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GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/hosts/totalshttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v1/hosts/totalshttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v1/hosts/totalshttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/hosts/totalshttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/hosts/totalshttps://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/hosts/totalshttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/hosts/totalshttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v1/hosts/totalshttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/hosts/totals

Overview

This endpoint returns the total number of active and up hosts in your Datadog account. Active means the host has reported in the past hour, and up means it has reported in the past two hours. This endpoint requires the hosts_read permission.

OAuth apps require the hosts_read authorization scope to access this endpoint.

Arguments

Query Strings

Name

Type

Description

from

integer

Number of seconds from which you want to get total number of active hosts.

Response

OK

Total number of host currently monitored by Datadog.

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Field

Type

Description

total_active

int64

Total number of active host (UP and ???) reporting to Datadog.

total_up

int64

Number of host that are UP and reporting to Datadog.

{
  "total_active": "integer",
  "total_up": "integer"
}

Invalid Parameter Error

Error response object.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

Array of errors returned by the API.

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

Forbidden

Error response object.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

Array of errors returned by the API.

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

Too many requests

Error response object.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

Array of errors returned by the API.

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

Code Example

                  # Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

# Curl command
curl -X GET "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/v1/hosts/totals" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

                
"""
Get the total number of active hosts returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v1.api.hosts_api import HostsApi

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = HostsApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.get_host_totals()

    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_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"
# Get the total number of active hosts returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V1::HostsAPI.new
p api_instance.get_host_totals()

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_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"
require 'rubygems'
require 'dogapi'

api_key = '<DATADOG_API_KEY>'
app_key = '<DATADOG_APPLICATION_KEY>'

dog = Dogapi::Client.new(api_key, app_key)

dog.host_totals()

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="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" rb "example.rb"
// Get the total number of active hosts 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/datadogV1"
)

func main() {
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, datadog.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"))
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV1.NewHostsApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.GetHostTotals(ctx, *datadogV1.NewGetHostTotalsOptionalParameters())

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

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `HostsApi.GetHostTotals`:\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_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"
// Get the total number of active hosts returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.api.HostsApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.model.HostTotals;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"));
    HostsApi apiInstance = new HostsApi(defaultClient);

    try {
      HostTotals result = apiInstance.getHostTotals();
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling HostsApi#getHostTotals");
      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_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"
from datadog import initialize, api

options = {
    'api_key': '<DATADOG_API_KEY>',
    'app_key': '<DATADOG_APPLICATION_KEY>'
}

initialize(**options)

api.Hosts.totals()

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="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" python "example.py"
// Get the total number of active hosts returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::api_hosts::GetHostTotalsOptionalParams;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::api_hosts::HostsAPI;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = HostsAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .get_host_totals(GetHostTotalsOptionalParams::default())
        .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="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
/**
 * Get the total number of active hosts returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v1 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration({
  authMethods: {
    AuthZ: {
      accessToken: process.env.DD_BEARER_TOKEN as string,
    },
  },
});
const apiInstance = new v1.HostsApi(configuration);

apiInstance
  .getHostTotals()
  .then((data: v1.HostTotals) => {
    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_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"