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title: APIContext
description: Collect API conformance alerts as Datadog events
breadcrumbs: Docs > Integrations > APIContext
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# APIContext
Supported OS Integration version1.0.0   Example Conformance Summary from APIContextExample Dashboard for API Conformance Events, for Governance teams.Example Dashboard for API Conformance Events, for SRE teams.
## Overview{% #overview %}

APIContext monitors your APIs for conformance with OpenAPI Specifications (OAS), and open standards such as OAuth, OpenID Connect, FAPI (Financial-grade API), and FDX (Financial Data Exchange). When it detects a nonconformance, such as a schema mismatch, authentication failure, or unexpected response behavior, APIContext sends a real-time alert to Datadog as an [event](https://docs.datadoghq.com/service_management/events/).

Integrating APIContext with Datadog provides centralized visibility into API health, which helps accelerate remediation, improve system reliability, and maintain trust with internal and external API consumers.

Key benefits:

- Detect API drift and contract violations in real-time
- Route conformance issues into Datadog for unified incident management
- Maintain compliance with open standards and custom rules
- Reduce time to resolution by surfacing actionable, API-specific insights

## Setup{% #setup %}

To send APIContext events to Datadog:

1. In Datadog, navigate to **Integrations**, select the APIContext tile, and click **Install Integration**.
1. Click **Connect Accounts** to begin authorization. You are redirected to APIContext to complete the setup.
1. In APIContext, navigate to **Alerts & Webhooks** and click **Add new alert**.
1. From the dropdown menu, select **Datadog (Conformance Events)**, and name your Event.
1. (Optional) By default, only conformance failures are sent to Datadog. To also send conformance passes, adjust the toggle switch under **Trigger Alerts**.
1. Click **Save**.

For detailed UI steps, see the APIContext setup guide for [sending metrics to Datadog] ([https://docs.apimetrics.io/docs/export-to-datadog)](https://docs.apimetrics.io/docs/export-to-datadog%29).

### Validation{% #validation %}

Wait up to 24 hours for APIContext to run new checks [or manually trigger a new check](https://docs.apimetrics.io/docs/export-to-datadog#validation).

## Uninstallation{% #uninstallation %}

### In APIContext{% #in-apicontext %}

1. Go to **Alerts and Webhooks**.
1. Select the existing alert with the **Datadog (Conformance Events)** type.
1. In the alert tile, click **Delete**.

### In Datadog{% #in-datadog %}

In Datadog, go to **Integrations**, select the APIContext tile, and click **Uninstall Integration**.

**Note**: Uninstalling the integration revokes any existing authorizations. To confirm that all API keys associated with this integration have been disabled, search for the integration name on the [API Keys management page](https://app.datadoghq.com/organization-settings/api-keys?filter=APIContext).

## Support{% #support %}

Need help? Contact [APIContext support](mailto:support@apicontext.com) or visit [https://apicontext.com/support](https://app.datadoghq.com/url).