--- title: Validate budget description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > Cloud Cost Management --- # Validate budget{% #validate-budget %} Copy pageCopied {% tab title="v2" %} | Datadog site | API endpoint | | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/budget/validate | | ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/budget/validate | | app.datadoghq.eu | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/cost/budget/validate | | app.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/cost/budget/validate | | us2.ddog-gov.com | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/cost/budget/validate | | app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/budget/validate | | us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/budget/validate | | us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/budget/validate | ### Overview Validate a budget configuration without creating or modifying it ### Request #### Body Data (required) {% tab title="Model" %} | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data | object | The data object for a budget validation request, containing the resource type, ID, and budget attributes to validate. | | data | attributes | object | The attributes of a budget including all its monthly entries. | | attributes | created_at | int64 | The timestamp when the budget was created. | | attributes | created_by | string | The ID of the user that created the budget. | | attributes | end_month | int64 | The month when the budget ends, in YYYYMM format. | | attributes | entries | [object] | The list of monthly budget entries. | | entries | amount | double | The budgeted amount for this entry. | | entries | month | int64 | The month this budget entry applies to, in YYYYMM format. | | entries | tag_filters | [object] | The list of tag filters that scope this budget entry to specific resources. | | tag_filters | tag_key | string | The tag key to filter on. | | tag_filters | tag_value | string | The tag value to filter on. | | attributes | metrics_query | string | The cost query used to track spending against the budget. | | attributes | name | string | The name of the budget. | | attributes | org_id | int64 | The ID of the organization the budget belongs to. | | attributes | start_month | int64 | The month when the budget starts, in YYYYMM format. | | attributes | total_amount | double | The total budget amount across all entries. | | attributes | updated_at | int64 | The timestamp when the budget was last updated. | | attributes | updated_by | string | The ID of the user that last updated the budget. | | data | id | string | The unique identifier of the budget to validate. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | Budget resource type. Allowed enum values: `budget` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "created_at": "integer", "created_by": "string", "end_month": "integer", "entries": [ { "amount": "number", "month": "integer", "tag_filters": [ { "tag_key": "string", "tag_value": "string" } ] } ], "metrics_query": "string", "name": "string", "org_id": "integer", "start_month": "integer", "total_amount": "number", "updated_at": "integer", "updated_by": "string" }, "id": "string", "type": "budget" } } ``` {% /tab %} ### Response {% tab title="200" %} OK {% tab title="Model" %} The response object for a budget validation request, containing the validation result data. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data | object | The data object for a budget validation response, containing the resource type, ID, and validation attributes. | | data | attributes | object | The attributes of a budget validation response, including any validation errors and the validity status. | | attributes | errors | [string] | A list of validation error messages for the budget. | | attributes | valid | boolean | Whether the budget configuration is valid. | | data | id | string | The unique identifier of the budget being validated. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | Budget validation resource type. Allowed enum values: `budget_validation` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "errors": [], "valid": true }, "id": "budget_validation", "type": "budget_validation" } } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="429" %} Too many requests {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} ### Code Example ##### \## default # \# Curl command curl -X POST "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/budget/validate" \ -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": { "created_at": 1738258683590, "created_by": "00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a", "end_month": 202502, "entries": [ { "amount": 500, "month": 202501, "tag_filters": [ { "tag_key": "service", "tag_value": "ec2" } ] }, { "amount": 500, "month": 202502, "tag_filters": [ { "tag_key": "service", "tag_value": "ec2" } ] } ], "metrics_query": "aws.cost.amortized{service:ec2} by {service}", "name": "my budget", "org_id": 123, "start_month": 202501, "total_amount": 1000, "updated_at": 1738258683590, "updated_by": "00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a" }, "id": "1", "type": "budget" } } EOF ##### ```python """ Validate budget returns "OK" response """ from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration from datadog_api_client.v2.api.cloud_cost_management_api import CloudCostManagementApi from datadog_api_client.v2.model.budget_validation_request import BudgetValidationRequest from datadog_api_client.v2.model.budget_validation_request_data import BudgetValidationRequestData from datadog_api_client.v2.model.budget_with_entries_data_attributes import BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributes from datadog_api_client.v2.model.budget_with_entries_data_attributes_entries_items import ( BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItems, ) from datadog_api_client.v2.model.budget_with_entries_data_attributes_entries_items_tag_filters_items import ( BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItemsTagFiltersItems, ) from datadog_api_client.v2.model.budget_with_entries_data_type import BudgetWithEntriesDataType body = BudgetValidationRequest( data=BudgetValidationRequestData( attributes=BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributes( created_at=1738258683590, created_by="00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a", end_month=202502, entries=[ BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItems( amount=500.0, month=202501, tag_filters=[ BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItemsTagFiltersItems( tag_key="service", tag_value="ec2", ), ], ), BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItems( amount=500.0, month=202502, tag_filters=[ BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItemsTagFiltersItems( tag_key="service", tag_value="ec2", ), ], ), ], metrics_query="aws.cost.amortized{service:ec2} by {service}", name="my budget", org_id=123, start_month=202501, total_amount=1000.0, updated_at=1738258683590, updated_by="00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a", ), id="1", type=BudgetWithEntriesDataType.BUDGET, ), ) configuration = Configuration() with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client: api_instance = CloudCostManagementApi(api_client) response = api_instance.validate_budget(body=body) print(response) ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" python3 "example.py" ##### ```ruby # Validate budget returns "OK" response require "datadog_api_client" api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::CloudCostManagementAPI.new body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::BudgetValidationRequest.new({ data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::BudgetValidationRequestData.new({ attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributes.new({ created_at: 1738258683590, created_by: "00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a", end_month: 202502, entries: [ DatadogAPIClient::V2::BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItems.new({ amount: 500, month: 202501, tag_filters: [ DatadogAPIClient::V2::BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItemsTagFiltersItems.new({ tag_key: "service", tag_value: "ec2", }), ], }), DatadogAPIClient::V2::BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItems.new({ amount: 500, month: 202502, tag_filters: [ DatadogAPIClient::V2::BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItemsTagFiltersItems.new({ tag_key: "service", tag_value: "ec2", }), ], }), ], metrics_query: "aws.cost.amortized{service:ec2} by {service}", name: "my budget", org_id: 123, start_month: 202501, total_amount: 1000, updated_at: 1738258683590, updated_by: "00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a", }), id: "1", type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::BudgetWithEntriesDataType::BUDGET, }), }) p api_instance.validate_budget(body) ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" rb "example.rb" ##### ```go // Validate budget returns "OK" 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.BudgetValidationRequest{ Data: &datadogV2.BudgetValidationRequestData{ Attributes: &datadogV2.BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributes{ CreatedAt: datadog.PtrInt64(1738258683590), CreatedBy: datadog.PtrString("00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a"), EndMonth: datadog.PtrInt64(202502), Entries: []datadogV2.BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItems{ { Amount: datadog.PtrFloat64(500), Month: datadog.PtrInt64(202501), TagFilters: []datadogV2.BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItemsTagFiltersItems{ { TagKey: datadog.PtrString("service"), TagValue: datadog.PtrString("ec2"), }, }, }, { Amount: datadog.PtrFloat64(500), Month: datadog.PtrInt64(202502), TagFilters: []datadogV2.BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItemsTagFiltersItems{ { TagKey: datadog.PtrString("service"), TagValue: datadog.PtrString("ec2"), }, }, }, }, MetricsQuery: datadog.PtrString("aws.cost.amortized{service:ec2} by {service}"), Name: datadog.PtrString("my budget"), OrgId: datadog.PtrInt64(123), StartMonth: datadog.PtrInt64(202501), TotalAmount: datadog.PtrFloat64(1000), UpdatedAt: datadog.PtrInt64(1738258683590), UpdatedBy: datadog.PtrString("00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a"), }, Id: datadog.PtrString("1"), Type: datadogV2.BUDGETWITHENTRIESDATATYPE_BUDGET, }, } ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background()) configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration() apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration) api := datadogV2.NewCloudCostManagementApi(apiClient) resp, r, err := api.ValidateBudget(ctx, body) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `CloudCostManagementApi.ValidateBudget`: %v\n", err) fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r) } responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", " ") fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `CloudCostManagementApi.ValidateBudget`:\n%s\n", responseContent) } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" go run "main.go" ##### ```java // Validate budget returns "OK" response import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient; import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.CloudCostManagementApi; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.BudgetValidationRequest; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.BudgetValidationRequestData; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.BudgetValidationResponse; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributes; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItems; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItemsTagFiltersItems; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.BudgetWithEntriesDataType; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Collections; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient(); CloudCostManagementApi apiInstance = new CloudCostManagementApi(defaultClient); BudgetValidationRequest body = new BudgetValidationRequest() .data( new BudgetValidationRequestData() .attributes( new BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributes() .createdAt(1738258683590L) .createdBy("00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a") .endMonth(202502L) .entries( Arrays.asList( new BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItems() .amount(500.0) .month(202501L) .tagFilters( Collections.singletonList( new BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItemsTagFiltersItems() .tagKey("service") .tagValue("ec2"))), new BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItems() .amount(500.0) .month(202502L) .tagFilters( Collections.singletonList( new BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItemsTagFiltersItems() .tagKey("service") .tagValue("ec2"))))) .metricsQuery("aws.cost.amortized{service:ec2} by {service}") .name("my budget") .orgId(123L) .startMonth(202501L) .totalAmount(1000.0) .updatedAt(1738258683590L) .updatedBy("00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a")) .id("1") .type(BudgetWithEntriesDataType.BUDGET)); try { BudgetValidationResponse result = apiInstance.validateBudget(body); System.out.println(result); } catch (ApiException e) { System.err.println("Exception when calling CloudCostManagementApi#validateBudget"); 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](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" java "Example.java" ##### ```rust // Validate budget returns "OK" response use datadog_api_client::datadog; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_cloud_cost_management::CloudCostManagementAPI; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::BudgetValidationRequest; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::BudgetValidationRequestData; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributes; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItems; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItemsTagFiltersItems; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::BudgetWithEntriesDataType; #[tokio::main] async fn main() { let body = BudgetValidationRequest::new().data( BudgetValidationRequestData::new(BudgetWithEntriesDataType::BUDGET) .attributes( BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributes::new() .created_at(1738258683590) .created_by("00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a".to_string()) .end_month(202502) .entries(vec![ BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItems::new() .amount(500.0 as f64) .month(202501) .tag_filters(vec![ BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItemsTagFiltersItems::new() .tag_key("service".to_string()) .tag_value("ec2".to_string()), ]), BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItems::new() .amount(500.0 as f64) .month(202502) .tag_filters(vec![ BudgetWithEntriesDataAttributesEntriesItemsTagFiltersItems::new() .tag_key("service".to_string()) .tag_value("ec2".to_string()), ]), ]) .metrics_query("aws.cost.amortized{service:ec2} by {service}".to_string()) .name("my budget".to_string()) .org_id(123) .start_month(202501) .total_amount(1000.0 as f64) .updated_at(1738258683590) .updated_by("00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a".to_string()), ) .id("1".to_string()), ); let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new(); let api = CloudCostManagementAPI::with_config(configuration); let resp = api.validate_budget(body).await; if let Ok(value) = resp { println!("{:#?}", value); } else { println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err()); } } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" cargo run ##### ```typescript /** * Validate budget returns "OK" response */ import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client"; const configuration = client.createConfiguration(); const apiInstance = new v2.CloudCostManagementApi(configuration); const params: v2.CloudCostManagementApiValidateBudgetRequest = { body: { data: { attributes: { createdAt: 1738258683590, createdBy: "00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a", endMonth: 202502, entries: [ { amount: 500, month: 202501, tagFilters: [ { tagKey: "service", tagValue: "ec2", }, ], }, { amount: 500, month: 202502, tagFilters: [ { tagKey: "service", tagValue: "ec2", }, ], }, ], metricsQuery: "aws.cost.amortized{service:ec2} by {service}", name: "my budget", orgId: 123, startMonth: 202501, totalAmount: 1000, updatedAt: 1738258683590, updatedBy: "00000000-0a0a-0a0a-aaa0-00000000000a", }, id: "1", type: "budget", }, }, }; apiInstance .validateBudget(params) .then((data: v2.BudgetValidationResponse) => { console.log( "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data) ); }) .catch((error: any) => console.error(error)); ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands: DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" tsc "example.ts" {% /tab %}