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Submit metrics

POSThttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/serieshttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/serieshttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/serieshttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/serieshttps://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/serieshttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/serieshttps://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/serieshttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/serieshttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/series

Overview

The metrics end-point allows you to post time-series data that can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards. The maximum payload size is 500 kilobytes (512000 bytes). Compressed payloads must have a decompressed size of less than 5 megabytes (5242880 bytes).

If you’re submitting metrics directly to the Datadog API without using DogStatsD, expect:

  • 64 bits for the timestamp
  • 64 bits for the value
  • 20 bytes for the metric names
  • 50 bytes for the timeseries
  • The full payload is approximately 100 bytes.

Host name is one of the resources in the Resources field.

Arguments

Header Parameters

Name
Type
Description
Content-Encoding
enum

HTTP header used to compress the media-type.

Default: deflate
Allowed enum values: deflate, zstd1, gzip

Request

Body Data (required)

Field
Type
Description
series [required]
[object]

A list of timeseries to submit to Datadog.

Response

Payload accepted

The payload accepted for intake.

Field
Type
Description
errors
[string]

A list of errors.

Code Example

Submit metrics returns "Payload accepted" response
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ],
      "resources": [
        {
          "name": "dummyhost",
          "type": "host"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ],
      "resources": [
        {
          "name": "dummyhost",
          "type": "host"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ],
      "resources": [
        {
          "name": "dummyhost",
          "type": "host"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ],
      "resources": [
        {
          "name": "dummyhost",
          "type": "host"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ],
      "resources": [
        {
          "name": "dummyhost",
          "type": "host"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ],
      "resources": [
        {
          "name": "dummyhost",
          "type": "host"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ],
      "resources": [
        {
          "name": "dummyhost",
          "type": "host"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ],
      "resources": [
        {
          "name": "dummyhost",
          "type": "host"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ],
      "resources": [
        {
          "name": "dummyhost",
          "type": "host"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
Submit metrics with compression returns "Payload accepted" response
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

printf '%s' "$(cat <<'EOF'
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
)" | python3 -c 'import sys, zlib; sys.stdout.buffer.write(zlib.compress(sys.stdin.buffer.read()))' | curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Content-Encoding: deflate" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
--data-binary @-
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

printf '%s' "$(cat <<'EOF'
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
)" | python3 -c 'import sys, zlib; sys.stdout.buffer.write(zlib.compress(sys.stdin.buffer.read()))' | curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Content-Encoding: deflate" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
--data-binary @-
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

printf '%s' "$(cat <<'EOF'
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
)" | python3 -c 'import sys, zlib; sys.stdout.buffer.write(zlib.compress(sys.stdin.buffer.read()))' | curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Content-Encoding: deflate" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
--data-binary @-
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

printf '%s' "$(cat <<'EOF'
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
)" | python3 -c 'import sys, zlib; sys.stdout.buffer.write(zlib.compress(sys.stdin.buffer.read()))' | curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Content-Encoding: deflate" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
--data-binary @-
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

printf '%s' "$(cat <<'EOF'
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
)" | python3 -c 'import sys, zlib; sys.stdout.buffer.write(zlib.compress(sys.stdin.buffer.read()))' | curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Content-Encoding: deflate" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
--data-binary @-
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

printf '%s' "$(cat <<'EOF'
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
)" | python3 -c 'import sys, zlib; sys.stdout.buffer.write(zlib.compress(sys.stdin.buffer.read()))' | curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Content-Encoding: deflate" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
--data-binary @-
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

printf '%s' "$(cat <<'EOF'
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
)" | python3 -c 'import sys, zlib; sys.stdout.buffer.write(zlib.compress(sys.stdin.buffer.read()))' | curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Content-Encoding: deflate" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
--data-binary @-
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

printf '%s' "$(cat <<'EOF'
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
)" | python3 -c 'import sys, zlib; sys.stdout.buffer.write(zlib.compress(sys.stdin.buffer.read()))' | curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Content-Encoding: deflate" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
--data-binary @-
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com"
export DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>"

printf '%s' "$(cat <<'EOF'
{
  "series": [
    {
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "type": 0,
      "points": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1636629071,
          "value": 0.7
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
EOF
)" | python3 -c 'import sys, zlib; sys.stdout.buffer.write(zlib.compress(sys.stdin.buffer.read()))' | curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/series" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Content-Encoding: deflate" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
--data-binary @-