Added new rest api for the alerts dashboard

scripts/lua/rest/v1/get/user/alert/general_stats.lua

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+--
+-- (C) 2013-21 - ntop.org
+--
+
+local dirs = ntop.getDirs()
+package.path = dirs.installdir .. "/scripts/lua/modules/?.lua;" .. package.path
+package.path = dirs.installdir .. "/scripts/lua/modules/alert_store/?.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local auth = require "auth"
+local rest_utils = require "rest_utils"
+local alert_consts = require "alert_consts"
+local user_alert_store = require "user_alert_store".new()
+
+--
+-- Read alerts count by time
+-- Example: curl -u admin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"ifid": "1"}' http://localhost:3000/lua/rest/v1/get/user/alert/general_stats.lua
+--
+-- NOTE: in case of invalid login, no error is returned but redirected to login
+--
+
+local rc = rest_utils.consts.success.ok
+
+if not auth.has_capability(auth.capabilities.alerts) then
+   rest_utils.answer(rest_utils.consts.err.not_granted)
+   return
+end
+
+local ifid = _GET["ifid"]
+
+if isEmptyString(ifid) then
+   rc = rest_utils.consts.err.invalid_interface
+   rest_utils.answer(rc)
+   return
+end
+
+interface.select(ifid)
+
+local res = user_alert_store:get_stats()
+local top_alerts = {}
+
+for _, value in pairs(res.top.alert_id) do
+   top_alerts[#top_alerts + 1] = {
+      count = value.count,
+      name = alert_consts.alertTypeLabel(tonumber(value.alert_id), true),
+   }
+end   
+
+-- Request from the frontend - to have them as array
+res = { 
+   {
+      label = i18n("alerts_dashboard.top_alerts"),
+      tooltip = i18n("alerts_dashboard.tooltips.top_alerts"),
+      value = {
+         top_alerts
+      }
+   }
+}
+
+rest_utils.answer(rc, res)