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FinOps Foundation Cost and Usage API

Endpoints for querying FOCUS-compliant cost and usage data, the primary dataset defined by the FOCUS specification.

FinOps Foundation Cost and Usage API is one of 3 APIs that FinOps Foundation publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Cost and Usage. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, an API reference, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.3.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.example.com/focus/v1.

3 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.3.0
Server
https://api.example.com/focus/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

FinOps Foundation Cost and Usage API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). An API key is passed in the header as X-API-Key (apiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Bearer token authentication for FOCUS API access.
  • apiKeyAuth — API key authentication for FOCUS API access.

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.

Cost and Usage 3

Endpoints for querying FOCUS-compliant cost and usage data, the primary dataset defined by the FOCUS specification.

GET
/cost-and-usage
FinOps Foundation List cost and usage records
listCostAndUsage 12 params → 200400401429
POST
/cost-and-usage/export
FinOps Foundation Export cost and usage data
exportCostAndUsage body → 202400401
GET
/cost-and-usage/export/{jobId}
FinOps Foundation Get cost and usage export job status
getCostAndUsageExportStatus 1 param → 200404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CostAndUsageRecord (48 properties), ExportJobResponse (7 properties), CostAndUsageResponse (5 properties), ExportRequest (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CostAndUsageResponse
object
5 properties 1 required
ExportJobResponse
object
7 properties 3 required
CostAndUsageRecord
object
A single cost and usage record conforming to the FOCUS specification. Contains dimensions (qualitative values for categorization and filtering) and metrics (qu…
48 properties 16 required
Error
object
3 properties 2 required
ExportRequest
object
4 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

finops-foundation-cost-and-usage-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs FinOps Foundation publishes across the network.

FinOps Foundation Contract Commitments API
FinOps Foundation Schema Metadata API
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