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Honeycomb Reporting API

The Reporting API provides access to historical performance data.## AuthorizationThe API key must have the **Manage SLOs** permission. Learn more about [API keys here](https://docs.honeycomb.io/configure/environments/manage-api-keys/).

Honeycomb Reporting API is one of 21 APIs that Honeycomb publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 7 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.

1 operations 1 paths 7 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.honeycomb.io
License
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Reporting 1

The Reporting API provides access to historical performance data. Authorization The API key must have the Manage SLOs permission. Learn more about [API keys here](https://docs.hon…

POST
/1/reporting/slos/historical
Get SLO History
getSloHistory body → 200401403422429500default

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DetailedError (6 properties), SLOHistoryRequest (3 properties), SLOHistory (3 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SLOHistory
object
3 properties
ValidationError
DetailedError
object
An RFC7807 'Problem Detail' formatted error message.
6 properties 4 required
SLOHistoryRequest
object
3 properties 3 required
SLOHistoryResponse
object
A mapping from SLO IDs (e.g., "2LBq9LckbcA") to their historical data. Each SLO ID maps to an array of compliance and budget intervals.
JSONAPIError
object
A JSONAPI-formatted error message.
1 property
Error
object
A legacy error, containing only a textual description.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

honeycomb-io-reporting-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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