# Watcher POST URL Error
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-post-url-error/251067
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [October 6, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-post-url-error/251067 "2020-10-06T05:07:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@karnamonkster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karnamonkster)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-post-url-error/251067/1 "2020-10-06T05:07:22Z")
Hi,
> Setup: ES/Kibana 7.5.2
We are trying to configure automatic PDF report generation and sent to the email on a schedule.
The dashboard pdf works fine if we simply download it using **Generate PDF** option.
However when using the POST Url for the Dashboard in Watcher it throws the error
Here is the configuration of the Watch.
```
{
"trigger": {
"schedule": {
"interval": "1m"
}
},
"input": {
"none": {}
},
"condition": {
"always": {}
},
"actions": {
"email_admin": {
"email": {
"profile": "standard",
"attachments": {
"error_report.pdf": {
"reporting": {
"url": "http://NGINXIP/otwater/api/reporting/generate/printablePdf?jobParams=(browserTimezone:Asia%2FDubai,layout:(dimensions:(height:300,width:2066.45849609375),id:preserve_layout),objectType:visualization,relativeUrls:!(%27%2Fapp%2Fkibana%23%2Fvisualize%2Fedit%2F4019c4c0-8dad-11e9-96c9-bfdd3cee8fc8%3F_g%3D(filters:!!(),refreshInterval:(pause:!!t,value:0),time:(from:now-4d,to:now))%26_a%3D(filters:!!(),linked:!!f,query:(language:lucene,query:!%27!%27),uiState:(),vis:(aggs:!!(),params:(axis_formatter:number,axis_position:left,axis_scale:normal,background_color_rules:!!((id:b8fe36b0-8dac-11e9-9d4b-f52707f2360f)),bar_color_rules:!!((id:ca629360-8dac-11e9-9d4b-f52707f2360f)),default_index_pattern:!%27filebeat-*!%27,gauge_color_rules:!!((id:cf9d61c0-8dac-11e9-9d4b-f52707f2360f)),gauge_inner_width:10,gauge_style:half,gauge_width:10,id:!%2761ca57f0-469d-11e7-af02-69e470af7417!%27,index_pattern:!%27amialerts-*!%27,interval:auto,series:!!((axis_position:right,chart_type:line,color:%252368BC00,fill:0.5,formatter:number,id:!%2761ca57f1-469d-11e7-af02-69e470af7417!%27,line_width:1,metrics:!!((id:!%2761ca57f2-469d-11e7-af02-69e470af7417!%27,type:count)),point_size:1,separate_axis:0,split_color_mode:rainbow,split_mode:terms,stacked:none,terms_field:area.keyword)),show_grid:1,show_legend:1,time_field:cdate,type:timeseries),title:!%272019%2B-Training%2BTrend!%27,type:metrics))%27),title:%272019%20-Training%20Trend%27)",
"retries": 4,
"interval": "15s",
"auth": {
"basic": {
"username": "elastic",
"password": "::es_redacted::"
}
}
}
}
},
"to": [
"myemailaddress@company.com"
],
"subject": "Monitoring Report"
}
}
}
}
```
When i execute/simulate this, we get the following error
> POST \_watcher/watch/e833ed0e-31b8-40ce-8644-08835346f34b/\_execute
```
{
"_id" : "e833ed0e-31b8-40ce-8644-08835346f34b_e8944eac-ed34-4c7c-8ee7-ad53286a7dca-2020-10-06T04:43:26.199964Z",
"watch_record" : {
"watch_id" : "e833ed0e-31b8-40ce-8644-08835346f34b",
"node" : "uhS6MPqkSjCmpKYpzS84Kw",
"state" : "executed",
"user" : "myuser",
"status" : {
"state" : {
"active" : true,
"timestamp" : "2020-10-06T04:42:13.405Z"
},
"last_checked" : "2020-10-06T04:43:26.199Z",
"last_met_condition" : "2020-10-06T04:43:26.199Z",
"actions" : {
"email_admin" : {
"ack" : {
"timestamp" : "2020-10-06T04:42:13.405Z",
"state" : "awaits_successful_execution"
},
"last_execution" : {
"timestamp" : "2020-10-06T04:43:26.199Z",
"successful" : false,
"reason" : ""
}
}
},
"execution_state" : "executed",
"version" : 1268
},
"trigger_event" : {
"type" : "manual",
"triggered_time" : "2020-10-06T04:43:26.199Z",
"manual" : {
"schedule" : {
"scheduled_time" : "2020-10-06T04:43:26.199Z"
}
}
},
"input" : {
"none" : { }
},
"condition" : {
"always" : { }
},
"metadata" : {
"name" : "UFW Automated Report",
"xpack" : {
"type" : "json"
}
},
"result" : {
"execution_time" : "2020-10-06T04:43:26.199Z",
"execution_duration" : 10,
"input" : {
"type" : "none",
"status" : "success",
"payload" : { }
},
"condition" : {
"type" : "always",
"status" : "success",
"met" : true
},
"actions" : [
{
"id" : "email_admin",
"type" : "email",
"status" : "failure",
"error" : {
"root_cause" : [
{
"type" : "exception",
"reason" : "Watch[e833ed0e-31b8-40ce-8644-08835346f34b] reporting[error_report.pdf] Error response when trying to trigger reporting generation host[NGINXIP], port[80] method[POST], path[/otwater/api/reporting/generate/printablePdf], status[301]"
}
],
"type" : "exception",
"reason" : "Watch[e833ed0e-31b8-40ce-8644-08835346f34b] reporting[error_report.pdf] Error response when trying to trigger reporting generation host[NGINXIP], port[80] method[POST], path[/otwater/api/reporting/generate/printablePdf], status[301]"
}
}
]
},
"messages" : []
}
}
```
Any help would be highly appreciated.
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### Author:  [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-post-url-error/251067/2 "2020-10-06T15:30:03Z")
> [@karnamonkster](#):
>
> `Watch[e833ed0e-31b8-40ce-8644-08835346f34b] reporting[error_report.pdf] Error response when trying to trigger reporting generation host[NGINXIP], port[80] method[POST], path[/otwater/api/reporting/generate/printablePdf], status[301]`
cc @tsullivan
HTTP code 301 is not an error. It’s a permanent redirect. I would recommend rechecking your ngnix config. cc @tsullivan
Thanks
Rashmi
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### Author:  [@karnamonkster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karnamonkster)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-post-url-error/251067/3 "2020-10-06T16:27:45Z")
Hi Rashmi,
What would be the additional config parameters for this to work.?
I was under impression that the same job gets processed with a schedule(watcher) when we download a dashboard report as PDF.
Any example I can refer to?
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### Author:  [@karnamonkster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karnamonkster)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-post-url-error/251067/4 "2020-10-11T05:37:19Z")
@tsullivan @rashmi
Hello,
Was wondering if there is anything in need to do on my NGINX configuration? I also have a support ticket on this opened if you can refer to that Ref [00618891](https://support.elastic.co/customers/s/case/5004M00000ejWVpQAM)
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### Author:  [@karnamonkster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karnamonkster)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-post-url-error/251067/5 "2020-10-20T05:38:27Z")
@tsullivan @rashmi
Here is my Nginx configuration. Is there anything you could suggest me for the permanent redirect 301 issue.
/otwater is my serverBasepath setting in Kibana.yml
```
location /otwater{
rewrite ^/otwater/(.*) /$1 break;
proxy_pass http://kibana_server_ip:5601/;
proxy_next_upstream error timeout invalid_header http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
proxy_redirect off;
client_max_body_size 50M;
proxy_buffering off;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-post-url-error/251067/6 "2020-11-17T05:38:40Z")
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