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honeycomb Service Maps API

Visualize relationships between services using dependency requests.

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

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 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.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 POST

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 Service Maps 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 1

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

Service Maps 1

Visualize relationships between services using dependency requests.

POST
/1/service_map
Create a service map dependency request
createServiceMapRequest body → 201401

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ServiceMapRequest (4 properties), ServiceMapResult (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ServiceMapResult
object
2 properties
ServiceMapRequest
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

honeycomb-service-maps-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Honeycomb Datasets API
Honeycomb Boards API
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Honeycomb Triggers API
Honeycomb Environments API
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honeycomb Calculated Fields API
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