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Submit distribution points

POSThttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/distribution_pointshttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v1/distribution_pointshttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/distribution_pointshttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v1/distribution_pointshttps://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/distribution_pointshttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v1/distribution_pointshttps://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/distribution_pointshttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/distribution_pointshttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/distribution_points

Overview

The distribution points end-point allows you to post distribution data that can be graphed on Datadog’s dashboards.

Arguments

Header Parameters

Name
Type
Description
Content-Encoding
enum

HTTP header used to compress the media-type.

Allowed enum values: deflate

Request

Body Data (required)

Field
Type
Description
series [required]
[object]

A list of distribution points series to submit to Datadog.

Response

Payload accepted

The payload accepted for intake.

Field
Type
Description
status
string

The status of the intake payload.

Code Example

# 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/v1/distribution_points" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "host": "test.example.com",
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "points": [
        [
          1636629071,
          [
            1,
            2
          ]
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "environment:test"
      ],
      "type": "distribution"
    }
  ]
}
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/v1/distribution_points" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "host": "test.example.com",
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "points": [
        [
          1636629071,
          [
            1,
            2
          ]
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "environment:test"
      ],
      "type": "distribution"
    }
  ]
}
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/v1/distribution_points" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "host": "test.example.com",
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "points": [
        [
          1636629071,
          [
            1,
            2
          ]
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "environment:test"
      ],
      "type": "distribution"
    }
  ]
}
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/v1/distribution_points" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "host": "test.example.com",
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "points": [
        [
          1636629071,
          [
            1,
            2
          ]
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "environment:test"
      ],
      "type": "distribution"
    }
  ]
}
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/v1/distribution_points" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "host": "test.example.com",
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "points": [
        [
          1636629071,
          [
            1,
            2
          ]
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "environment:test"
      ],
      "type": "distribution"
    }
  ]
}
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/v1/distribution_points" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "host": "test.example.com",
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "points": [
        [
          1636629071,
          [
            1,
            2
          ]
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "environment:test"
      ],
      "type": "distribution"
    }
  ]
}
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/v1/distribution_points" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "host": "test.example.com",
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "points": [
        [
          1636629071,
          [
            1,
            2
          ]
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "environment:test"
      ],
      "type": "distribution"
    }
  ]
}
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/v1/distribution_points" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "host": "test.example.com",
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "points": [
        [
          1636629071,
          [
            1,
            2
          ]
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "environment:test"
      ],
      "type": "distribution"
    }
  ]
}
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/v1/distribution_points" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "series": [
    {
      "host": "test.example.com",
      "metric": "system.load.1",
      "points": [
        [
          1636629071,
          [
            1,
            2
          ]
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "environment:test"
      ],
      "type": "distribution"
    }
  ]
}
EOF