API Reference

The Datadog API is an HTTP REST API. The API uses resource-oriented URLs to call the API, uses status codes to indicate the success or failure of requests, returns JSON from all requests, and uses standard HTTP response codes. Use the Datadog API to access the Datadog platform programmatically.

Getting started

Authenticate to the API with an API key using the header DD-API-KEY. For some endpoints, you also need an Application key, which uses the header DD-APPLICATION-KEY.

To try out the API

Note: To authenticate to the Datadog API through Postman, add your Datadog API and Application key values to the Collection variables of the Datadog API collection.

Using the API is a guide to the endpoints.

Notes:

Add your API and application key values to the Variables tab of the Datadog API Collection.
cURL code examples assume usage of BASH and GNU coreutils. On macOS, you can install coreutils with the Homebrew package manager: brew install coreutils

Client libraries

By default, the Datadog API Docs show examples in cURL. Select one of our official client libraries languages in each endpoint to see code examples from that library. To install each library:

Installation

Maven - Add this dependency to your project’s POM:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.datadoghq</groupId>
  <artifactId>datadog-api-client</artifactId>
  <version>2.41.0</version>
  <scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>

Gradle - Add this dependency to your project’s build file:

compile "com.datadoghq:datadog-api-client:2.41.0"

Usage

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.Configuration;
import com.datadog.api.<VERSION>.client.api.*;
import com.datadog.api.<VERSION>.client.model.*;

Note: Replace <VERSION> with v1 or v2, depending on which endpoints you want to use.

Examples

Maven pom.xml for running examples:

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com.example</groupId>
  <artifactId>example</artifactId>
  <version>1</version>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.datadoghq</groupId>
      <artifactId>datadog-api-client</artifactId>
      <version>2.41.0</version>
      <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>

Make sure that CLASSPATH variable contains all dependencies.

export CLASSPATH=$(mvn -q exec:exec -Dexec.executable=echo -Dexec.args="%classpath")

Gradle build.gradle for running examples:

plugins {
    id 'java'
    id 'application'
}

repositories {
    jcenter()
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.datadoghq:datadog-api-client:2.41.0'
}

application {
    mainClassName = 'Example.java'
}

Execute example by running gradle run command.

Installationpip install datadog
Usageimport datadog

Installationpip3 install datadog-api-client
Usageimport datadog_api_client

Installationgem install dogapi
Usagerequire 'dogapi'

Installationgem install datadog_api_client -v 2.40.0
Usagerequire 'datadog_api_client'

Installation

go mod init main && go get github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog

Usage

import (
        "github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
        "github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog<VERSION>"
)

Note: Replace <VERSION> with V1 or V2, depending on which endpoints you want to use.

Installation

The package is under @datadog/datadog-api-client and can be installed through NPM or Yarn:

# NPM
npm install @datadog/datadog-api-client

# Yarn
yarn add @datadog/datadog-api-client

Usage

import { <VERSION> } from 'datadog-api-client';

Note: Replace <VERSION> with v1 or v2, depending on which endpoints you want to use.

Installation

Run cargo add datadog-api-client, or add the following to Cargo.toml under [dependencies]:

datadog-api-client = "0"

Usage

Try the following snippet to validate your Datadog API key:

use datadog_api_client::datadog::Configuration;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::api_authentication::AuthenticationAPI;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let configuration = Configuration::new();
    let api = AuthenticationAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api.validate().await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}