POST [/instances/$INSTANCE]/private/reports

This is used to schedule the generation of periodic reports.

Required permission: reports-write

Request:

The request must be a ReportAddRequest.

Response:

200 OK:

The backend has successfully added a new report. Returns a ReportAddedResponse.

400 Bad request:

Malformed JSON or missing fields. Returned with TALER_EC_GENERIC_PARAMETER_MALFORMED.

404 Not found:

The merchant instance is unknown.

500 Internal Server Error:

The server experienced an internal failure. Returned with TALER_EC_GENERIC_DB_STORE_FAILED.

501 Not implemented:

The report generator specified in the program_section is not configured. Returned with TALER_EC_MERCHANT_GENERIC_REPORT_GENERATOR_UNCONFIGURED.

Details:

interface ReportAddRequest {

  // Description of the report. Possibly included
  // in the report message.
  description: string;

  // Merchant backend configuration section specifying
  // the program to use to transmit the report
  program_section: string;

  // Mime-type to request from the data source.
  mime_type: string;

  // URL under the instance to request the data from.
  // Must start with '/'. The base URL and the instance
  // prefix will be prefixed to the given data source.
  data_source: string;

  // Address where the report program should send
  // the report.
  target_address: string;

  // Report frequency
  report_frequency: RelativeTime;

  // Report frequency shift. Defaults to zero if missing.
  report_frequency_shift?: RelativeTime;

}

interface ReportAddedResponse {

  // Unique ID for the report.
  report_serial_id: Integer;

}