eve_search
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Search Suricata EVE-format IDS events. Wraps GET /api/eve/list (permission: logs); tag-scoped server-side.
Severity is Suricata-native: 1=high, 2=medium, 3=low/info — a 3-point scale, NOT syslog's 0-7. Takes names or ints: 'high'=1, 'medium'=2, 'low'/'info'/'informational'=3. Single value or an array, which may mix the two forms (e.g. ["high", 2]).
IP filters: passing only src_ip or only dst_ip matches either side (OR); pass both to AND them together. device_id is a convenience — the controller resolves it to the device's IP and matches src_ip OR dst_ip (eve_log has no device_id column).
Window: hours (1-168, default 24) OR start_time+end_time. limit defaults to 50 (max 500). total is the full match count — narrow via severity/IP/signature_id when truncated.
Example: eve_search({severity: "high", hours: 2})
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| device_id | integer | no | Restrict to a single device id (translated to src_ip/dst_ip server-side). |
| dst_ip | string | no | Destination IP. Matches either side when src_ip is absent. |
| dst_port | integer | no | |
| end_time | string | no | ISO-8601 UTC; must pair with start_time. |
| hours | integer | no | Lookback hours (1-168). Default 24. |
| iface | string | no | Capture interface. |
| limit | integer | no | |
| proto | string | no | Protocol name (e.g. 'TCP', 'UDP'). |
| severity | any | no | Severity name(s) or int(s) on Suricata's 3-point scale: 'high'=1, 'medium'=2, 'low'/'info'/'informational'=3. Single value or array; names and ints may be mixed. |
| signature_id | any | no | Suricata signature id(s). Single int or array. |
| src_ip | string | no | Source IP. Matches either side when dst_ip is absent. |
| src_port | integer | no | |
| start_time | string | no | ISO-8601 UTC; must pair with end_time. |
| vlan | integer | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"device_id": {
"description": "Restrict to a single device id (translated to src_ip/dst_ip server-side).",
"type": "integer"
},
"dst_ip": {
"description": "Destination IP. Matches either side when src_ip is absent.",
"type": "string"
},
"dst_port": {
"type": "integer"
},
"end_time": {
"description": "ISO-8601 UTC; must pair with start_time.",
"type": "string"
},
"hours": {
"description": "Lookback hours (1-168). Default 24.",
"maximum": 168,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"iface": {
"description": "Capture interface.",
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"maximum": 500,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"proto": {
"description": "Protocol name (e.g. 'TCP', 'UDP').",
"type": "string"
},
"severity": {
"description": "Severity name(s) or int(s) on Suricata's 3-point scale: 'high'=1, 'medium'=2, 'low'/'info'/'informational'=3. Single value or array; names and ints may be mixed."
},
"signature_id": {
"description": "Suricata signature id(s). Single int or array."
},
"src_ip": {
"description": "Source IP. Matches either side when dst_ip is absent.",
"type": "string"
},
"src_port": {
"type": "integer"
},
"start_time": {
"description": "ISO-8601 UTC; must pair with end_time.",
"type": "string"
},
"vlan": {
"type": "integer"
}
},
"type": "object"
}