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Preview AWS metric name filter

Note: This endpoint is in preview and is subject to change. If you have any feedback, contact Datadog support.

POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/integration/aws/accounts/{aws_account_config_id}/metric_name_filter_previewhttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/integration/aws/accounts/{aws_account_config_id}/metric_name_filter_previewhttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/integration/aws/accounts/{aws_account_config_id}/metric_name_filter_previewhttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/integration/aws/accounts/{aws_account_config_id}/metric_name_filter_previewhttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/integration/aws/accounts/{aws_account_config_id}/metric_name_filter_previewhttps://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/integration/aws/accounts/{aws_account_config_id}/metric_name_filter_previewhttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/integration/aws/accounts/{aws_account_config_id}/metric_name_filter_previewhttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/integration/aws/accounts/{aws_account_config_id}/metric_name_filter_previewhttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/integration/aws/accounts/{aws_account_config_id}/metric_name_filter_preview

Overview

Preview which collected CloudWatch metrics would be filtered by the supplied metric name filters. The filters are not persisted. This endpoint requires the aws_configuration_read permission.

Arguments

Path Parameters

Name

Type

Description

aws_account_config_id [required]

string

Unique Datadog ID of the AWS Account Integration Config. To get the config ID for an account, use the List all AWS integrations endpoint and query by AWS Account ID.

Request

Body Data (required)

The metric name filters to preview.

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Field

Type

Description

data [required]

object

AWS metric name filter preview request data.

attributes [required]

object

AWS metric name filter preview request attributes.

metric_name_filters [required]

[ <oneOf>]

The metric name filters to preview.

Object 1

object

Include only metric names matching one of these patterns for a single namespace.

include_only [required]

[string]

Include only metric names matching one of these patterns.

namespace [required]

string

The AWS CloudWatch namespace to which this metric name filter applies.

Object 2

object

Exclude metric names matching one of these patterns for a single namespace.

exclude_only [required]

[string]

Exclude metric names matching one of these patterns.

namespace [required]

string

The AWS CloudWatch namespace to which this metric name filter applies.

type [required]

enum

The AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewResponseData type. Allowed enum values: metric_name_filter_preview

default: metric_name_filter_preview

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "metric_name_filters": [
        {
          "include_only": [
            "aws.ec2.network_in"
          ],
          "namespace": "AWS/EC2"
        }
      ]
    },
    "type": "metric_name_filter_preview"
  }
}

Response

AWS metric name filter preview result

AWS metric name filter preview response body.

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Field

Type

Description

data [required]

object

AWS metric name filter preview response data.

attributes [required]

object

AWS metric name filter preview response attributes.

namespaces [required]

[object]

The list of namespaces affected by the previewed metric name filters.

filters [required]

[object]

The metric name filter patterns evaluated for this namespace and how many metrics they matched.

match_count [required]

int64

The number of Datadog metric names matched by this pattern.

pattern [required]

string

The metric name filter pattern.

metrics [required]

[object]

The CloudWatch metrics collected for this namespace and whether each resulting Datadog metric is filtered.

cw_name [required]

string

The CloudWatch metric name.

dd_names [required]

[object]

The Datadog metric names produced from this CloudWatch metric.

filtered [required]

boolean

Whether this Datadog metric name is filtered out.

name [required]

string

The Datadog metric name.

namespace [required]

string

The AWS CloudWatch namespace.

id [required]

string

Unique Datadog ID of the AWS Account Integration Config. To get the config ID for an account, use the List all AWS integrations endpoint and query by AWS Account ID.

type [required]

enum

The AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewResponseData type. Allowed enum values: metric_name_filter_preview

default: metric_name_filter_preview

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "namespaces": [
        {
          "filters": [
            {
              "match_count": 1,
              "pattern": "aws.ec2.network_in"
            }
          ],
          "metrics": [
            {
              "cw_name": "NetworkIn",
              "dd_names": [
                {
                  "filtered": true,
                  "name": "aws.ec2.network_in"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "namespace": "AWS/EC2"
        }
      ]
    },
    "id": "00000000-abcd-0001-0000-000000000000",
    "type": "metric_name_filter_preview"
  }
}

Bad Request

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

detail

string

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.

meta

object

Non-standard meta-information about the error

source

object

References to the source of the error.

header

string

A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.

parameter

string

A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.

pointer

string

A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.

status

string

Status code of the response.

title

string

Short human-readable summary of the error.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Forbidden

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Not Found

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Too many requests

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Code Example

                  ## default
# 

# Path parameters
export aws_account_config_id="CHANGE_ME"
# Curl command
curl -X POST "https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com"https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com"https://api.datadoghq.eu"https://api.ddog-gov.com"https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com"https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com"https://api.datadoghq.com"https://api.us3.datadoghq.com"https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/integration/aws/accounts/${aws_account_config_id}/metric_name_filter_preview" \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \ -H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \ -d @- << EOF { "data": { "attributes": { "metric_name_filters": [ { "exclude_only": [ "aws.ec2.network_in" ], "namespace": "AWS/EC2" } ] }, "type": "metric_name_filter_preview" } } EOF
"""
Preview AWS metric name filter returns "AWS metric name filter preview result" response
"""

from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.aws_integration_api import AWSIntegrationApi
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.aws_metric_name_filter_preview_request import AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequest
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.aws_metric_name_filter_preview_request_attributes import (
    AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestAttributes,
)
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.aws_metric_name_filter_preview_request_data import (
    AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestData,
)
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.aws_metric_name_filter_preview_type import AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewType
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.aws_metric_name_filters_include_only import AWSMetricNameFiltersIncludeOnly

body = AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequest(
    data=AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestData(
        attributes=AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestAttributes(
            metric_name_filters=[
                AWSMetricNameFiltersIncludeOnly(
                    include_only=[
                        "aws.ec2.network_in",
                    ],
                    namespace="AWS/EC2",
                ),
            ],
        ),
        type=AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewType.METRIC_NAME_FILTER_PREVIEW,
    ),
)

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.unstable_operations["preview_aws_metric_name_filter"] = True
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = AWSIntegrationApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.preview_aws_metric_name_filter(aws_account_config_id="aws_account_config_id", body=body)

    print(response)

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.py and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comuk1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" python3 "example.py"
# Preview AWS metric name filter returns "AWS metric name filter preview result" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.unstable_operations["v2.preview_aws_metric_name_filter".to_sym] = true
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::AWSIntegrationAPI.new

body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequest.new({
  data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestData.new({
    attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestAttributes.new({
      metric_name_filters: [
        DatadogAPIClient::V2::AWSMetricNameFiltersIncludeOnly.new({
          include_only: [
            "aws.ec2.network_in",
          ],
          namespace: "AWS/EC2",
        }),
      ],
    }),
    type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewType::METRIC_NAME_FILTER_PREVIEW,
  }),
})
p api_instance.preview_aws_metric_name_filter("aws_account_config_id", body)

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.rb and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comuk1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" rb "example.rb"
// Preview AWS metric name filter returns "AWS metric name filter preview result" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
)

func main() {
	body := datadogV2.AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequest{
		Data: datadogV2.AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestData{
			Attributes: datadogV2.AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestAttributes{
				MetricNameFilters: []datadogV2.AWSMetricNameFilters{
					datadogV2.AWSMetricNameFilters{
						AWSMetricNameFiltersIncludeOnly: &datadogV2.AWSMetricNameFiltersIncludeOnly{
							IncludeOnly: []string{
								"aws.ec2.network_in",
							},
							Namespace: "AWS/EC2",
						}},
				},
			},
			Type: datadogV2.AWSMETRICNAMEFILTERPREVIEWTYPE_METRIC_NAME_FILTER_PREVIEW,
		},
	}
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.PreviewAWSMetricNameFilter", true)
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewAWSIntegrationApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.PreviewAWSMetricNameFilter(ctx, "aws_account_config_id", body)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `AWSIntegrationApi.PreviewAWSMetricNameFilter`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `AWSIntegrationApi.PreviewAWSMetricNameFilter`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to main.go and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comuk1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" go run "main.go"
// Preview AWS metric name filter returns "AWS metric name filter preview result" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.AwsIntegrationApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequest;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestAttributes;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestData;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewResponse;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewType;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.AWSMetricNameFilters;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.AWSMetricNameFiltersIncludeOnly;
import java.util.Collections;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.previewAWSMetricNameFilter", true);
    AwsIntegrationApi apiInstance = new AwsIntegrationApi(defaultClient);

    AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequest body =
        new AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequest()
            .data(
                new AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestData()
                    .attributes(
                        new AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestAttributes()
                            .metricNameFilters(
                                Collections.singletonList(
                                    new AWSMetricNameFilters(
                                        new AWSMetricNameFiltersIncludeOnly()
                                            .includeOnly(
                                                Collections.singletonList("aws.ec2.network_in"))
                                            .namespace("AWS/EC2")))))
                    .type(AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewType.METRIC_NAME_FILTER_PREVIEW));

    try {
      AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewResponse result =
          apiInstance.previewAWSMetricNameFilter("aws_account_config_id", body);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling AwsIntegrationApi#previewAWSMetricNameFilter");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to Example.java and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comuk1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" java "Example.java"
// Preview AWS metric name filter returns "AWS metric name filter preview result"
// response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_aws_integration::AWSIntegrationAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequest;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestAttributes;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestData;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewType;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::AWSMetricNameFilters;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::AWSMetricNameFiltersIncludeOnly;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let body = AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequest::new(AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestData::new(
        AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewRequestAttributes::new(vec![
            AWSMetricNameFilters::AWSMetricNameFiltersIncludeOnly(Box::new(
                AWSMetricNameFiltersIncludeOnly::new(
                    vec!["aws.ec2.network_in".to_string()],
                    "AWS/EC2".to_string(),
                ),
            )),
        ]),
        AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewType::METRIC_NAME_FILTER_PREVIEW,
    ));
    let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.PreviewAWSMetricNameFilter", true);
    let api = AWSIntegrationAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .preview_aws_metric_name_filter("aws_account_config_id".to_string(), body)
        .await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to src/main.rs and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comuk1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run
/**
 * Preview AWS metric name filter returns "AWS metric name filter preview result" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
configuration.unstableOperations["v2.previewAWSMetricNameFilter"] = true;
const apiInstance = new v2.AWSIntegrationApi(configuration);

const params: v2.AWSIntegrationApiPreviewAWSMetricNameFilterRequest = {
  body: {
    data: {
      attributes: {
        metricNameFilters: [
          {
            includeOnly: ["aws.ec2.network_in"],
            namespace: "AWS/EC2",
          },
        ],
      },
      type: "metric_name_filter_preview",
    },
  },
  awsAccountConfigId: "aws_account_config_id",
};

apiInstance
  .previewAWSMetricNameFilter(params)
  .then((data: v2.AWSMetricNameFilterPreviewResponse) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));

Instructions

First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.ts and run following commands:

    
DD_SITE="datadoghq.comus3.datadoghq.comus5.datadoghq.comdatadoghq.euap1.datadoghq.comap2.datadoghq.comuk1.datadoghq.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" tsc "example.ts"