Get entity context
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GET
https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_contexthttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_contexthttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_contexthttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_contexthttps://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_contexthttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_contexthttps://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_contexthttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_contexthttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_contextOverview
Search the Cloud SIEM entity context store for entities that match a query, and return the historical
revisions of each entity in the requested time range. The endpoint can either return revisions across an
interval (from / to) or the snapshot of each entity at a single point in time (as_of); the two modes
are mutually exclusive.
OAuth apps require the siem_entities_read authorization scope to access this endpoint.
Arguments
Query Strings
Name
Type
Description
querystring
A free-text query (for example, an email address or principal ID) used to filter the entities returned.
entity_typeenum
The type of entity to retrieve. Only siem_entity_identity is currently supported.
Defaults to siem_entity_identity.
siem_entity_identityAllowed enum values:
siem_entity_identityfromstring
The start of the time range to query, as an RFC3339 timestamp or a relative time (for example, now-7d).
Defaults to now-7d. Ignored when as_of is set.
now-7dtostring
The end of the time range to query, as an RFC3339 timestamp or a relative time (for example, now).
Defaults to now. Ignored when as_of is set.
nowas_ofstring
A point in time at which to query the entity revisions, as an RFC3339 timestamp, a Unix timestamp
(in seconds), or a relative time (for example, now-1d). When set, from and to are ignored.
Cannot be combined with custom from / to values.
limitinteger
The maximum number of entities to return.
250page_tokenstring
An opaque token used to fetch the next page of results, as returned in meta.page.next_token of a previous response.
Response
OK
Response from the entity context endpoint, containing the matching entities and pagination metadata.
Field
Type
Description
data [required][object]
The list of entities matching the query.
attributes [required]object
The attributes of an entity context entry, grouping all the historical revisions of the entity.
revisions [required][object]
The historical revisions of the entity, ordered chronologically.
attributes [required]object
The set of attributes recorded for the entity at this revision. The keys depend on the kind of entity.
first_seen_at [required]date-time
The first time the entity was observed at this revision.
last_seen_at [required]date-time
The last time the entity was observed at this revision.
id [required]string
The unique identifier of the entity.
type [required]string
The type of the entity. Reflects the underlying entity kind from the entity context store
(for example, siem_entity_identity for identities). Defaults to entity when the kind is unknown.
entitymeta [required]object
Metadata returned alongside the entity context response.
page [required]object
Pagination metadata for the entity context response.
next_token [required]string
An opaque token to pass as page_token in a subsequent request to retrieve the next page of results. Empty when there are no more results.
total_count [required]int32
The total number of entities matching the query, irrespective of pagination.
{
"data": [
{
"attributes": {
"revisions": [
{
"attributes": {
"accounts": [
"linked-account-123"
],
"display_name": "Test User",
"email": "user@example.com",
"principal_id": "user@example.com"
},
"first_seen_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z",
"last_seen_at": "2026-05-01T00:00:00Z"
}
]
},
"id": "user@example.com",
"type": "siem_entity_identity"
}
],
"meta": {
"page": {
"next_token": ""
},
"total_count": 1
}
}Bad Request
API error response.
Field
Type
Description
errors [required][string]
A list of errors.
{
"errors": [
"Bad Request"
]
}Not Authorized
API error response.
Field
Type
Description
errors [required][string]
A list of errors.
{
"errors": [
"Bad Request"
]
}Too many requests
API error response.
Field
Type
Description
errors [required][string]
A list of errors.
{
"errors": [
"Bad Request"
]
}Code Example
# 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/security_monitoring/entity_context" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_context" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_context" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_context" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_context" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_context" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_context" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_context" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/security_monitoring/entity_context" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"// Get entity context 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.GetEntityContext", true)
apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
api := datadogV2.NewSecurityMonitoringApi(apiClient)
resp, r, err := api.GetEntityContext(ctx, *datadogV2.NewGetEntityContextOptionalParameters())
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `SecurityMonitoringApi.GetEntityContext`: %v\n", err)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
}
responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", " ")
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `SecurityMonitoringApi.GetEntityContext`:\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 entity context returns "OK" response
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.SecurityMonitoringApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.EntityContextResponse;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"));
defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.getEntityContext", true);
SecurityMonitoringApi apiInstance = new SecurityMonitoringApi(defaultClient);
try {
EntityContextResponse result = apiInstance.getEntityContext();
System.out.println(result);
} catch (ApiException e) {
System.err.println("Exception when calling SecurityMonitoringApi#getEntityContext");
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 entity context returns "OK" response
"""
from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.security_monitoring_api import SecurityMonitoringApi
configuration = Configuration()
configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
configuration.unstable_operations["get_entity_context"] = True
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
api_instance = SecurityMonitoringApi(api_client)
response = api_instance.get_entity_context()
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 entity context returns "OK" response
require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
config.unstable_operations["v2.get_entity_context".to_sym] = true
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringAPI.new
p api_instance.get_entity_context()
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 entity context returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_security_monitoring::GetEntityContextOptionalParams;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_security_monitoring::SecurityMonitoringAPI;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.get_entity_context", true);
let api = SecurityMonitoringAPI::with_config(configuration);
let resp = api
.get_entity_context(GetEntityContextOptionalParams::default())
.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="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="datadoghq.eu" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo runDD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run/**
* Get entity context 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.getEntityContext"] = true;
const apiInstance = new v2.SecurityMonitoringApi(configuration);
apiInstance
.getEntityContext()
.then((data: v2.EntityContextResponse) => {
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"