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Equinix Metrics API is one of 74 APIs that Equinix publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Metrics. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 21 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.equinix.com.

3 operations 3 paths 21 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1.2
Base URL
https://api.equinix.com
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Metrics 3

Metrics

GET
/fabric/v4/{asset}/{assetId}/metrics
Get Metrics by Asset Id
getMetricByAssetId 7 params → 200401403404500
GET
/fabric/v4/metrics
Get Metrics by Name
getMetricByName 4 params → 200401403404500
POST
/fabric/v4/metrics/search
Search Metrics
searchMetrics body → 200401403404500

Schemas 21

The contract defines 21 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Metric (7 properties), Metric_resource (6 properties), Error (6 properties), Pagination (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Value
string
Which value to retrieve
PriceError_additionalInfo
object
2 properties
GetMetricsByNameResponse
object
2 properties
EndDateTime
string
End date and time
Pagination
object
Pagination response information
5 properties 2 required
StartDateTime
string
Start date and time
ErrorList
array
List of Error Message
AssetId
string
Asset UUID
MetricAssetType
string
GetMetricsByAssetResponse
object
2 properties
MetricSimpleExpression
object
3 properties
Metric_resource
object
Metric resource
6 properties
MetricFilter
object
MetricsSearchRequest
object
Search requests containing criteria
2 properties 1 required
Metric
object
Metric object
7 properties
MetricFilters
object
1 property
Error
object
Error Response with details
6 properties 2 required
Limit_1
integer
Pagination limit
Offset
integer
Pagination offset
Metric_datapoints
object
3 properties
PaginationRequest
object
Pagination request information
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

equinix-metrics-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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