---
title: List experiment protocols
description: List draft, published, and archived experiment protocols.
breadcrumbs: Documentación > API > List experiment protocols
---

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/stefon.simmons/docs-astro-web-10435/llms.txt).

# List experiment protocols

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This product or feature is not supported for the following sites: app.ddog-gov.com, us2.ddog-gov.com
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## v2 (latest)

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                   |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| app.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/protocols     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/protocols |
| us5.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/protocols |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | GET https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/experiments/protocols      |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/protocols |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/protocols |
| uk1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/protocols |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/experiments/protocols      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/experiments/protocols  |

### Overview

List draft, published, and archived experiment protocols. Omit filter[status] to return all statuses. Only published protocols can be used to create experiments.

This endpoint requires the `product_analytics_experiments_read` permission.

OAuth apps require the `product_analytics_experiments_read` authorization [scope](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/stefon.simmons/docs-astro-web-10435/es/api/latest/scopes.md#experiments) to access this endpoint.

### Arguments

#### Query Strings

| Field                     | Type    | Description                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| filter[status]            | array   | Filter by protocol status. Repeat this parameter to select more than one status.                                                                                                       |
| filter[primary_metric_id] | string  | Filter by the UUID of the primary metric in the protocol template.                                                                                                                     |
| filter[query]             | string  | Find protocols whose names contain the search text, regardless of case. Leading and trailing spaces are ignored. Blank values apply no filter. The maximum length is 1024 UTF-8 bytes. |
| filter[subject_type_id]   | string  | Filter by the UUID of the subject type in the protocol template.                                                                                                                       |
| page[limit]               | integer | Number of results per page. The default is 25. Values above 50 are reduced to 50.                                                                                                      |
| page[offset]              | integer | Number of results to skip before returning this page.                                                                                                                                  |
| sort                      | string  | Sort by `name`, `subject_type_name`, `primary_metric_name`, or `updated_at`. Prefix with `-` for descending order. The default is `-updated_at`.                                       |

### Response

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{% tab label="200" %}
OK

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{% tab label="Model" %}
List of protocol resources with pagination information.

| Parent field   | Field                   | Type     | Description                                                                                          |
| -------------- | ----------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|                | data [*required*]       | [object] | Resources returned in this response.                                                                 |
| data           | attributes              | object   | Summary of the protocol and its selected subject type and primary metric.                            |
| attributes     | description             | string   | Text that explains the protocol.                                                                     |
| attributes     | name [*required*]       | string   | Display name of the protocol.                                                                        |
| attributes     | primary_metric          | object   | Subject type selected by the protocol.                                                               |
| primary_metric | id                      | string   | ID of the subject type.                                                                              |
| primary_metric | name                    | string   | Display name of the subject type.                                                                    |
| attributes     | primary_metric_id       | string   | ID of the primary metric supplied by the protocol.                                                   |
| attributes     | status [*required*]     | enum     | Publication status of the protocol. Allowed enum values: `DRAFT`, `PUBLISHED`, `ARCHIVED`.           |
| attributes     | subject_type            | object   | Subject type selected by the protocol.                                                               |
| subject_type   | id                      | string   | ID of the subject type.                                                                              |
| subject_type   | name                    | string   | Display name of the subject type.                                                                    |
| attributes     | subject_type_id         | string   | ID of the subject type used by this configuration.                                                   |
| attributes     | updated_at [*required*] | string   | RFC3339 update time. Preserve all fractional seconds when passing this value as expected_updated_at. |
| data           | id [*required*]         | uuid     | ID of the protocol.                                                                                  |
| data           | type [*required*]       | enum     | Protocols resource type. Allowed enum values: `protocols`. Default: `protocols`.                     |
|                | links                   | object   | Links for navigating a paginated result set.                                                         |
| links          | first                   | string   | URL of the first page of results.                                                                    |
| links          | last                    | string   | URL of the last page of results.                                                                     |
| links          | next                    | string   | URL of the next page of results.                                                                     |
| links          | prev                    | string   | URL of the previous page of results.                                                                 |
| links          | self                    | string   | URL of the current page of results.                                                                  |
|                | meta                    | object   | Pagination information for a list response.                                                          |
| meta           | page                    | object   | Result counts and offsets for a page of results.                                                     |
| page           | first_offset            | int64    | Offset of the first page of results.                                                                 |
| page           | last_offset             | int64    | Offset of the last page of results.                                                                  |
| page           | limit                   | int64    | Maximum number of results returned in one page.                                                      |
| page           | next_offset             | int64    | Offset of the next page of results.                                                                  |
| page           | offset                  | int64    | Number of results skipped before this page.                                                          |
| page           | prev_offset             | int64    | Offset of the previous page of results.                                                              |
| page           | total                   | int64    | Total number of matching results across all pages.                                                   |
| page           | type                    | string   | Pagination method used for this result set.                                                          |
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{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "attributes": {
        "description": "string",
        "name": "Checkout conversion",
        "primary_metric": {
          "id": "string",
          "name": "string"
        },
        "primary_metric_id": "string",
        "status": "PUBLISHED",
        "subject_type": {
          "id": "string",
          "name": "string"
        },
        "subject_type_id": "string",
        "updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"
      },
      "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
      "type": "protocols"
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "first": "string",
    "last": "string",
    "next": "string",
    "prev": "string",
    "self": "string"
  },
  "meta": {
    "page": {
      "first_offset": "integer",
      "last_offset": "integer",
      "limit": "integer",
      "next_offset": "integer",
      "offset": "integer",
      "prev_offset": "integer",
      "total": "integer",
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
```
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{% tab label="400" %}
Bad Request

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{% tab label="Model" %}
API error response.

| Parent field | Field               | Type     | Description                                                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors.                                                               |
| errors       | detail              | string   | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.          |
| errors       | meta                | object   | Non-standard meta-information about the error                                   |
| errors       | source              | object   | References to the source of the error.                                          |
| source       | header              | string   | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. |
| source       | parameter           | string   | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.                 |
| source       | pointer             | string   | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.      |
| errors       | status              | string   | Status code of the response.                                                    |
| errors       | title               | string   | Short human-readable summary of the error.                                      |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="401" %}
Unauthorized

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
API error response.

| Parent field | Field               | Type     | Description                                                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors.                                                               |
| errors       | detail              | string   | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.          |
| errors       | meta                | object   | Non-standard meta-information about the error                                   |
| errors       | source              | object   | References to the source of the error.                                          |
| source       | header              | string   | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. |
| source       | parameter           | string   | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.                 |
| source       | pointer             | string   | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.      |
| errors       | status              | string   | Status code of the response.                                                    |
| errors       | title               | string   | Short human-readable summary of the error.                                      |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
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{% tab label="403" %}
Forbidden

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
API error response.

| Parent field | Field               | Type     | Description                                                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors.                                                               |
| errors       | detail              | string   | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.          |
| errors       | meta                | object   | Non-standard meta-information about the error                                   |
| errors       | source              | object   | References to the source of the error.                                          |
| source       | header              | string   | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. |
| source       | parameter           | string   | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.                 |
| source       | pointer             | string   | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.      |
| errors       | status              | string   | Status code of the response.                                                    |
| errors       | title               | string   | Short human-readable summary of the error.                                      |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}
```
{% /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 %}
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{% /tabs %}

### Code Example

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{% 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="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/experiments/protocols" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Go" %}
```go
// List experiment protocols 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()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewExperimentsApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.ListExperimentProtocols(ctx, *datadogV2.NewListExperimentProtocolsOptionalParameters())

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

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `ExperimentsApi.ListExperimentProtocols`:\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="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Java" %}
```java
// List experiment protocols returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.ExperimentsApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.ExperimentsPublicProtocolListResponseArray;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"));
    ExperimentsApi apiInstance = new ExperimentsApi(defaultClient);

    try {
      ExperimentsPublicProtocolListResponseArray result = apiInstance.listExperimentProtocols();
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling ExperimentsApi#listExperimentProtocols");
      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="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Python" %}
```python
"""
List experiment protocols returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.experiments_api import ExperimentsApi

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = ExperimentsApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.list_experiment_protocols()

    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="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Ruby" %}
```ruby
# List experiment protocols returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::ExperimentsAPI.new
p api_instance.list_experiment_protocols()
```

#### 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="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Rust" %}
```rust
// List experiment protocols returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_experiments::ExperimentsAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_experiments::ListExperimentProtocolsOptionalParams;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = ExperimentsAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .list_experiment_protocols(ListExperimentProtocolsOptionalParams::default())
        .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_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
