Get active metrics list

GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metricshttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metricshttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v1/metricshttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/metricshttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/metricshttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metricshttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metricshttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics

Overview

Get the list of actively reporting metrics from a given time until now. This endpoint requires the metrics_read permission.

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

Arguments

Query Strings

Name

Type

Description

from [required]

integer

Seconds since the Unix epoch.

host

string

Hostname for filtering the list of metrics returned. If set, metrics retrieved are those with the corresponding hostname tag.

tag_filter

string

Filter metrics that have been submitted with the given tags. Supports boolean and wildcard expressions. Cannot be combined with other filters.

Response

OK

Object listing all metric names stored by Datadog since a given time.

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Field

Type

Description

from

string

Time when the metrics were active, seconds since the Unix epoch.

metrics

[string]

List of metric names.

{
  "from": "string",
  "metrics": []
}

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"
  ]
}

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

                  # Required query arguments
export from="CHANGE_ME"
# 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.datadoghq.com"https://api.us3.datadoghq.com"https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics?from=${from}" \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \ -H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}"
"""
Get active metrics list returns "OK" response
"""

from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v1.api.metrics_api import MetricsApi

configuration = Configuration()
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = MetricsApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.list_active_metrics(
        _from=9223372036854775807,
    )

    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="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" python3 "example.py"
# Get active metrics list returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V1::MetricsAPI.new
p api_instance.list_active_metrics(9223372036854775807)

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="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" rb "example.rb"
// Get active metrics list 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())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV1.NewMetricsApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.ListActiveMetrics(ctx, 9223372036854775807, *datadogV1.NewListActiveMetricsOptionalParameters())

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

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `MetricsApi.ListActiveMetrics`:\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="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" go run "main.go"
// Get active metrics list 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.MetricsListResponse;

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

    try {
      MetricsListResponse result = apiInstance.listActiveMetrics(9223372036854775807L);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling MetricsApi#listActiveMetrics");
      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="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" java "Example.java"
from datadog import initialize, api
import time

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

initialize(**options)

# Taking the last 24hours
from_time = int(time.time()) - 60 * 60 * 24 * 1

result = api.Metric.list(from_time)

print(result)

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="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" python "example.py"
// Get active metrics list returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::api_metrics::ListActiveMetricsOptionalParams;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::api_metrics::MetricsAPI;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = MetricsAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .list_active_metrics(
            9223372036854775807,
            ListActiveMetricsOptionalParams::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.comddog-gov.comus2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
/**
 * Get active metrics list returns "OK" response
 */

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

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

const params: v1.MetricsApiListActiveMetricsRequest = {
  from: 9223372036854775807,
};

apiInstance
  .listActiveMetrics(params)
  .then((data: v1.MetricsListResponse) => {
    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="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" tsc "example.ts"