequest("POST", CREATE_ALERT_URL, req).Do()
if err == nil {
break
}
// sleep for a second
time.Sleep(TIME_SLEEP_BETWEEN_REQUESTS)
}
if err != nil {
return nil, errors.New("Could not create the alert: a problem occured while sending the request.")
}
// check the returning HTTP status code
httpStatusCode := resp.StatusCode
if httpStatusCode >= 400 && httpStatusCode < 500 {
return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Client error %d returned.", httpStatusCode))
}
if httpStatusCode >= 500 {
return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Server error %d returned.", httpStatusCode))
}
var createAlertResp alerts.CreateAlertResponse
// check if the response can be unmarshalled
if err = resp.Body.FromJsonTo(&createAlertResp); err != nil {
return nil, errors.New("Server response can not be parsed")
}
return &createAlertResp, nil
}
