explained.txt

#This is the command I'm running to test the api

curl -H "Accept: application/json" -d tgt='*' -d secretkey="replacethiswithsomethingbetter" -k https://192.168.1.1:8080/hook/services/restart

#The return I get from this command is:

{"success": true}

#but it's not actually creating the file on the minion, like it does when I run the state alone.
#There is no error output in /var/log/salt/minion
#I know the state works because I've tested it on its own using

salt '*' state.sls reactor

#This is the tutorial I was taking this from

http://bencane.com/2014/07/17/integrating-saltstack-with-other-services-via-salt-api/

#output of salt-run state.event pretty=True
salt/netapi/hook/services/restar	{
    "_stamp": "2016-06-29T19:30:04.193832", 
    "body": "", 
    "headers": {
        "Accept": "application/json", 
        "Content-Length": "46", 
        "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", 
        "Host": "192.168.1.1:8080", 
        "Remote-Addr": "192.168.1.3", 
        "User-Agent": "curl/7.35.0"
    }, 
    "post": {
        "secretkey": "replacethiswithsomethingbetter", 
        "tgt": "*"
    }
}

init.sls

#/srv/salt/reactor/init.sls
{% set postdata = data.get('post', {}) %}

{% if postdata.secretkey == "replacethiswithsomethingbetter"  %}
test:
  cmd.run:
    - name: touch /home/username/test.txt
    - cwd: /home/username
    - tgt: '{{ postdata.tgt }}'
{% endif %}

reactor.conf

#/etc/salt/master.d/reactor.conf
reactor:
  - 'salt/netapi/hook/restart':
    - /srv/salt/reactor/init.sls

salt-api.conf

#/etc/salt/master.d/salt-api.conf
rest_cherrypy:
  port: 8080
  host: 192.168.1.1
  ssl_crt: /etc/ssl/private/cert.pem
  ssl_key: /etc/ssl/private/key.pem
  webhook_disable_auth: True
  webhook_url: /hook

top.sls

#/srv/salt/top.sls
base:
  '*':
      - reactor