Authentication

All requests to Datadog’s API must be authenticated. Requests that write data require reporting access and require an API key. Requests that read data require full access and also require an application key.

Note: All Datadog API clients are configured by default to consume Datadog US site APIs. If you are on the Datadog EU site, set the environment variable DATADOG_HOST to https://api.datadoghq.eu or override this value directly when creating your client.

Manage your account’s API and application keys in Datadog, and see the API and Application Keys page in the documentation.

Validate API key

v1 (latest)

GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/validatehttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v1/validatehttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/validatehttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/validatehttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v1/validatehttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/validate

Overview

Check if the API key (not the APP key) is valid. If invalid, a 403 is returned.

Response

Represent validation endpoint responses.

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Field

Type

Description

valid

boolean

Return true if the authentication response is valid.

{
  "valid": true
}

Authentication error

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

                  # Curl command
curl -X GET "https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com"https://api.datadoghq.eu"https://api.ddog-gov.com"https://api.datadoghq.com"https://api.us3.datadoghq.com"https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/validate" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}"

                

"""
Validate API key returns "OK" response
"""

from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v1.api.authentication_api import AuthenticationApi

configuration = Configuration()
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = AuthenticationApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.validate()

    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.comddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" python3 "example.py"

# Validate API key returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V1::AuthenticationAPI.new
p api_instance.validate()

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.comddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" rb "example.rb"

// Validate API key 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.NewAuthenticationApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.Validate(ctx)

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

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `AuthenticationApi.Validate`:\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.comddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" go run "main.go"

// Validate API key returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.api.AuthenticationApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.model.AuthenticationValidationResponse;

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

    try {
      AuthenticationValidationResponse result = apiInstance.validate();
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling AuthenticationApi#validate");
      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.comddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" java "Example.java"

/**
 * Validate API key returns "OK" response
 */

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

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

apiInstance
  .validate()
  .then((data: v1.AuthenticationValidationResponse) => {
    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.comddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" tsc "example.ts"