Assess alert_type in event creation

datadog/api/events.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from datadog.api.exceptions import ApiError
 from datadog.api.resources import GetableAPIResource, CreateableAPIResource, \
     SearchableAPIResource
 from datadog.util.compat import iteritems
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ def create(cls, attach_host_name=True, **params):
 
         >>> api.Event.create(title=title, text=text, tags=tags)
         """
+        if params.get("alert_type"):
+            if params["alert_type"] not in ["error", "warning", "info", "success"]:
+                raise ApiError("Parameter alert_type must be either error, warning, info or success")
+
         return super(Event, cls).create(attach_host_name=attach_host_name, **params)
 
     @classmethod

tests/integration/api/test_api.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from datadog import api as dog
 from datadog import initialize
 
+
 TEST_USER = os.environ.get("DD_TEST_CLIENT_USER")
 API_KEY = os.environ.get("DD_TEST_CLIENT_API_KEY", "a" * 32)
 APP_KEY = os.environ.get("DD_TEST_CLIENT_APP_KEY", "a" * 40)

tests/unit/api/test_api.py

@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 from time import time
 
 # 3p
-import mock
+import mock, pytest
 
 # datadog
 from datadog import initialize, api, util
 from datadog.api import (
     Distribution,
+    Event,
     Metric,
     ServiceCheck,
     User
@@ -484,6 +485,19 @@ def test_actionable(self):
         self.assertIsNone(kwargs["data"])
 
 
+class TestEventResource(DatadogAPIWithInitialization):
+
+    def test_submit_event_wrong_alert_type(self):
+        """
+        Assess that an event submitted with a wrong alert_type raises the correct Exception
+        """
+        with pytest.raises(ApiError) as excinfo:
+            Event.create(
+                title="test no hostname", text="test no hostname", attach_host_name=False, alert_type="wrong_type"
+            )
+        assert "Parameter alert_type must be either error, warning, info or success" in str(excinfo.value)
+
+
 class TestMetricResource(DatadogAPIWithInitialization):
 
     def submit_and_assess_metric_payload(self, serie, attach_host_name=True):