---
title: List metric collections
description: List metric collections for the organization. Collections are reusable ordered metric sets; attaching one to an experiment creates an independent snapshot.
breadcrumbs: ドキュメント > API > List metric collections
---

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

# List metric collections

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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/metric-collections     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/metric-collections |
| us5.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/metric-collections |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | GET https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/experiments/metric-collections      |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/metric-collections |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/metric-collections |
| uk1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/experiments/metric-collections |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/experiments/metric-collections      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/experiments/metric-collections  |

### Overview

List metric collections for the organization. Collections are reusable ordered metric sets; attaching one to an experiment creates an independent snapshot.

This endpoint requires the `product_analytics_metrics_read` permission.

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

### Arguments

#### Query Strings

| Field        | Type    | Description                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| include      | array   | Optional fields to include. Repeat this parameter to request several fields. `counts` adds metric_count.                                                                                 |
| 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.                                                                                                                                    |
| search       | string  | Find collections 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. |
| sort         | string  | Sort by one field: `name`, `created_at`, or `updated_at`. Prefix with `-` for descending order. The default is `-created_at`.                                                            |

### Response

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{% tab label="200" %}
OK

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

| Parent field | Field             | Type      | Description                                                                                                 |
| ------------ | ----------------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | data [*required*] | [object]  | Resources returned in this response.                                                                        |
| data         | attributes        | object    | Details of the metric collection.                                                                           |
| attributes   | created_at        | date-time | Time when this resource was created.                                                                        |
| attributes   | description       | string    | Text that explains the metric collection.                                                                   |
| attributes   | is_guardrail      | boolean   | Whether the collection is used for guardrail metrics.                                                       |
| attributes   | metric_count      | int64     | Number of metrics in this collection.                                                                       |
| attributes   | metrics           | [object]  | Metrics included in this collection.                                                                        |
| metrics      | metric_id         | string    | ID of the metric represented by this entry.                                                                 |
| metrics      | metric_name       | string    | Display name of the metric represented by this entry.                                                       |
| attributes   | name              | string    | Display name of the metric collection.                                                                      |
| attributes   | updated_at        | date-time | Time when this resource was last updated.                                                                   |
| data         | id [*required*]   | uuid      | ID of the metric collection.                                                                                |
| data         | type [*required*] | enum      | Metric collections resource type. Allowed enum values: `metric-collections`. Default: `metric-collections`. |
|              | 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.                                                                 |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "attributes": {
        "created_at": "2019-09-19T10:00:00.000Z",
        "description": "string",
        "is_guardrail": false,
        "metric_count": "integer",
        "metrics": [
          {
            "metric_id": "string",
            "metric_name": "string"
          }
        ],
        "name": "string",
        "updated_at": "2019-09-19T10:00:00.000Z"
      },
      "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440023",
      "type": "metric-collections"
    }
  ],
  "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 %}
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{% 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 %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% 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 %}
{% /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="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

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

{% tab label="Go" %}
```go
// List metric collections 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.ListMetricCollections(ctx, *datadogV2.NewListMetricCollectionsOptionalParameters())

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

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `ExperimentsApi.ListMetricCollections`:\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 metric collections 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.ExperimentsMetricCollectionV2DTOArray;

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 {
      ExperimentsMetricCollectionV2DTOArray result = apiInstance.listMetricCollections();
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling ExperimentsApi#listMetricCollections");
      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 metric collections 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_metric_collections()

    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 metric collections 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_metric_collections()
```

#### 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 metric collections returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_experiments::ExperimentsAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_experiments::ListMetricCollectionsOptionalParams;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = ExperimentsAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .list_metric_collections(ListMetricCollectionsOptionalParams::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 %}
