added consoleEvents API

docs/api.rst

@@ -238,6 +238,26 @@ Return a list of events for all monitors within a specified date/time range
   curl -XGET "http://server/zm/api/events/index/StartTime%20>=:2015-05-15%2018:43:56/EndTime%20<=:208:43:56.json"
 
 
+Return event count based on times and conditions
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The API also supports a handy mechanism to return a count of events for a period of time.
+
+This returns number of events per monitor that were recorded in the last one hour
+
+::
+
+  curl "http://server/zm/api/events/consoleEvents/1%20hour.json"
+
+This returns number of events per monitor that were recorded in the last day where there were atleast 10 frames that were alarms"
+
+::
+
+  curl "http://server/zm/api/events/consoleEvents/1%20day.json/AlarmFrames >=: 10.json"
+
+
+
+
 
 Configuration Apis
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^