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WP Engine Usage API

The Usage API from WP Engine — 6 operation(s) for usage.

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WP Engine Usage API is one of 17 APIs that WP Engine publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 22 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.17.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.wpengineapi.com/v1.

6 operations 6 paths 22 schemas 4 GET2 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.17.0
Base URL
https://api.wpengineapi.com/v1
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

WP Engine Usage API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).

  • basicAuth — API username and password from Portal's API Access page: https://my.wpengine.com/apiaccess

Paths & Operations 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 4 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Usage 6
GET
/accounts/{account_id}/usage
Get account usage metrics
getAccountUsageMetrics 6 params → 200400401403404429default
POST
/accounts/{account_id}/usage/refresh_disk_usage
Refresh Disk Usage for all installs associated with account
2 params → 200400401403404429500502
GET
/accounts/{account_id}/usage/summary
Get account level usage summary
getAccountUsageSummary 4 params → 200400401403404429502503
GET
/accounts/{account_id}/usage/insights
Get account usage insights
getAccountUsageInsights 4 params → 200400401403404429502503
GET
/installs/{install_id}/usage
Get a list of daily usage metrics
getInstallUsageMetrics 4 params → 200400404default
POST
/installs/{install_id}/usage/refresh_disk_usage
Refresh disk usage for the given WordPress site environment
refreshEnvironmentDiskUsage 2 params → 200400401403404429500502

Schemas 22

The contract defines 22 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DailyUsageMetrics (14 properties), AccountUsageInsights (8 properties), UsageMetricsRollup (8 properties), AccountUsageMetricsResponse (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ServiceUnavailableOperation
Service unavailable
DailyUsageMetrics
object
Usage metrics collected over the period of one day. In JSON format, the DailyUsageMetrics int64 values are encoded as a string rather than a number, following…
14 properties
UsageErrorResponse
object
1 property 1 required
ResourceError
object
5 properties 5 required
EnvironmentMetrics
object
4 properties
EnvironmentTypeBreakdown
object
Breakdown of usage by environment type
3 properties
ForbiddenErrorResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
InternalServerErrorResponse
object
1 property 1 required
InstallDailyUsageMetricsSeries
object
A daily usage metrics series.
4 properties
AccountUsageInsights
object
Comprehensive account usage insights broken down by environment types and site types
8 properties
BadGatewayOperation
An invalid response was received from an upstream server
LatestMetricValue
object
The latest information.
2 properties
UsageMetricsRollup
object
A rollup of usage metrics.
8 properties
BadRequestErrorResponse
object
3 properties 1 required
UsageRollup
object
A metric rollup.
3 properties
UsageMetricBreakdown
object
Usage metric with breakdown by environment and site types
3 properties
NotFoundErrorResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
AuthenticationErrorResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
SiteTypeBreakdown
object
Breakdown of usage by site type
3 properties
AccountUsageMetricsResponse
object
6 properties
DailyUsageMetricsTrafficMetricsSource
string
The source of the traffic metrics. - TRAFFICMETRICSSOURCEUNSPECIFIED: The source of the traffic metrics is unknown. - ONHOST: The traffic metrics is sourced fr…
TooManyRequestsOperation
Too many requests

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wpengine-usage-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
wpengine:wpengine-usage-api
Base URL
https://api.wpengineapi.com/v1
Docs
https://developers.wpengine.com/docs/managed-hosting-platform/api
Provider
WP Engine
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