Get a unit cost - Cloud Cost Management

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GEThttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/{unit_cost_id}

Présentation

Retrieve an ROI metric (unit cost) by UUID.

This endpoint requires the cloud_cost_management_read permission.

Arguments

Paramètres du chemin

Name

Type

Description

unit_cost_id [required]

string

The UUID of the unit cost.

Réponse

A response containing a single unit cost.

Champ

Type

Description

data [required]

object

The data object of a unit cost response.

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "created_at": "2026-09-01T18:46:15.933716Z",
      "created_by": "36ea1610-8866-4bd3-bb6d-9bb9fc87cad2",
      "denominator_query": {
        "formulas": [
          []
        ],
        "queries": [
          []
        ]
      },
      "denominator_type": "metrics",
      "description": "Amortized cloud spend divided by the number of active users.",
      "name": "Cloud cost per active user",
      "numerator_query": {
        "formulas": [
          []
        ],
        "queries": [
          []
        ]
      },
      "org_id": 321813,
      "unit_label": "user",
      "updated_at": "2026-09-01T19:52:08.820536Z",
      "updated_by": "13cc0adf-2595-479e-b448-5051c180dddb"
    },
    "id": "64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8",
    "type": "unit_cost"
  }
}

Bad Request

API error response.

Champ

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Forbidden

API error response.

Champ

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Not Found

API error response.

Champ

Type

Description

errors [required]

[object]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}

Too many requests

API error response.

Champ

Type

Description

errors [required]

[string]

A list of errors.

{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}

Exemple de code

Get a unit cost

# Path parameters
export unit_cost_id="64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"

# 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 GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/${unit_cost_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Path parameters
export unit_cost_id="64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"

# 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 GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/${unit_cost_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Path parameters
export unit_cost_id="64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"

# 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 GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/${unit_cost_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Path parameters
export unit_cost_id="64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"

# 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 GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/${unit_cost_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Path parameters
export unit_cost_id="64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"

# 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 GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/${unit_cost_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Path parameters
export unit_cost_id="64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"

# 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 GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/${unit_cost_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Path parameters
export unit_cost_id="64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"

# 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 GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/${unit_cost_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Path parameters
export unit_cost_id="64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"

# 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 GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/${unit_cost_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

# Path parameters
export unit_cost_id="64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"

# 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 GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/cost/unit_costs/${unit_cost_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"

Get a unit cost

// Get a unit cost 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"
	"github.com/google/uuid"
)

func main() {
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, datadog.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"))
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.GetUnitCost", true)
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewCloudCostManagementApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.GetUnitCost(ctx, uuid.MustParse("9b1deb4d-3b7d-4bad-9bdd-2b0d7b3dcb6d"))

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `CloudCostManagementApi.GetUnitCost`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `CloudCostManagementApi.GetUnitCost`:\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"

Get a unit cost

// Get a unit cost returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.CloudCostManagementApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.UnitCostResponse;
import java.util.UUID;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"));
    defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.getUnitCost", true);
    CloudCostManagementApi apiInstance = new CloudCostManagementApi(defaultClient);

    try {
      UnitCostResponse result =
          apiInstance.getUnitCost(UUID.fromString("64aecd58-e355-4f07-9c3a-56ff6bda6cd8"));
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling CloudCostManagementApi#getUnitCost");
      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"

Get a unit cost

"""
Get a unit cost returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.cloud_cost_management_api import CloudCostManagementApi
from uuid import UUID

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
configuration.unstable_operations["get_unit_cost"] = True
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = CloudCostManagementApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.get_unit_cost(
        unit_cost_id=UUID("9b1deb4d-3b7d-4bad-9bdd-2b0d7b3dcb6d"),
    )

    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"

Get a unit cost

# Get a unit cost returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
  config.unstable_operations["v2.get_unit_cost".to_sym] = true
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::CloudCostManagementAPI.new
p api_instance.get_unit_cost("9b1deb4d-3b7d-4bad-9bdd-2b0d7b3dcb6d")

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"

Get a unit cost

// Get a unit cost returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_cloud_cost_management::CloudCostManagementAPI;
use uuid::Uuid;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.get_unit_cost", true);
    let api = CloudCostManagementAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .get_unit_cost(
            Uuid::parse_str("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000").expect("invalid UUID"),
        )
        .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 run

DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run

Get a unit cost

/**
 * Get a unit cost 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.getUnitCost"] = true;
const apiInstance = new v2.CloudCostManagementApi(configuration);

const params: v2.CloudCostManagementApiGetUnitCostRequest = {
  unitCostId: "9b1deb4d-3b7d-4bad-9bdd-2b0d7b3dcb6d",
};

apiInstance
  .getUnitCost(params)
  .then((data: v2.UnitCostResponse) => {
    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"