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honeycomb Columns API

Manage columns (fields) in the events you send to Honeycomb datasets.

honeycomb Columns API is one of 22 APIs that honeycomb publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.honeycomb.io.

5 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.honeycomb.io
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

honeycomb Columns API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-Honeycomb-Team (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyAuth — Honeycomb Configuration API key. Must have appropriate permissions for the endpoint being called.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Columns 5

Manage columns (fields) in the events you send to Honeycomb datasets.

GET
/1/columns/{datasetSlug}
List all columns
listColumns 1 param → 200401404
POST
/1/columns/{datasetSlug}
Create a column
createColumn 1 param body → 201401404
GET
/1/columns/{datasetSlug}/{columnId}
Get a column
getColumn 2 params → 200401404
PUT
/1/columns/{datasetSlug}/{columnId}
Update a column
updateColumn 2 params body → 200401404
DELETE
/1/columns/{datasetSlug}/{columnId}
Delete a column
deleteColumn 2 params → 204401404

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Column (8 properties), ColumnCreateRequest (4 properties), ColumnUpdateRequest (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ColumnCreateRequest
object
4 properties 1 required
ColumnUpdateRequest
object
3 properties
Column
object
8 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

honeycomb-columns-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs honeycomb publishes across the network.

Honeycomb Events API
Honeycomb Queries API
Honeycomb SLOs API
Honeycomb Datasets API
Honeycomb Boards API
Honeycomb Markers API
Honeycomb Triggers API
Honeycomb Environments API
honeycomb Auth API
honeycomb Burn Alerts API
honeycomb Calculated Fields API
honeycomb Dataset Definitions API