For AI agents: A markdown version of this page is available at https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/spans-metrics.md. A documentation index is available at /llms.txt.

Spans Metrics

Manage configuration of span-based metrics for your organization. See Generate Metrics from Spans for more information.

Get all span-based metrics

GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics

Create a span-based metric

POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metricshttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics

Get a span-based metric

GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}

Update a span-based metric

PATCH https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}

Delete a span-based metric

DELETE https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apm/config/metrics/{metric_id}