Datadog Agent 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 Agents. 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
10 operations
across 4 paths,
and defines 20 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}.
10 operations4 paths20 schemas2 DELETE4 GET2 PATCH2 POST
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Datadog Agent 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 10
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 2 DELETE, 4 GET, 2 PATCH, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The contract defines 20 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleAttributes (21 properties), CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleCreateAttributes (11 properties), CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleUpdateAttributes (9 properties), CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleActionSet (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleAttributes
object
A Cloud Workload Security Agent rule returned by the API
21 properties
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleResponse
object
Response object that includes an Agent rule
1 property
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleData
object
Object for a single Agent rule
3 properties
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleCreateData
object
Object for a single Agent rule
2 properties2 required
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleAction
object
The action the rule can perform if triggered
4 properties
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleKill
object
Kill system call applied on the container matching the rule
1 property
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleUpdateRequest
object
Request object that includes the Agent rule with the attributes to update
1 property1 required
APIErrorResponse
object
API error response.
1 property1 required
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleActions
array
The array of actions the rule can perform if triggered
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleActionMetadata
object
The metadata action applied on the scope matching the rule
3 properties
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleUpdaterAttributes
object
The attributes of the user who last updated the Agent rule
2 properties
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleID
string
The ID of the Agent rule
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleCreateRequest
object
Request object that includes the Agent rule to create
1 property1 required
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleUpdateData
object
Object for a single Agent rule
3 properties2 required
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleType
string
The type of the resource, must always be agentrule
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleUpdateAttributes
object
Update an existing Cloud Workload Security Agent rule
9 properties
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRulesListResponse
object
Response object that includes a list of Agent rule
1 property
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleCreateAttributes
object
Create a new Cloud Workload Security Agent rule.
11 properties2 required
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleCreatorAttributes
object
The attributes of the user who created the Agent rule
2 properties
CloudWorkloadSecurityAgentRuleActionSet
object
The set action applied on the scope matching the rule
7 properties
Specification
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