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Edit metric metadata

PUT https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}

Overview

Edit metadata of a specific metric. Find out more about supported types. This endpoint requires the metrics_metadata_write permission.

Arguments

Path Parameters

Name

Type

Description

metric_name [required]

string

Name of the metric for which to edit metadata.

Request

Body Data (required)

New metadata.

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Field

Type

Description

description

string

Metric description.

integration

string

Name of the integration that sent the metric if applicable.

per_unit

string

Per unit of the metric such as second in bytes per second.

short_name

string

A more human-readable and abbreviated version of the metric name.

statsd_interval

int64

StatsD flush interval of the metric in seconds if applicable.

type

string

Metric type such as gauge or rate.

unit

string

Primary unit of the metric such as byte or operation.

{
  "description": "string",
  "per_unit": "second",
  "short_name": "string",
  "statsd_interval": "integer",
  "type": "count",
  "unit": "byte"
}

Response

OK

Object with all metric related metadata.

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Field

Type

Description

description

string

Metric description.

integration

string

Name of the integration that sent the metric if applicable.

per_unit

string

Per unit of the metric such as second in bytes per second.

short_name

string

A more human-readable and abbreviated version of the metric name.

statsd_interval

int64

StatsD flush interval of the metric in seconds if applicable.

type

string

Metric type such as gauge or rate.

unit

string

Primary unit of the metric such as byte or operation.

{
  "description": "string",
  "integration": "string",
  "per_unit": "second",
  "short_name": "string",
  "statsd_interval": "integer",
  "type": "count",
  "unit": "byte"
}

Bad Request

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"
  ]
}

Not Found

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

                  ## default
# 

# Path parameters
export metric_name="CHANGE_ME"
# Curl command
curl -X PUT "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.datadoghq.com"https://api.us3.datadoghq.com"https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics/${metric_name}" \
-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
{
  "description": "Number of requests received.",
  "per_unit": "second",
  "type": "count",
  "unit": "byte"
}
EOF

                
"""
Edit metric metadata returns "OK" response
"""

from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v1.api.metrics_api import MetricsApi
from datadog_api_client.v1.model.metric_metadata import MetricMetadata

body = MetricMetadata(
    per_unit="second",
    type="count",
    unit="byte",
)

configuration = Configuration()
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = MetricsApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.update_metric_metadata(metric_name="metric_name", 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.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" python3 "example.py"
# Edit metric metadata returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V1::MetricsAPI.new

body = DatadogAPIClient::V1::MetricMetadata.new({
  per_unit: "second",
  type: "count",
  unit: "byte",
})
p api_instance.update_metric_metadata("metric_name", 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.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" rb "example.rb"
// Edit metric metadata 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() {
	body := datadogV1.MetricMetadata{
		PerUnit: datadog.PtrString("second"),
		Type:    datadog.PtrString("count"),
		Unit:    datadog.PtrString("byte"),
	}
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV1.NewMetricsApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.UpdateMetricMetadata(ctx, "metric_name", body)

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

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `MetricsApi.UpdateMetricMetadata`:\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.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" go run "main.go"
// Edit metric metadata returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.api.MetricsApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.model.MetricMetadata;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    MetricsApi apiInstance = new MetricsApi(defaultClient);

    MetricMetadata body = new MetricMetadata().perUnit("second").type("count").unit("byte");

    try {
      MetricMetadata result = apiInstance.updateMetricMetadata("metric_name", body);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling MetricsApi#updateMetricMetadata");
      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.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" java "Example.java"
// Edit metric metadata returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::api_metrics::MetricsAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::model::MetricMetadata;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let body = MetricMetadata::new()
        .per_unit("second".to_string())
        .type_("count".to_string())
        .unit("byte".to_string());
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = MetricsAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .update_metric_metadata("metric_name".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.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run
/**
 * Edit metric metadata returns "OK" response
 */

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

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
const apiInstance = new v1.MetricsApi(configuration);

const params: v1.MetricsApiUpdateMetricMetadataRequest = {
  body: {
    perUnit: "second",
    type: "count",
    unit: "byte",
  },
  metricName: "metric_name",
};

apiInstance
  .updateMetricMetadata(params)
  .then((data: v1.MetricMetadata) => {
    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.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" tsc "example.ts"