chore: add types for alert type, state, and rule data kind

pkg/query-service/app/http_handler.go

@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ func (aH *APIHandler) getRuleStateHistory(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 				continue
 			}
 			filterItems := []v3.FilterItem{}
-			if rule.AlertType == "LOGS_BASED_ALERT" || rule.AlertType == "TRACES_BASED_ALERT" {
+			if rule.AlertType == rules.AlertTypeLogs || rule.AlertType == rules.AlertTypeTraces {
 				if rule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery != nil {
 					if rule.RuleCondition.QueryType() == v3.QueryTypeBuilder {
 						for _, query := range rule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.BuilderQueries {
@@ -818,9 +818,9 @@ func (aH *APIHandler) getRuleStateHistory(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 			}
 			newFilters := common.PrepareFilters(lbls, filterItems)
 			ts := time.Unix(res.Items[idx].UnixMilli/1000, 0)
-			if rule.AlertType == "LOGS_BASED_ALERT" {
+			if rule.AlertType == rules.AlertTypeLogs {
 				res.Items[idx].RelatedLogsLink = common.PrepareLinksToLogs(ts, newFilters)
-			} else if rule.AlertType == "TRACES_BASED_ALERT" {
+			} else if rule.AlertType == rules.AlertTypeTraces {
 				res.Items[idx].RelatedTracesLink = common.PrepareLinksToTraces(ts, newFilters)
 			}
 		}
@@ -854,9 +854,9 @@ func (aH *APIHandler) getRuleStateHistoryTopContributors(w http.ResponseWriter,
 			}
 			ts := time.Unix(params.End/1000, 0)
 			filters := common.PrepareFilters(lbls, nil)
-			if rule.AlertType == "LOGS_BASED_ALERT" {
+			if rule.AlertType == rules.AlertTypeLogs {
 				res[idx].RelatedLogsLink = common.PrepareLinksToLogs(ts, filters)
-			} else if rule.AlertType == "TRACES_BASED_ALERT" {
+			} else if rule.AlertType == rules.AlertTypeTraces {
 				res[idx].RelatedTracesLink = common.PrepareLinksToTraces(ts, filters)
 			}
 		}

pkg/query-service/rules/alerting.go

@@ -61,6 +61,35 @@ func (s AlertState) String() string {
 	panic(errors.Errorf("unknown alert state: %d", s))
 }
 
+func (s AlertState) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(s.String())
+}
+
+func (s *AlertState) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	var v interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &v); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	switch value := v.(type) {
+	case string:
+		switch value {
+		case "inactive":
+			*s = StateInactive
+		case "pending":
+			*s = StatePending
+		case "firing":
+			*s = StateFiring
+		case "disabled":
+			*s = StateDisabled
+		default:
+			return errors.New("invalid alert state")
+		}
+		return nil
+	default:
+		return errors.New("invalid alert state")
+	}
+}
+
 type Alert struct {
 	State AlertState
 

pkg/query-service/rules/api_params.go

@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ import (
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
+type AlertType string
+
+const (
+	AlertTypeMetric     AlertType = "METRIC_BASED_ALERT"
+	AlertTypeTraces     AlertType = "TRACES_BASED_ALERT"
+	AlertTypeLogs       AlertType = "LOGS_BASED_ALERT"
+	AlertTypeExceptions AlertType = "EXCEPTIONS_BASED_ALERT"
+)
+
+type RuleDataKind string
+
+const (
+	RuleDataKindJson RuleDataKind = "json"
+	RuleDataKindYaml RuleDataKind = "yaml"
+)
+
 // this file contains api request and responses to be
 // served over http
 
@@ -31,12 +47,12 @@ func newApiErrorBadData(err error) *model.ApiError {
 
 // PostableRule is used to create alerting rule from HTTP api
 type PostableRule struct {
-	AlertName   string   `yaml:"alert,omitempty" json:"alert,omitempty"`
-	AlertType   string   `yaml:"alertType,omitempty" json:"alertType,omitempty"`
-	Description string   `yaml:"description,omitempty" json:"description,omitempty"`
-	RuleType    RuleType `yaml:"ruleType,omitempty" json:"ruleType,omitempty"`
-	EvalWindow  Duration `yaml:"evalWindow,omitempty" json:"evalWindow,omitempty"`
-	Frequency   Duration `yaml:"frequency,omitempty" json:"frequency,omitempty"`
+	AlertName   string    `yaml:"alert,omitempty" json:"alert,omitempty"`
+	AlertType   AlertType `yaml:"alertType,omitempty" json:"alertType,omitempty"`
+	Description string    `yaml:"description,omitempty" json:"description,omitempty"`
+	RuleType    RuleType  `yaml:"ruleType,omitempty" json:"ruleType,omitempty"`
+	EvalWindow  Duration  `yaml:"evalWindow,omitempty" json:"evalWindow,omitempty"`
+	Frequency   Duration  `yaml:"frequency,omitempty" json:"frequency,omitempty"`
 
 	RuleCondition *RuleCondition    `yaml:"condition,omitempty" json:"condition,omitempty"`
 	Labels        map[string]string `yaml:"labels,omitempty" json:"labels,omitempty"`
@@ -234,8 +250,8 @@ type GettableRules struct {
 
 // GettableRule has info for an alerting rules.
 type GettableRule struct {
-	Id    string `json:"id"`
-	State string `json:"state"`
+	Id    string     `json:"id"`
+	State AlertState `json:"state"`
 	PostableRule
 	CreatedAt *time.Time `json:"createAt"`
 	CreatedBy *string    `json:"createBy"`

pkg/query-service/rules/db.go

@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@ func (r *ruleDB) GetAlertsInfo(ctx context.Context) (*model.AlertsInfo, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 		alertNames = append(alertNames, rule.AlertName)
-		if rule.AlertType == "LOGS_BASED_ALERT" {
+		if rule.AlertType == AlertTypeLogs {
 			alertsInfo.LogsBasedAlerts = alertsInfo.LogsBasedAlerts + 1
-		} else if rule.AlertType == "METRIC_BASED_ALERT" {
+		} else if rule.AlertType == AlertTypeMetric {
 			alertsInfo.MetricBasedAlerts = alertsInfo.MetricBasedAlerts + 1
 			if rule.RuleCondition != nil && rule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery != nil {
 				if rule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.QueryType == v3.QueryTypeBuilder {
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func (r *ruleDB) GetAlertsInfo(ctx context.Context) (*model.AlertsInfo, error) {
 					}
 				}
 			}
-		} else if rule.AlertType == "TRACES_BASED_ALERT" {
+		} else if rule.AlertType == AlertTypeTraces {
 			alertsInfo.TracesBasedAlerts = alertsInfo.TracesBasedAlerts + 1
 		}
 		alertsInfo.TotalAlerts = alertsInfo.TotalAlerts + 1

pkg/query-service/rules/manager.go

@@ -604,10 +604,10 @@ func (m *Manager) ListRuleStates(ctx context.Context) (*GettableRules, error) {
 
 		// fetch state of rule from memory
 		if rm, ok := m.rules[ruleResponse.Id]; !ok {
-			ruleResponse.State = StateDisabled.String()
+			ruleResponse.State = StateDisabled
 			ruleResponse.Disabled = true
 		} else {
-			ruleResponse.State = rm.State().String()
+			ruleResponse.State = rm.State()
 		}
 		ruleResponse.CreatedAt = s.CreatedAt
 		ruleResponse.CreatedBy = s.CreatedBy
@@ -631,10 +631,10 @@ func (m *Manager) GetRule(ctx context.Context, id string) (*GettableRule, error)
 	r.Id = fmt.Sprintf("%d", s.Id)
 	// fetch state of rule from memory
 	if rm, ok := m.rules[r.Id]; !ok {
-		r.State = StateDisabled.String()
+		r.State = StateDisabled
 		r.Disabled = true
 	} else {
-		r.State = rm.State().String()
+		r.State = rm.State()
 	}
 	r.CreatedAt = s.CreatedAt
 	r.CreatedBy = s.CreatedBy
@@ -740,10 +740,10 @@ func (m *Manager) PatchRule(ctx context.Context, ruleStr string, ruleId string)
 
 	// fetch state of rule from memory
 	if rm, ok := m.rules[ruleId]; !ok {
-		response.State = StateDisabled.String()
+		response.State = StateDisabled
 		response.Disabled = true
 	} else {
-		response.State = rm.State().String()
+		response.State = rm.State()
 	}
 
 	return &response, nil

pkg/query-service/rules/threshold_rule.go

@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ type ThresholdRule struct {
 	lastTimestampWithDatapoints time.Time
 
 	// Type of the rule
-	// One of ["LOGS_BASED_ALERT", "TRACES_BASED_ALERT", "METRIC_BASED_ALERT", "EXCEPTIONS_BASED_ALERT"]
-	typ string
+	typ AlertType
 
 	// querier is used for alerts created before the introduction of new metrics query builder
 	querier interfaces.Querier
@@ -975,12 +974,12 @@ func (r *ThresholdRule) Eval(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time, queriers *Querie
 		// Links with timestamps should go in annotations since labels
 		// is used alert grouping, and we want to group alerts with the same
 		// label set, but different timestamps, together.
-		if r.typ == "TRACES_BASED_ALERT" {
+		if r.typ == AlertTypeTraces {
 			link := r.prepareLinksToTraces(ts, smpl.MetricOrig)
 			if link != "" && r.hostFromSource() != "" {
 				annotations = append(annotations, labels.Label{Name: "related_traces", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%s/traces-explorer?%s", r.hostFromSource(), link)})
 			}
-		} else if r.typ == "LOGS_BASED_ALERT" {
+		} else if r.typ == AlertTypeLogs {
 			link := r.prepareLinksToLogs(ts, smpl.MetricOrig)
 			if link != "" && r.hostFromSource() != "" {
 				annotations = append(annotations, labels.Label{Name: "related_logs", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%s/logs/logs-explorer?%s", r.hostFromSource(), link)})

pkg/query-service/rules/threshold_rule_test.go

@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ func TestNormalizeLabelName(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPrepareLinksToLogs(t *testing.T) {
 	postableRule := PostableRule{
 		AlertName:  "Tricky Condition Tests",
-		AlertType:  "LOGS_BASED_ALERT",
+		AlertType:  AlertTypeLogs,
 		RuleType:   RuleTypeThreshold,
 		EvalWindow: Duration(5 * time.Minute),
 		Frequency:  Duration(1 * time.Minute),