Honeycomb Events API
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 about how to [Send Data to Honeycomb](https://docs.honeycomb.io/send-data/).If you are building a tracing or metrics library, we recommend using [OpenTelemetry](https://docs.honeycomb.io/send-data/opentelemetry/).## AuthorizationIt is recommended that an Ingest API key is used for sending events.A Configuration API key will work, and must have the **Send Events** permission.Learn more about [API keys here](https://docs.honeycomb.io/configure/environments/manage-api-keys/).
Honeycomb Events API is one of 21 APIs that Honeycomb publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Events. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, 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.
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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