Instana Application Analyze API
The API endpoints of this group expose our analyze functionality.It includes:**Grouped Metrics**Two group endpoints to retrieve metrics for traces and calls. **List of traces and its detailed information**You can also [search and filter all traces](#operation/getTraces) and retrieve [all details](#operation/getTraceDownload) attached to the trace. Furthermore, you can also retrive [all details](#operation/getCallDetails) of a call.## Parameters### Mandatory Parameters (only for group Endpoints):**group** It is mandatory to select a tag by which the calls and traces are grouped for the distinct endpoint call* *groupByTag* select a tag by which the calls and traces are grouped * a full list of available tags can be retrieved from the [application tag catalog](#operation/getApplicationTagCatalog) * for the trace endpoint only two tags are reasonable and working: `trace.endpoint.name` and `trace.service.name` which indicate the entry endpoint or service for the trace* *groupByTagSecondLevelKey* tags of type KEY_VALUE_PAIR need a second parameter e.g for `kubernetes.deployment.label` you would need provide the label you want to groupBy here.### Optional Parameters**pagination*** *offset* set the starting point for the data retrieval* *retrievalSize* you set the number of returned values* *ingestionTime* if you want to paginate through your result set you are interested in having the data for a fixed time point, the results set has a `cursor` class that has a ingestionTime property that indicates what you have to enter here.**order****timeFrame** As in our UI you can specify the timeframe for metrics retrieval.``` windowSize to (ms) (unix-timestamp)<----------------------|```The timeFrame might be adjusted to fit the metric granularity so that there is no partial bucket. For example, if the query timeFrame is 08:02 - 09:02 and the metric granularity is 5 minutes, the timeFrame will be adjusted to 08:05 - 09:00. The adjusted timeFrame will be returned in the response payload. If the query does not have any metric with granularity, a default granularity will be used for adjustment.**tagFilters** As in the UI you able to filter your query by a tag. To get a list of all available tags you can query the [application tag catalog](#operation/getApplicationTagCatalog)* *name* The name of the tag as returned by the catalog* *value* The filter value of the tag, possible types are: * "STRING" alphanumerical values, valid operators: "EQUALS", "CONTAINS", "NOT_EQUAL", "NOT_CONTAIN", "NOT_EMPTY", "IS_EMPTY" * "NUMBER" numerical values, valid operators: "EQUALS", "LESS_THAN" "GREATER_THAN" * "KEY_VALUE_PAIR" * *operator* one of the valid operators for the type of the selected tag**metrics** A list of metric objects that define which metric should be returned, with the defined aggregation. Each metrics objects consists of minimum two items:1. *metric* select a particular metric, available metrics in this context are * Latency Mean * Error Rate * Traces Sum2. *aggregation* depending on the selected metric different aggregations are available e.g. SUM, MEAN, P95. The aforementioned [catalog endpoint](#operation/getApplicationCatalogMetrics) gives you the metrics with the available aggregations.**Note**: The above mentioned list of available metrics with its supported metrics can also be found in [Get grouped call metrics](#operation/getCallGroup) and [Get grouped trace metrics](#operation/getTraceGroups).3. *granularity* * If it is not set you will get a an aggregated value for the selected timeframe * If the granularity is set you will get data points with the specified granularity **in seconds** * The granularity should not be greater than the `windowSize` (important: `windowSize` is expressed in **milliseconds**) * The granularity should not be set too small relative to the `windowSize` to avoid creating an excessively large number of data points (max 600)### Defaults:**timeFrame**```"timeFrame": { "windowSize": 60000, "to": {current timestamp}}```
Instana Application Analyze API is one of 62 APIs that Instana publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Application Analyze. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 37 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.307.1417.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://{unit}-{tenant}.instana.io, https://{domain}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Instana Application Analyze API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as authorization (ApiKeyAuth).
ApiKeyAuth— Example bash curl --request GET \ --url https://test-instana.instana.io/api/application-monitoring/catalog/metrics \ --header 'authorization: apiToken xxxxxxxx…
Paths & Operations 6
Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 3 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The API endpoints of this group expose our analyze functionality. It includes: Grouped Metrics Two group endpoints to retrieve metrics for traces and calls. List of traces and its…
Schemas 37
The contract defines 37 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TraceActivityTreeNodeDetails (16 properties), GetTraceDownloadResultItem (12 properties), SpanExcerpt (11 properties), Endpoint (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
More from Instana 12
Other APIs Instana publishes across the network.