feat: alerts REST client (#416)

**Issue number:** ADDON-77073

### PR Type

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* [ ] Bug Fix
* [ ] Refactoring (no functional or API changes)
* [ ] Documentation Update
* [ ] Maintenance (dependency updates, CI, etc.)

## Summary

### Changes

REST client used to create, read, update and delete alerts.

### User experience

No changes to the existing code. New class added.

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Co-authored-by: sgoral <sgoral@splunk.com>
Co-authored-by: sgoral-splunk <138458044+sgoral-splunk@users.noreply.github.com>

solnlib/alerts_rest_client.py

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+#
+# Copyright 2024 Splunk Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+import json
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import Tuple, Union, Optional
+
+from solnlib import splunk_rest_client as rest_client
+
+
+class AlertType(Enum):
+    CUSTOM = "custom"
+    NUMBER_OF_EVENTS = "number of events"
+    NUMBER_OF_HOSTS = "number of hosts"
+    NUMBER_OF_SOURCES = "number of sources"
+
+
+class AlertSeverity(Enum):
+    DEBUG = 1
+    INFO = 2
+    WARN = 3
+    ERROR = 4
+    SEVERE = 5
+    FATAL = 6
+
+
+class AlertComparator(Enum):
+    GREATER_THAN = "greater than"
+    LESS_THAN = "less than"
+    EQUAL_TO = "equal to"
+    RISES_BY = "rises by"
+    DROPS_BY = "drops by"
+    RISES_BY_PERC = "rises by perc"
+    DROPS_BY_PERC = "drops by perc"
+
+
+class AlertsRestClient:
+    """REST client for handling alerts."""
+
+    ENDPOINT = "/servicesNS/{owner}/{app}/saved/searches"
+    headers = [("Content-Type", "application/json")]
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        session_key: str,
+        app: str,
+        owner: str = "nobody",
+        **context: dict,
+    ):
+        """Initializes AlertsRestClient.
+
+        Arguments:
+            session_key: Splunk access token.
+            app: App name of namespace.
+            context: Other configurations for Splunk rest client.
+        """
+        self.session_key = session_key
+        self.app = app
+
+        self._rest_client = rest_client.SplunkRestClient(
+            self.session_key,
+            app=self.app,
+            owner=owner,
+            **context,
+        )
+
+        self.endpoint = self.ENDPOINT.format(owner=owner, app=app)
+
+    def create_search_alert(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        search: str,
+        *,
+        disabled: bool = True,
+        description: str = "",
+        alert_type: AlertType = AlertType.NUMBER_OF_EVENTS,
+        alert_condition: str = "",
+        alert_comparator: AlertComparator = AlertComparator.GREATER_THAN,
+        alert_threshold: Union[int, float, str] = 0,
+        time_window: Tuple[str, str] = ("-15m", "now"),
+        alert_severity: AlertSeverity = AlertSeverity.WARN,
+        cron_schedule: str = "* * * * *",
+        expires: Union[int, str] = "24h",
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        """Creates a search alert in Splunk.
+
+        Arguments:
+            name: Name of the alert.
+            search: Search query for the alert.
+            disabled: Whether the alert is disabled. Default is True.
+            description: Description of the alert.
+            alert_type: Type of the alert (see AlertType). If it equals to CUSTOM, Splunk executes a check in
+                alert_condition. Otherwise, alert_comparator and alert_threshold are used.
+            alert_condition: Condition for the alert.
+            alert_comparator: Comparator for the alert. Default is GREATER_THAN.
+            alert_threshold: Threshold for the alert. Default is 0.
+            time_window: Time window for the alert. Tuple of earliest and latest time. Default is ("-15m", "now").
+            alert_severity: Severity level of the alert. Default is WARN.
+            cron_schedule: Cron schedule for the alert. Default is "* * * * *".
+            expires: Expiration time for the alert (i.e. how long you can access the result of triggered alert).
+                Default is "24h".
+            kwargs: Additional parameters for the alert. See Splunk documentation for more details.
+        """
+        params = {
+            "output_mode": "json",
+            "name": name,
+            "search": search,
+            "description": description,
+            "alert_type": alert_type.value,
+            "alert_condition": alert_condition,
+            "alert_comparator": alert_comparator.value,
+            "alert_threshold": alert_threshold,
+            "alert.severity": str(alert_severity.value),
+            "is_scheduled": "1",
+            "cron_schedule": cron_schedule,
+            "dispatch.earliest_time": time_window[0],
+            "dispatch.latest_time": time_window[1],
+            "alert.digest_mode": "1",
+            "alert.expires": str(expires),
+            "disabled": "1" if disabled else "0",
+            "realtime_schedule": "1",
+        }
+
+        params.update(kwargs)
+
+        self._rest_client.post(self.endpoint, body=params, headers=self.headers)
+
+    def delete_search_alert(self, name: str):
+        """Deletes a search alert in Splunk.
+
+        Arguments:
+            name: Name of the alert to delete.
+        """
+        self._rest_client.delete(f"{self.endpoint}/{name}")
+
+    def get_search_alert(self, name: str):
+        """Retrieves a specific search alert from Splunk.
+
+        Arguments:
+            name: Name of the alert to retrieve.
+
+        Returns:
+            A dictionary containing the alert details.
+        """
+        response = (
+            self._rest_client.get(f"{self.endpoint}/{name}", output_mode="json")
+            .body.read()
+            .decode("utf-8")
+        )
+
+        return json.loads(response)
+
+    def get_all_search_alerts(self):
+        """Retrieves all search alerts from Splunk.
+
+        Returns:
+            A dictionary containing all search alerts.
+        """
+        response = (
+            self._rest_client.get(self.endpoint, output_mode="json")
+            .body.read()
+            .decode("utf-8")
+        )
+
+        return json.loads(response)
+
+    def update_search_alert(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        *,
+        search: Optional[str] = None,
+        disabled: Optional[bool] = None,
+        description: Optional[str] = None,
+        alert_type: Optional[AlertType] = None,
+        alert_condition: Optional[str] = None,
+        alert_comparator: Optional[AlertComparator] = None,
+        alert_threshold: Optional[Union[int, float, str]] = None,
+        time_window: Optional[Tuple[str, str]] = None,
+        alert_severity: Optional[AlertSeverity] = None,
+        cron_schedule: Optional[str] = None,
+        expires: Optional[Union[int, str]] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        """Updates a search alert in Splunk.
+
+        Arguments:
+            name: Name of the alert to update.
+            search: Search query for the alert.
+            disabled: Whether the alert is disabled.
+            description: Description of the alert.
+            alert_type: Type of the alert (see AlertType). If it equals to CUSTOM, Splunk executes a check in
+                alert_condition. Otherwise, alert_comparator and alert_threshold are used.
+            alert_condition: Condition for the alert.
+            alert_comparator: Comparator for the alert.
+            alert_threshold: Threshold for the alert.
+            time_window: Time window for the alert. Tuple of earliest and latest time.
+            alert_severity: Severity level of the alert.
+            cron_schedule: Cron schedule for the alert.
+            expires: Expiration time for the alert.
+            kwargs: Additional parameters for the alert. See Splunk documentation for more details.
+        """
+        params = {
+            "output_mode": "json",
+        }
+
+        if search:
+            params["search"] = search
+
+        if disabled is not None:
+            params["disabled"] = "1" if disabled else "0"
+
+        if description:
+            params["description"] = description
+
+        if alert_type:
+            params["alert_type"] = alert_type.value
+
+        if alert_condition:
+            params["alert_condition"] = alert_condition
+
+        if alert_comparator:
+            params["alert_comparator"] = alert_comparator.value
+
+        if alert_threshold:
+            params["alert_threshold"] = str(alert_threshold)
+
+        if time_window:
+            params["dispatch.earliest_time"] = time_window[0]
+            params["dispatch.latest_time"] = time_window[1]
+
+        if alert_severity:
+            params["alert.severity"] = str(alert_severity.value)
+
+        if cron_schedule:
+            params["is_scheduled"] = "1"
+            params["cron_schedule"] = cron_schedule
+
+        if expires:
+            params["alert.expires"] = str(expires)
+
+        params.update(kwargs)
+
+        self._rest_client.post(
+            f"{self.endpoint}/{name}", body=params, headers=self.headers
+        )

tests/integration/conftest.py

@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-# path manipulation get the 'splunk' library for the imports while running on GH Actions
-sys.path.append(
-    os.path.sep.join([os.environ["SPLUNK_HOME"], "lib", "python3.7", "site-packages"])
-)
-# TODO: 'python3.7' needs to be updated as and when Splunk has new folder for Python.
+import pytest
+
+import context
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope="session")
+def setup_env():
+    # path manipulation get the 'splunk' library for the imports while running on GH Actions
+    if "SPLUNK_HOME" in os.environ:
+        sys.path.append(
+            os.path.sep.join(
+                [os.environ["SPLUNK_HOME"], "lib", "python3.7", "site-packages"]
+            )
+        )
+        # TODO: 'python3.7' needs to be updated as and when Splunk has new folder for Python.
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def session_key():
+    return context.get_session_key()