Honeycomb Events API
The Honeycomb Events API is the lowest-level interface for sending event data to Honeycomb. It supports both single event creation and batch event submission, allowing developers to send structured telemetry data directly to Honeycomb datasets. While Honeycomb recommends using OpenTelemetry or Beeline SDKs for most instrumentation use cases, the Events API provides direct control for custom integrations and specialized data pipelines.
Honeycomb Events API is one of 22 APIs that Honeycomb publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.
This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Event, Ingestion, Observability, and Telemetry. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, an AsyncAPI specification, and 2 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.honeycomb.io, https://api.eu1.honeycomb.io.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 4
Honeycomb Events API declares
4 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as X-Honeycomb-Team (configuration_key).
An API key is passed in the header as X-Honeycomb-Team (ingest_key).
An API key is passed in the header as X-Amz-Firehose-Access-Key (firehose_access_key).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (HONEYCOMB_KEY_ID:HONEYCOMB_KEY_SECRET) (bearerAuth).
configuration_key— Authenticate using a Honeycomb Configuration Key. Pass the Token in the X-Honeycomb-Team header: http X-Honeycomb-Team: 1234567890123456789012 If you created y…ingest_key— Authenticate using a Honeycomb Ingest Key. Pass the Ingest Key in the X-Honeycomb-Team header: http X-Honeycomb-Team: hc[x]ik1234567890123456789012345612345678…firehose_access_key— We recommend using a Honeycomb Ingest Key to authenticate, though a Configuration Key will work. To learn more about authenticating requests, visit [API Authen…bearerAuth— Authenticate using a Honeycomb Management Key. Pass the Management Key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header: http Authorization: Bearer hcxmk123456789…
Paths & Operations 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The Events API endpoints are the lowest-level way to send Events to Honeycomb. This should be your last resort! If unsure where to start when instrumenting an application, read ab…
Schemas 5
The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DetailedError (6 properties), BatchEvent (3 properties), Error (1 property), JSONAPIError (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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