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Datadog Active API

The Active API from Datadog — 3 operation(s) for active.

Datadog Active API is one of 290 APIs that Datadog publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Active. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, an API reference, and 4 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 21 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://{subdomain}.{site}, {protocol}://{name}, https://{subdomain}.{site}.

3 operations 3 paths 21 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.datadoghq.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, API Key, API Key, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 4

Datadog Active API declares 4 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (AuthZ) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 68 scopes. An API key is passed in the header as DD-API-KEY (apiKeyAuth). An API key is passed in the header as DD-APPLICATION-KEY (appKeyAuth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • AuthZ — This API uses OAuth 2 with the implicit grant flow.
  • apiKeyAuth — Your Datadog API Key.
  • appKeyAuth — Your Datadog APP Key.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Active 3
GET
/api/v2/cost_by_tag/active_billing_dimensions
Datadog Get Active Billing Dimensions for Cost Attribution
GetActiveBillingDimensions → 200400403429
GET
/api/v2/metrics/{metric_name}/active-configurations
Datadog List Active Tags and Aggregations
ListActiveMetricConfigurations 2 params → 200400403404429
GET
/api/v2/monitor/{monitor_id}/downtime_matches
Datadog Get Active Downtimes for a Monitor
ListMonitorDowntimes 3 params → 200404429

Schemas 21

The contract defines 21 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are MonitorDowntimeMatchResponseAttributes (4 properties), MonitorDowntimeMatchResponseData (3 properties), MetricSuggestedTagsAndAggregations (3 properties), ActiveBillingDimensionsBody (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

MetricName
string
The metric name for this resource.
MonitorDowntimeMatchResponse
object
Response for retrieving all downtime matches for a monitor.
2 properties
MonitorDowntimeMatchResponseData
object
A downtime match.
3 properties
ActiveBillingDimensionsResponse
object
Active billing dimensions response.
1 property
DowntimeMetaPage
object
Object containing the total filtered count.
1 property
APIErrorResponse
object
API error response.
1 property 1 required
MetricCustomAggregation
object
A time and space aggregation combination for use in query.
2 properties 2 required
MetricActiveConfigurationType
string
The metric actively queried configuration resource type.
MonitorDowntimeMatchResourceType
string
Monitor Downtime Match resource type.
MetricSuggestedTagsAndAggregations
object
Object for a single metric's actively queried tags and aggregations.
3 properties
MetricCustomSpaceAggregation
string
A space aggregation for use in query.
DowntimeMeta
object
Pagination metadata returned by the API.
1 property
MetricSuggestedTagsAndAggregationsResponse
object
Response object that includes a single metric's actively queried tags and aggregations.
1 property
ActiveBillingDimensionsBody
object
Active billing dimensions data.
3 properties
DowntimeScope
string
The scope to which the downtime applies. Must follow the [common search syntax](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/explorer/searchsyntax/).
ActiveBillingDimensionsAttributes
object
List of active billing dimensions.
2 properties
MetricSuggestedAggregations
array
List of aggregation combinations that have been actively queried.
MetricCustomTimeAggregation
string
A time aggregation for use in query.
MetricSuggestedTagsAttributes
object
Object containing the definition of a metric's actively queried tags and aggregations.
2 properties
MonitorDowntimeMatchResponseAttributes
object
Downtime match details.
4 properties
ActiveBillingDimensionsType
string
Type of active billing dimensions data.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

datadog-active-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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