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Kentik BgpMonitoringDataService API

The BgpMonitoringDataService API from Kentik — 2 operation(s) for bgpmonitoringdataservice.

Kentik BgpMonitoringDataService API is one of 24 APIs that Kentik publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include BgpMonitoringDataService. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 14 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version v202511.

Requests are made against the base URL https://grpc.api.kentik.com.

2 operations 2 paths 14 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
v202511
Base URL
https://grpc.api.kentik.com
Authentication
API Key, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Kentik BgpMonitoringDataService API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-CH-Auth-Email (email). An API key is passed in the header as X-CH-Auth-API-Token (token). By default, every request must be authenticated.

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.

BgpMonitoringDataService 2
POST
/bgp_monitoring/v202210/metrics
Get metrics for a BGP prefix.
GetMetricsForTarget body → 200default
POST
/bgp_monitoring/v202210/routes
Get routes for a BGP prefix.
GetRoutesForTarget body → 200default

Schemas 14

The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are v202210RouteInfo (6 properties), v202210GetMetricsForTargetRequest (5 properties), v202303VantagePoint (4 properties), v202210BgpMetric (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

v202210GetRoutesForTargetResponse
object
2 properties
v202210GetMetricsForTargetRequest
object
5 properties 4 required
v202210BgpMetricType
string
- BGPMETRICTYPEUNSPECIFIED: Invalid value. - BGPMETRICTYPEREACHABILITY: Reachability metric in percents - BGPMETRICTYPEPATHCHANGES: Number of path changes over…
rpcStatus
object
3 properties
v202210GetMetricsForTargetResponse
object
1 property
v202303Safi
string
v202210BgpMetric
object
4 properties
v202303VantagePoint
object
4 properties
protobufAny
object
1 property
v202303RpkiStatus
string
- RPKISTATUSUNSPECIFIED: Invalid value. - RPKISTATUSNOTFOUND: No matching ROAs found for the prefix. - RPKISTATUSEXPLICITINVALID: Explicitly invalid prefix mat…
v202210Nlri
object
3 properties 3 required
v202210RouteInfo
object
6 properties
v202303Afi
string
v202210GetRoutesForTargetRequest
object
4 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kentik-bgpmonitoringdataservice-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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