Replace notification channels

Demonstrates how to replace notification channels across alerting policies.

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Code sample

C#

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static void ReplaceChannels(string projectId, string alertPolicyId,
    IEnumerable<string> channelIds)
{
    var alertClient = AlertPolicyServiceClient.Create();
    var policy = new AlertPolicy()
    {
        Name = new AlertPolicyName(projectId, alertPolicyId).ToString()
    };
    foreach (string channelId in channelIds)
    {
        policy.NotificationChannels.Add(
            new NotificationChannelName(projectId, channelId)
            .ToString());
    }
    var response = alertClient.UpdateAlertPolicy(
        new FieldMask { Paths = { "notification_channels" } }, policy);
    Console.WriteLine("Updated {0}.", response.Name);
}

Go

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// replaceChannels replaces the notification channels in the alert policy
// with channelIDs.
func replaceChannels(w io.Writer, projectID, alertPolicyID string, channelIDs []string) error {
	ctx := context.Background()

	client, err := monitoring.NewAlertPolicyClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer client.Close()

	policy := &monitoringpb.AlertPolicy{
		Name: "projects/" + projectID + "/alertPolicies/" + alertPolicyID,
	}
	for _, c := range channelIDs {
		c = "projects/" + projectID + "/notificationChannels/" + c
		policy.NotificationChannels = append(policy.NotificationChannels, c)
	}
	req := &monitoringpb.UpdateAlertPolicyRequest{
		AlertPolicy: policy,
		UpdateMask: &fieldmask.FieldMask{
			Paths: []string{"notification_channels"},
		},
	}
	if _, err := client.UpdateAlertPolicy(ctx, req); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("UpdateAlertPolicy: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Successfully replaced channels.")
	return nil
}

Java

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private static void replaceChannels(String projectId, String alertPolicyId, String[] channelIds)
    throws IOException {
  AlertPolicy.Builder policyBuilder =
      AlertPolicy.newBuilder().setName(AlertPolicyName.of(projectId, alertPolicyId).toString());
  for (String channelId : channelIds) {
    policyBuilder.addNotificationChannels(
        NotificationChannelName.of(projectId, channelId).toString());
  }
  try (AlertPolicyServiceClient client = AlertPolicyServiceClient.create()) {
    AlertPolicy result =
        client.updateAlertPolicy(
            FieldMask.newBuilder().addPaths("notification_channels").build(),
            policyBuilder.build());
    System.out.println(String.format("Updated %s", result.getName()));
  }
}

Node.js

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// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const monitoring = require('@google-cloud/monitoring');

// Creates clients
const alertClient = new monitoring.AlertPolicyServiceClient();
const notificationClient = new monitoring.NotificationChannelServiceClient();

async function replaceChannels() {
  /**
   * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample.
   */
  // const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
  // const alertPolicyId = '123456789012314';
  // const channelIds = [
  //   'channel-1',
  //   'channel-2',
  //   'channel-3',
  // ];

  const notificationChannels = channelIds.map(id =>
    notificationClient.projectNotificationChannelPath(projectId, id)
  );

  for (const channel of notificationChannels) {
    const updateChannelRequest = {
      updateMask: {
        paths: ['enabled'],
      },
      notificationChannel: {
        name: channel,
        enabled: {
          value: true,
        },
      },
    };
    try {
      await notificationClient.updateNotificationChannel(
        updateChannelRequest
      );
    } catch (err) {
      const createChannelRequest = {
        notificationChannel: {
          name: channel,
          notificationChannel: {
            type: 'email',
          },
        },
      };
      const newChannel =
        await notificationClient.createNotificationChannel(
          createChannelRequest
        );
      notificationChannels.push(newChannel);
    }
  }

  const updateAlertPolicyRequest = {
    updateMask: {
      paths: ['notification_channels'],
    },
    alertPolicy: {
      name: alertClient.projectAlertPolicyPath(projectId, alertPolicyId),
      notificationChannels: notificationChannels,
    },
  };
  const [alertPolicy] = await alertClient.updateAlertPolicy(
    updateAlertPolicyRequest
  );
  console.log(`Updated ${alertPolicy.name}.`);
}
replaceChannels();

PHP

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use Google\Cloud\Monitoring\V3\AlertPolicy;
use Google\Cloud\Monitoring\V3\Client\AlertPolicyServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Monitoring\V3\Client\NotificationChannelServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Monitoring\V3\UpdateAlertPolicyRequest;
use Google\Protobuf\FieldMask;

/**
 * @param string $projectId Your project ID
 * @param string $alertPolicyId Your alert policy id ID
 * @param string[] $channelIds array of channel IDs
 */
function alert_replace_channels(string $projectId, string $alertPolicyId, array $channelIds): void
{
    $alertClient = new AlertPolicyServiceClient([
        'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);

    $channelClient = new NotificationChannelServiceClient([
        'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);
    $policy = new AlertPolicy();
    $policy->setName($alertClient->alertPolicyName($projectId, $alertPolicyId));

    $newChannels = [];
    foreach ($channelIds as $channelId) {
        $newChannels[] = $channelClient->notificationChannelName($projectId, $channelId);
    }
    $policy->setNotificationChannels($newChannels);
    $mask = new FieldMask();
    $mask->setPaths(['notification_channels']);
    $updateAlertPolicyRequest = (new UpdateAlertPolicyRequest())
        ->setAlertPolicy($policy)
        ->setUpdateMask($mask);
    $updatedPolicy = $alertClient->updateAlertPolicy($updateAlertPolicyRequest);
    printf('Updated %s' . PHP_EOL, $updatedPolicy->getName());
}

Python

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def replace_notification_channels(project_name, alert_policy_id, channel_ids):
    """Replace notification channel of an alert.

    Arguments:
        project_name (str): The Google Cloud Project to use. The project name
            must be in the format - 'projects/<PROJECT_NAME>'.
        alert_policy_id (str): The ID of the alert policy whose notification
            channels are to be replaced.
        channel_ids (str): ID of notification channel to be added as channel
            for the given alert policy.
    """

    _, project_id = project_name.split("/")
    alert_client = monitoring_v3.AlertPolicyServiceClient()
    channel_client = monitoring_v3.NotificationChannelServiceClient()
    policy = monitoring_v3.AlertPolicy()
    policy.name = alert_client.alert_policy_path(project_id, alert_policy_id)

    for channel_id in channel_ids:
        policy.notification_channels.append(
            channel_client.notification_channel_path(project_id, channel_id)
        )

    mask = field_mask.FieldMask()
    mask.paths.append("notification_channels")
    updated_policy = alert_client.update_alert_policy(
        alert_policy=policy, update_mask=mask
    )
    print("Updated", updated_policy.name)

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