--- title: Get all monitor user templates description: Retrieve all monitor user templates. breadcrumbs: Docs > API > Get all monitor user templates --- > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/jen.gilbert/astro-base/llms.txt). # Get all monitor user templates ## v2 (latest) {% alert level="warning" %} **Note**: This endpoint is in Preview. If you have any feedback, contact [Datadog support](https://docs.datadoghq.com/help.md). {% /alert %} | Datadog site | API endpoint | | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | | app.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/monitor/template | | us3.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/monitor/template | | us5.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/monitor/template | | app.datadoghq.eu | GET https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/monitor/template | | ap1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/monitor/template | | ap2.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/monitor/template | | uk1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/monitor/template | | app.ddog-gov.com | GET https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/monitor/template | | us2.ddog-gov.com | GET https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/monitor/template | ### Overview Retrieve all monitor user templates. This endpoint requires the `monitors_read` permission. OAuth apps require the `monitors_read` authorization [scope](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/jen.gilbert/astro-base/api/latest/scopes.md#monitors) to access this endpoint. ### Response {% tabs %} {% tab label="200" %} OK {% tabs %} {% tab label="Model" %} Response for retrieving all monitor user templates. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------ | ------------------ | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | data | [object] | An array of monitor user templates. | | data | attributes | object | Attributes for a monitor user template. | | attributes | created | date-time | The created timestamp of the template. Read-only. | | attributes | description | string | A brief description of the monitor user template. | | attributes | modified | date-time | The last modified timestamp. When the template version was created. Read-only. | | attributes | monitor_definition | object | A valid monitor definition in the same format as the [V1 Monitor API](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/monitors.md#create-a-monitor). | | attributes | tags | [string] | The definition of `MonitorUserTemplateTags` object. | | attributes | template_variables | [object] | The definition of `MonitorUserTemplateTemplateVariables` object. | | template_variables | available_values | [string] | Available values for the variable. | | template_variables | defaults | [string] | Default values of the template variable. | | template_variables | name [*required*] | string | The name of the template variable. | | template_variables | tag_key | string | The tag key associated with the variable. This works the same as dashboard template variables. | | attributes | title | string | The title of the monitor user template. | | attributes | version | int64 | The version of the monitor user template. Read-only. | | data | id | string | The unique identifier. | | data | type | enum | Monitor user template resource type. Allowed enum values: `monitor-user-template`. Default: `monitor-user-template`. | {% /tab %} {% tab label="Example" %} ```json { "data": [ { "attributes": { "created": "2024-01-02T03:04:23.274966+00:00", "description": "This is a template for monitoring user activity.", "modified": "2024-02-02T03:04:23.274966+00:00", "monitor_definition": { "message": "You may need to add web hosts if this is consistently high.", "name": "Bytes received on host0", "query": "avg(last_5m):sum:system.net.bytes_rcvd{host:host0} > 100", "type": "query alert" }, "tags": [ "product:Our Custom App", "integration:Azure" ], "template_variables": [ { "available_values": [ "value1", "value2" ], "defaults": [ "defaultValue" ], "name": "regionName", "tag_key": "datacenter" } ], "title": "Postgres CPU Monitor", "version": 0 }, "id": "00000000-0000-1234-0000-000000000000", "type": "monitor-user-template" } ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tabs %} {% /tab %} {% tab label="429" %} Too many requests {% tabs %} {% tab label="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------- | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab label="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tabs %} {% /tab %} {% /tabs %} ### Code Example {% tabs %} {% tab label="Curl" %} ```bash # Set your Datadog site and credentials export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" # Or us3.datadoghq.com, us5.datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu, ap1.datadoghq.com, ap2.datadoghq.com, uk1.datadoghq.com, ddog-gov.com, us2.ddog-gov.com # Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="" curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/monitor/template" \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" ``` {% /tab %} {% tab label="Go" %} ```go // Get all monitor user templates 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/datadogV2" ) func main() { ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background()) ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, datadog.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN")) configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration() configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.ListMonitorUserTemplates", true) apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration) api := datadogV2.NewMonitorsApi(apiClient) resp, r, err := api.ListMonitorUserTemplates(ctx) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `MonitorsApi.ListMonitorUserTemplates`: %v\n", err) fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r) } responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", " ") fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `MonitorsApi.ListMonitorUserTemplates`:\n%s\n", responseContent) } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands: ```bash DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="" go run "main.go" ``` {% /tab %} {% tab label="Java" %} ```java // Get all monitor user templates returns "OK" response import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient; import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.MonitorsApi; import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.MonitorUserTemplateListResponse; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient(); defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN")); defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.listMonitorUserTemplates", true); MonitorsApi apiInstance = new MonitorsApi(defaultClient); try { MonitorUserTemplateListResponse result = apiInstance.listMonitorUserTemplates(); System.out.println(result); } catch (ApiException e) { System.err.println("Exception when calling MonitorsApi#listMonitorUserTemplates"); 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](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands: ```bash DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="" java "Example.java" ``` {% /tab %} {% tab label="Python" %} ```python """ Get all monitor user templates returns "OK" response """ from os import environ from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration from datadog_api_client.v2.api.monitors_api import MonitorsApi configuration = Configuration() configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"] configuration.unstable_operations["list_monitor_user_templates"] = True with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client: api_instance = MonitorsApi(api_client) response = api_instance.list_monitor_user_templates() print(response) ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands: ```bash DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="" python3 "example.py" ``` {% /tab %} {% tab label="Ruby" %} ```ruby # Get all monitor user templates returns "OK" response require "datadog_api_client" DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config| config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"] config.unstable_operations["v2.list_monitor_user_templates".to_sym] = true end api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::MonitorsAPI.new p api_instance.list_monitor_user_templates() ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands: ```bash DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="" rb "example.rb" ``` {% /tab %} {% tab label="Rust" %} ```rust // Get all monitor user templates returns "OK" response use datadog_api_client::datadog; use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_monitors::MonitorsAPI; #[tokio::main] async fn main() { let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new(); configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.list_monitor_user_templates", true); let api = MonitorsAPI::with_config(configuration); let resp = api.list_monitor_user_templates().await; if let Ok(value) = resp { println!("{:#?}", value); } else { println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err()); } } ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands: ```bash DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="" DD_APP_KEY="" cargo run ``` {% /tab %} {% tab label="TypeScript" %} ```typescript /** * Get all monitor user templates returns "OK" response */ import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client"; const configuration = client.createConfiguration({ authMethods: { AuthZ: { accessToken: process.env.DD_BEARER_TOKEN as string, }, }, }); configuration.unstableOperations["v2.listMonitorUserTemplates"] = true; const apiInstance = new v2.MonitorsApi(configuration); apiInstance .listMonitorUserTemplates() .then((data: v2.MonitorUserTemplateListResponse) => { console.log( "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data) ); }) .catch((error: any) => console.error(error)); ``` #### Instructions First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands: ```bash DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="" tsc "example.ts" ``` {% /tab %} {% /tabs %}