Edit metric metadata
PUT
https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/metrics/{metric_name}Overview
Edit metadata of a specific metric. Find out more about supported types.
Arguments
Path Parameters
Name
Type
Description
metric_name [required]string
Name of the metric for which to edit metadata.
Request
Body Data (required)
New metadata.
Field
Type
Description
descriptionstring
Metric description.
per_unitstring
Per unit of the metric such as second in bytes per second.
short_namestring
A more human-readable and abbreviated version of the metric name.
statsd_intervalint64
StatsD flush interval of the metric in seconds if applicable.
typestring
Metric type such as gauge or rate.
unitstring
Primary unit of the metric such as byte or operation.
{
"description": "Number of requests received.",
"per_unit": "second",
"type": "count",
"unit": "byte"
}Response
OK
Object with all metric related metadata.
Field
Type
Description
descriptionstring
Metric description.
integrationstring
Name of the integration that sent the metric if applicable.
per_unitstring
Per unit of the metric such as second in bytes per second.
short_namestring
A more human-readable and abbreviated version of the metric name.
statsd_intervalint64
StatsD flush interval of the metric in seconds if applicable.
typestring
Metric type such as gauge or rate.
unitstring
Primary unit of the metric such as byte or operation.
{
"description": "string",
"integration": "string",
"per_unit": "second",
"short_name": "string",
"statsd_interval": "integer",
"type": "count",
"unit": "byte"
}Bad Request
Error response object.
Field
Type
Description
errors [required][string]
Array of errors returned by the API.
{
"errors": [
"Bad Request"
]
}Forbidden
Error response object.
Field
Type
Description
errors [required][string]
Array of errors returned by the API.
{
"errors": [
"Bad Request"
]
}Not Found
Error response object.
Field
Type
Description
errors [required][string]
Array of errors returned by the API.
{
"errors": [
"Bad Request"
]
}Too many requests
Error response object.
Field
Type
Description
errors [required][string]
Array of errors returned by the API.
{
"errors": [
"Bad Request"
]
}Code Example
# Path parameters
export metric_name="CHANGE_ME"
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X PUT "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/metrics/${metric_name}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
"description": "Number of requests received.",
"per_unit": "second",
"type": "count",
"unit": "byte"
}
EOF# Path parameters
export metric_name="CHANGE_ME"
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X PUT "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/metrics/${metric_name}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
"description": "Number of requests received.",
"per_unit": "second",
"type": "count",
"unit": "byte"
}
EOF# Path parameters
export metric_name="CHANGE_ME"
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X PUT "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/metrics/${metric_name}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
"description": "Number of requests received.",
"per_unit": "second",
"type": "count",
"unit": "byte"
}
EOF# Path parameters
export metric_name="CHANGE_ME"
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X PUT "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/metrics/${metric_name}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
"description": "Number of requests received.",
"per_unit": "second",
"type": "count",
"unit": "byte"
}
EOF# Path parameters
export metric_name="CHANGE_ME"
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X PUT "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/metrics/${metric_name}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
"description": "Number of requests received.",
"per_unit": "second",
"type": "count",
"unit": "byte"
}
EOF# Path parameters
export metric_name="CHANGE_ME"
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X PUT "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/metrics/${metric_name}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
"description": "Number of requests received.",
"per_unit": "second",
"type": "count",
"unit": "byte"
}
EOF# Path parameters
export metric_name="CHANGE_ME"
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X PUT "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/metrics/${metric_name}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
"description": "Number of requests received.",
"per_unit": "second",
"type": "count",
"unit": "byte"
}
EOF# Path parameters
export metric_name="CHANGE_ME"
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X PUT "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/metrics/${metric_name}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
"description": "Number of requests received.",
"per_unit": "second",
"type": "count",
"unit": "byte"
}
EOF# Path parameters
export metric_name="CHANGE_ME"
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X PUT "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/metrics/${metric_name}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
"description": "Number of requests received.",
"per_unit": "second",
"type": "count",
"unit": "byte"
}
EOF// Edit metric metadata 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() {
body := datadogV1.MetricMetadata{
PerUnit: datadog.PtrString("second"),
Type: datadog.PtrString("count"),
Unit: datadog.PtrString("byte"),
}
ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, datadog.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"))
configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
api := datadogV1.NewMetricsApi(apiClient)
resp, r, err := api.UpdateMetricMetadata(ctx, "metric_name", body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `MetricsApi.UpdateMetricMetadata`: %v\n", err)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
}
responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", " ")
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `MetricsApi.UpdateMetricMetadata`:\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.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"// Edit metric metadata returns "OK" response
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.api.MetricsApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.model.MetricMetadata;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"));
MetricsApi apiInstance = new MetricsApi(defaultClient);
MetricMetadata body = new MetricMetadata().perUnit("second").type("count").unit("byte");
try {
MetricMetadata result = apiInstance.updateMetricMetadata("metric_name", body);
System.out.println(result);
} catch (ApiException e) {
System.err.println("Exception when calling MetricsApi#updateMetricMetadata");
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.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java""""
Edit metric metadata returns "OK" response
"""
from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v1.api.metrics_api import MetricsApi
from datadog_api_client.v1.model.metric_metadata import MetricMetadata
body = MetricMetadata(
per_unit="second",
type="count",
unit="byte",
)
configuration = Configuration()
configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
api_instance = MetricsApi(api_client)
response = api_instance.update_metric_metadata(metric_name="metric_name", body=body)
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.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"# Edit metric metadata returns "OK" response
require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V1::MetricsAPI.new
body = DatadogAPIClient::V1::MetricMetadata.new({
per_unit: "second",
type: "count",
unit: "byte",
})
p api_instance.update_metric_metadata("metric_name", body)
Instructions
First install the library and its dependencies and then save the example to example.rb and run following commands:
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"// Edit metric metadata returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::api_metrics::MetricsAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::model::MetricMetadata;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
let body = MetricMetadata::new()
.per_unit("second".to_string())
.type_("count".to_string())
.unit("byte".to_string());
let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
let api = MetricsAPI::with_config(configuration);
let resp = api
.update_metric_metadata("metric_name".to_string(), body)
.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.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run/**
* Edit metric metadata returns "OK" response
*/
import { client, v1 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";
const configuration = client.createConfiguration({
authMethods: {
AuthZ: {
accessToken: process.env.DD_BEARER_TOKEN as string,
},
},
});
const apiInstance = new v1.MetricsApi(configuration);
const params: v1.MetricsApiUpdateMetricMetadataRequest = {
body: {
perUnit: "second",
type: "count",
unit: "byte",
},
metricName: "metric_name",
};
apiInstance
.updateMetricMetadata(params)
.then((data: v1.MetricMetadata) => {
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.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"