This page refers to functionality that has been removed from License Statistics. This information no longer applies to License Statistics v6.3 and newer.

The Expiring Features endpoint delivers license usage metrics specific to the Expiring Features report for features that are nearing expiration.

Obtaining information about expiring features

You can easily list features that are nearing expiration by sending the following HTTP request.

GET /api/v1/report/expiry/server/${licenseServerId}/${returnType}?sd=${YYYY-MM-DD}&ed=${YYYY-MM-DD}$(additional parameters, as needed)

where $ indicates a variable value that you can replace with a value that best suits your needs. The possible parameters are described below.

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
${licenseServerId}Yesinteger/string

Internal License Statistics identification of the license server for which you want to gather data about features nearing expiration. You can set this parameter to 'all' to gather data from all license servers.

${returnType}YesstringStandard format option. See Making an API request for details.
sdNodateStart date for which the report will be generated. If neither this field nor "ed" is provided, the date defaults to the current date.
edNodateEnd date for which the report will be generated. If neither this field nor "sd" is provided, the date defaults to the current date + 12 months.
standard report optionsNovarious

See Making an API request for details.

Response

On success, this report will contain one row for each feature expiring in the specified time range. Each row consists of the following columns.

Column
Full nameTypeDescriptionVisible by default in export
fidFeature IDintegerInternal License Statistics identification of the feature.(tick) Yes
fnsFeature Namestring

Feature name.

(tick) Yes
fvFeature VersionenumerationFeature version.(tick) Yes
ftypeFeature TypestringSee feature type descriptions for details.
(tick) Yes

vn

VendorstringName of license server vendor hosting the feature.(tick) Yes
lsidLicense Server IDintegerInternal License Statistics identification of license server hosting the feature.(tick) Yes
lsnLicense ServerstringName of license server hosting the feature.(tick) Yes
fexpFeature ExpiresdateDay when the feature expires.
(tick) Yes

Note that the order in the table is the default order of the columns in the exported file.

Example 1

The following example shows a command that obtains statistics about all features expiring in the next 12 months on all license servers. 

curl -H "X-Auth-token: token" "http://yourdomain/api/v1/report/expiry/server/all/json"

Example 2

The following example shows a command that obtains information about all features expiring in a specified period of time on a license server with an ID of "1."

curl --data "sd=2015-01-01" --data "ed=2015-03-01" -H "X-Auth-token: token" "http://yourdomain/api/v1/report/expiry/server/1/json"

 

Obtaining information about the number of features expiring in some period of time

You can easily list features that are going to expire in some period of time by sending the following HTTP request:

GET /api/v1/report/expiry/server/{licenseServerId}/count/grouped/json?sd=${YYYY-MM-DD}&ed=${YYYY-MM-DD}&granularity=${granularity}&filter=${filter}

where the possible parameters can be explained as follows:

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
licenseServerIdYesinteger/stringInternal License Statistics identification of license server for which you want to gather data about features nearing expiration. You can set this parameter to 'all' to gather data from all license servers.
sdNodateStart date for which the report will be generated.If neither this field nor "ed" is provided, the date defaults to the current date.
edNodateEnd date for which the report will be generated. If neither this field nor "sd" is provided, the date defaults to the current date + 12 months.
granularityNoenumeration

Period type the result is aggregated for. HOUR granularity is not supported. See granularity descriptions for further details.

By default, this parameter is set to MONTH

filterNoJSON

See Making an API request for details.

This report supports only JSON format.

This report supports filtering, but does not support other standard options (limiting or ordering).

Response

On success, this report will contain one row for each feature expiring in the specified time range. Each row consists of the following columns.


Column
Full nameTypeDescription
fexpyYearintegerYear for which the time period number has been specified.
fexpmPeriod Numberinteger

Number of time period such as day, week, month, etc.

fexpcCountintegerCount of features expiring in the given period of time.
granularityGranularityenumeration

Granularity given in parameter. Defaults to MONTH if unspecified.

 

Example 1

The following example shows a command that obtains a count of features that will expire for every month in the next 12 months on all license servers.

curl -H "X-Auth-token: token" "http://yourdomain/api/v1/report/expiry/server/all/count/grouped/json"


Example 2

The following example shows a command that obtains a count of features that will expire for every week in a specified period of time on a license server with an ID of "1."

curl --data "sd=2015-01-01" --data "ed=2015-03-01" --data "granularity=4" -H "X-Auth-token: token" "http://yourdomain/api/v1/report/expiry/server/1/count/grouped/json"