Get a tag policy

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GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/tag-policies/{policy_id}https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/tag-policies/{policy_id}https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/tag-policies/{policy_id}https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/tag-policies/{policy_id}https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/tag-policies/{policy_id}https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/tag-policies/{policy_id}https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/tag-policies/{policy_id}https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/tag-policies/{policy_id}https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/tag-policies/{policy_id}

Overview

Retrieve a single tag policy by ID. Optionally include the policy’s current compliance score via the include=score query parameter. Policies belonging to other organizations cannot be retrieved.

Arguments

Path Parameters

Name

Type

Description

policy_id [required]

string

The unique identifier of the tag policy.

Query Strings

Name

Type

Description

include

enum

Comma-separated list of related resources to include alongside the policy. Currently the only supported value is score.
Allowed enum values: score

ts_start

integer

Start of the time window used for compliance score computation, as a Unix timestamp in milliseconds.

ts_end

integer

End of the time window used for compliance score computation, as a Unix timestamp in milliseconds. Must be in the past and greater than ts_start.

Response

OK

A single tag policy.

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Field

Type

Description

data [required]

object

A tag policy resource.

attributes [required]

object

The attributes of a tag policy resource.

created_at [required]

date-time

The RFC 3339 timestamp at which the policy was created.

created_by [required]

string

The identifier of the user who created the policy.

deleted_at

date-time

The RFC 3339 timestamp at which the policy was soft-deleted. null if the policy has not been deleted. Only present when include_deleted=true is requested.

deleted_by

string

The identifier of the user who soft-deleted the policy. null if the policy has not been deleted.

enabled [required]

boolean

Whether the policy is currently enforced.

modified_at [required]

date-time

The RFC 3339 timestamp at which the policy was last modified.

modified_by [required]

string

The identifier of the user who last modified the policy.

negated [required]

boolean

When true, the policy matches tag values that do NOT match any of the supplied patterns.

policy_name [required]

string

Human-readable name for the tag policy.

policy_type [required]

enum

How the policy is enforced. blocking rejects telemetry that violates the policy. surfacing only highlights non-compliant telemetry without blocking it. Allowed enum values: blocking,surfacing

required [required]

boolean

When true, telemetry without this tag is treated as a violation.

scope [required]

string

The scope the policy applies within.

source [required]

enum

The telemetry source that a tag policy applies to. Allowed enum values: logs,spans,metrics,rum,feed

tag_key [required]

string

The tag key that the policy governs.

tag_value_patterns [required]

[string]

The patterns that valid values for the tag key must match.

version [required]

int64

A monotonically increasing version counter that is incremented on each update.

id [required]

string

The unique identifier of the tag policy.

relationships

object

Related resources for a tag policy. Only present when the corresponding include query parameter is supplied.

score

object

A relationship to the compliance score resource for this policy.

data [required]

object

Identifier of the related compliance score resource.

id [required]

string

The unique identifier of the related compliance score resource.

type [required]

enum

JSON:API resource type for a tag policy compliance score. Allowed enum values: tag_policy_score

type [required]

enum

JSON:API resource type for a tag policy. Allowed enum values: tag_policy

included

[object]

Related resources fetched alongside the primary tag policies. Populated when an include query parameter is supplied.

attributes [required]

object

Attributes of a tag policy compliance score.

score [required]

double

The compliance score for the policy over the requested time window, as a percentage between 0 and 100. null indicates that no relevant telemetry was found.

ts_end [required]

int64

End of the time window the score was computed over, as a Unix timestamp in milliseconds.

ts_start [required]

int64

Start of the time window the score was computed over, as a Unix timestamp in milliseconds.

version [required]

int64

The version of the tag policy that the score was computed against.

id [required]

string

The unique identifier of the compliance score resource.

type [required]

enum

JSON:API resource type for a tag policy compliance score. Allowed enum values: tag_policy_score

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "created_at": "2026-05-21T22:11:06.108696Z",
      "created_by": "test-user",
      "deleted_at": "2019-09-19T10:00:00.000Z",
      "deleted_by": "string",
      "enabled": true,
      "modified_at": "2026-05-21T22:11:06.108696Z",
      "modified_by": "test-user",
      "negated": false,
      "policy_name": "Service tag must be one of api or web",
      "policy_type": "surfacing",
      "required": true,
      "scope": "env",
      "source": "logs",
      "tag_key": "service",
      "tag_value_patterns": [
        "api",
        "web"
      ],
      "version": 1
    },
    "id": "123",
    "relationships": {
      "score": {
        "data": {
          "id": "123-v1-1779315066097-1779401466097",
          "type": "tag_policy_score"
        }
      }
    },
    "type": "tag_policy"
  },
  "included": [
    {
      "attributes": {
        "score": 80,
        "ts_end": 1779401466097,
        "ts_start": 1779315066097,
        "version": 1
      },
      "id": "123-v1-1779315066097-1779401466097",
      "type": "tag_policy_score"
    }
  ]
}

Bad Request

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

detail

string

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.

meta

object

Non-standard meta-information about the error

source

object

References to the source of the error.

header

string

A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.

parameter

string

A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.

pointer

string

A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.

status

string

Status code of the response.

title

string

Short human-readable summary of the error.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Unauthorized

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

detail

string

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.

meta

object

Non-standard meta-information about the error

source

object

References to the source of the error.

header

string

A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.

parameter

string

A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.

pointer

string

A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.

status

string

Status code of the response.

title

string

Short human-readable summary of the error.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Forbidden

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

detail

string

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.

meta

object

Non-standard meta-information about the error

source

object

References to the source of the error.

header

string

A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.

parameter

string

A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.

pointer

string

A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.

status

string

Status code of the response.

title

string

Short human-readable summary of the error.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Not Found

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

detail

string

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.

meta

object

Non-standard meta-information about the error

source

object

References to the source of the error.

header

string

A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error.

parameter

string

A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.

pointer

string

A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.

status

string

Status code of the response.

title

string

Short human-readable summary of the error.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Too many requests

API error response.

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Field

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

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

Code Example

                  # Path parameters
export policy_id="123"
# 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/v2/tag-policies/${policy_id}" \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \ -H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}"
"""
Get a tag policy returns "OK" response
"""

from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.tag_policies_api import TagPoliciesApi

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.unstable_operations["get_tag_policy"] = True
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = TagPoliciesApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.get_tag_policy(
        policy_id="policy_id",
    )

    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_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" python3 "example.py"
# Get a tag policy returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.unstable_operations["v2.get_tag_policy".to_sym] = true
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::TagPoliciesAPI.new
p api_instance.get_tag_policy("policy_id")

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="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" rb "example.rb"
// Get a tag policy 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() {
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.GetTagPolicy", true)
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewTagPoliciesApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.GetTagPolicy(ctx, "policy_id", *datadogV2.NewGetTagPolicyOptionalParameters())

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

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `TagPoliciesApi.GetTagPolicy`:\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_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" go run "main.go"
// Get a tag policy returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.TagPoliciesApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.TagPolicyResponse;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.getTagPolicy", true);
    TagPoliciesApi apiInstance = new TagPoliciesApi(defaultClient);

    try {
      TagPolicyResponse result = apiInstance.getTagPolicy("123");
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling TagPoliciesApi#getTagPolicy");
      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_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" java "Example.java"
// Get a tag policy returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_tag_policies::GetTagPolicyOptionalParams;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_tag_policies::TagPoliciesAPI;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.GetTagPolicy", true);
    let api = TagPoliciesAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .get_tag_policy(
            "policy_id".to_string(),
            GetTagPolicyOptionalParams::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="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run
/**
 * Get a tag policy returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
configuration.unstableOperations["v2.getTagPolicy"] = true;
const apiInstance = new v2.TagPoliciesApi(configuration);

const params: v2.TagPoliciesApiGetTagPolicyRequest = {
  policyId: "policy_id",
};

apiInstance
  .getTagPolicy(params)
  .then((data: v2.TagPolicyResponse) => {
    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_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" tsc "example.ts"