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Prometheus admin API

Administrative operations for TSDB management.

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

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Admin. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 6 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 0.0.1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, /api/v2/.

6 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 3 POST3 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
0.0.1
Base URL
http://localhost:9090/api/v1
License
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 6

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 3 POST, 3 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

admin 6

Administrative operations for TSDB management.

PUT
/admin/tsdb/delete_series
Delete series matching selectors via PUT
deleteSeriesPut 3 params → 200default
POST
/admin/tsdb/delete_series
Delete series matching selectors
deleteSeriesPost 3 params → 200default
PUT
/admin/tsdb/clean_tombstones
Clean tombstones in the TSDB via PUT
cleanTombstonesPut → 200default
POST
/admin/tsdb/clean_tombstones
Clean tombstones in the TSDB
cleanTombstonesPost → 200default
PUT
/admin/tsdb/snapshot
Create a snapshot of the TSDB via PUT
snapshotPut 1 param → 200default
POST
/admin/tsdb/snapshot
Create a snapshot of the TSDB
snapshotPost 1 param → 200default

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SnapshotOutputBody (4 properties), Error (3 properties), DeleteSeriesOutputBody (3 properties), CleanTombstonesOutputBody (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CleanTombstonesOutputBody
object
Response body containing only status.
3 properties 1 required
DataStruct
object
Generic data structure with a name field.
1 property 1 required
DeleteSeriesOutputBody
object
Response body containing only status.
3 properties 1 required
SnapshotOutputBody
object
Response body for snapshot endpoint.
4 properties 2 required
Error
object
Error response.
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

prometheus-io-admin-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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