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Ciena Performance API

Performance monitoring and metrics

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GET /performance/metrics Retrieve network performance metrics #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Ciena Blue Planet Open Alarms Performance API
  description: Ciena Blue Planet provides open APIs for multi-layer SDN network management and automation. The platform supports TM Forum Open APIs, MEF Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) APIs including Legato and Sonata, and integrates with ONAP policy frameworks. APIs enable network topology management, circuit provisioning, performance monitoring, and network operations automation for telecom carriers.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Blue Planet Support
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/support
  license:
    name: Ciena Terms and Conditions
    url: https://www.ciena.com/customers/terms-and-conditions
servers:
- url: https://api.blueplanet.com/bpocore/market/api/v1
  description: Blue Planet Production API
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Performance
  description: Performance monitoring and metrics
paths:
  /performance/metrics:
    get:
      operationId: getPerformanceMetrics
      summary: Retrieve network performance metrics
      description: Returns performance monitoring data for network elements or services including OTN PM counters, Ethernet PM data, and optical performance parameters.
      tags:
      - Performance
      parameters:
      - name: resourceId
        in: query
        required: true
        description: ID of the network resource to query metrics for
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: metricType
        in: query
        description: Type of performance metric
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - interface
          - optical
          - otn
          - ethernet
      - name: granularity
        in: query
        description: Data granularity period
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - 15min
          - 24hour
          default: 15min
      - name: startTime
        in: query
        description: Start of query window (ISO 8601)
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: endTime
        in: query
        description: End of query window (ISO 8601)
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Performance metric data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PerformanceMetrics'
components:
  schemas:
    PerformanceMetrics:
      type: object
      properties:
        resourceId:
          type: string
        metricType:
          type: string
        granularity:
          type: string
        dataPoints:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              timestamp:
                type: string
                format: date-time
              values:
                type: object
                additionalProperties:
                  type: number
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 authentication for Blue Planet API
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.blueplanet.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            topology:read: Read network topology
            services:read: Read network services
            services:write: Create and modify network services
            performance:read: Read performance metrics
            alarms:read: Read network alarms