Datadog Metrics

Get metric metadata

Get metadata about a specific metric.

Inputs

Field

Type

Description

metric_name [required]

string

Name of the metric for which to get metadata.

Outputs

Field

Type

Description

type

string

Metric type such as gauge or rate.

description

string

Metric description.

short_name

string

A more human-readable and abbreviated version of the metric name.

integration

string

Name of the integration that sent the metric if applicable.

statsd_interval

number

StatsD flush interval of the metric in seconds if applicable.

unit

string

Primary unit of the metric such as byte or operation.

per_unit

string

Per unit of the metric such as second in bytes per second.

url

string

The URL of the metric.