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Datadog Volumes API

The Volumes API from Datadog — 1 operation(s) for volumes.

Datadog Volumes 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 Volumes. 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 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 10 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}.

1 operations 1 paths 10 schemas 1 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 Volumes 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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Volumes 1
GET
/api/v2/metrics/{metric_name}/volumes
Datadog List Distinct Metric Volumes by Metric Name
ListVolumesByMetricName 1 param → 200400403404429

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are MetricDistinctVolume (3 properties), MetricIngestedIndexedVolume (3 properties), MetricIngestedIndexedVolumeAttributes (2 properties), APIErrorResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

APIErrorResponse
object
API error response.
1 property 1 required
MetricName
string
The metric name for this resource.
MetricVolumes
Possible response objects for a metric's volume.
MetricIngestedIndexedVolume
object
Object for a single metric's ingested and indexed volume.
3 properties
MetricIngestedIndexedVolumeAttributes
object
Object containing the definition of a metric's ingested and indexed volume.
2 properties
MetricIngestedIndexedVolumeType
string
The metric ingested and indexed volume type.
MetricDistinctVolume
object
Object for a single metric's distinct volume.
3 properties
MetricDistinctVolumeAttributes
object
Object containing the definition of a metric's distinct volume.
1 property
MetricDistinctVolumeType
string
The metric distinct volume type.
MetricVolumesResponse
object
Response object which includes a single metric's volume.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

datadog-volumes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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