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Datadog Monitor API

The Monitor API from Datadog — 5 operation(s) for monitor.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Datadog Monitor 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 Monitors. 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 11 operations across 5 paths, and defines 56 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}.

11 operations 5 paths 56 schemas 2 DELETE5 GET2 PATCH2 POST

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
Contact
Datadog Support
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 4

Datadog Monitor 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 11

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 2 DELETE, 5 GET, 2 PATCH, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Monitor 11
GET
/api/v2/monitor/notification_rule
Datadog Get All Monitor Notification Rules
GetMonitorNotificationRules 1 param → 200403429
POST
/api/v2/monitor/notification_rule
Datadog Create a Monitor Notification Rule
CreateMonitorNotificationRule body → 200400403429
DELETE
/api/v2/monitor/notification_rule/{rule_id}
Datadog Delete a Monitor Notification Rule
DeleteMonitorNotificationRule 1 param → 204403404429
GET
/api/v2/monitor/notification_rule/{rule_id}
Datadog Get a Monitor Notification Rule
GetMonitorNotificationRule 2 params → 200403404429
PATCH
/api/v2/monitor/notification_rule/{rule_id}
Datadog Update a Monitor Notification Rule
UpdateMonitorNotificationRule 1 param body → 200400403404429
GET
/api/v2/monitor/policy
Datadog Get All Monitor Configuration Policies
ListMonitorConfigPolicies → 200403429
POST
/api/v2/monitor/policy
Datadog Create a Monitor Configuration Policy
CreateMonitorConfigPolicy body → 200400403429
DELETE
/api/v2/monitor/policy/{policy_id}
Datadog Delete a Monitor Configuration Policy
DeleteMonitorConfigPolicy 1 param → 204400403404429
GET
/api/v2/monitor/policy/{policy_id}
Datadog Get a Monitor Configuration Policy
GetMonitorConfigPolicy 1 param → 200403404429
PATCH
/api/v2/monitor/policy/{policy_id}
Datadog Edit a Monitor Configuration Policy
UpdateMonitorConfigPolicy 1 param body → 200403404422429
GET
/api/v2/monitor/{monitor_id}/downtime_matches
Datadog Get Active Downtimes for a Monitor
ListMonitorDowntimes 3 params → 200404429

Schemas 56

The contract defines 56 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are UserAttributes (12 properties), MonitorNotificationRuleResponseAttributes (5 properties), User (4 properties), MonitorNotificationRuleData (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

MonitorNotificationRuleName
string
The name of the monitor notification rule.
RelationshipToUserData
object
Relationship to user object.
2 properties 2 required
MonitorConfigPolicyResponse
object
Response for retrieving a monitor configuration policy.
1 property
UsersType
string
Users resource type.
MonitorConfigPolicyType
string
The monitor configuration policy type.
MonitorDowntimeMatchResponse
object
Response for retrieving all downtime matches for a monitor.
2 properties
MonitorNotificationRuleData
object
Monitor notification rule data.
4 properties
MonitorDowntimeMatchResponseData
object
A downtime match.
3 properties
MonitorConfigPolicyTagPolicyCreateRequest
object
Tag attributes of a monitor configuration policy.
3 properties 3 required
MonitorNotificationRuleRecipients
array
A list of recipients to notify. Uses the same format as the monitor message field. Must not start with an '@'.
DowntimeMetaPage
object
Object containing the total filtered count.
1 property
RelationshipToRoles
object
Relationship to roles.
1 property
APIErrorResponse
object
API error response.
1 property 1 required
MonitorNotificationRuleCreateRequestData
object
Object to create a monitor notification rule.
2 properties 1 required
UserResponseRelationships
object
Relationships of the user object returned by the API.
4 properties
RelationshipToOrganizations
object
Relationship to organizations.
1 property 1 required
UserAttributes
object
Attributes of user object returned by the API.
12 properties
MonitorNotificationRuleUpdateRequest
object
Request for updating a monitor notification rule.
1 property 1 required
MonitorConfigPolicyCreateRequest
object
Request for creating a monitor configuration policy.
1 property 1 required
MonitorNotificationRuleRelationshipsCreatedBy
object
The user who created the monitor notification rule.
1 property
MonitorConfigPolicyAttributeCreateRequest
object
Policy and policy type for a monitor configuration policy.
2 properties 2 required
MonitorConfigPolicyPolicy
Configuration for the policy.
MonitorNotificationRuleId
string
The ID of the monitor notification rule.
MonitorNotificationRuleAttributes
object
Attributes of the monitor notification rule.
3 properties 2 required
MonitorConfigPolicyEditData
object
A monitor configuration policy data.
3 properties 3 required
MonitorConfigPolicyListResponse
object
Response for retrieving all monitor configuration policies.
1 property
MonitorNotificationRuleResponse
object
A monitor notification rule.
2 properties
MonitorDowntimeMatchResourceType
string
Monitor Downtime Match resource type.
MonitorConfigPolicyTagPolicy
object
Tag attributes of a monitor configuration policy.
3 properties
MonitorConfigPolicyEditRequest
object
Request for editing a monitor configuration policy.
1 property 1 required
MonitorNotificationRuleCreateRequest
object
Request for creating a monitor notification rule.
1 property 1 required
MonitorNotificationRuleResponseAttributes
object
Attributes of the monitor notification rule.
5 properties
MonitorConfigPolicyPolicyCreateRequest
Configuration for the policy.
MonitorNotificationRuleFilterTags
object
Filter monitors by tags. Monitors must match all tags.
1 property 1 required
MonitorConfigPolicyResponseData
object
A monitor configuration policy data.
3 properties
MonitorNotificationRuleListResponse
object
Response for retrieving all monitor notification rules.
2 properties
MonitorNotificationRuleFilter
Filter used to associate the notification rule with monitors.
MonitorNotificationRuleUpdateRequestData
object
Object to update a monitor notification rule.
3 properties 2 required
MonitorConfigPolicyAttributeEditRequest
object
Policy and policy type for a monitor configuration policy.
2 properties 2 required
MonitorConfigPolicyCreateData
object
A monitor configuration policy data.
2 properties 2 required
RelationshipToRoleData
object
Relationship to role object.
2 properties
DowntimeMeta
object
Pagination metadata returned by the API.
1 property
MonitorNotificationRuleResourceType
string
Monitor notification rule resource type.
User
object
User object returned by the API.
4 properties
RelationshipToOrganizationData
object
Relationship to organization object.
2 properties 2 required
DowntimeScope
string
The scope to which the downtime applies. Must follow the [common search syntax](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/explorer/searchsyntax/).
MonitorConfigPolicyResourceType
string
Monitor configuration policy resource type.
MonitorNotificationRuleRelationshipsCreatedByData
object
Data for the user who created the monitor notification rule.
2 properties
RolesType
string
Roles type.
MonitorNotificationRuleResponseIncludedItem
An object related to a monitor notification rule.
OrganizationsType
string
Organizations resource type.
MonitorConfigPolicyAttributeResponse
object
Policy and policy type for a monitor configuration policy.
2 properties
MonitorDowntimeMatchResponseAttributes
object
Downtime match details.
4 properties
RelationshipToUsers
object
Relationship to users.
1 property 1 required
RelationshipToOrganization
object
Relationship to an organization.
1 property 1 required
MonitorNotificationRuleRelationships
object
All relationships associated with monitor notification rule.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

datadog-monitor-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Docs
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Provider
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